Linda Deneroff

WSFS BM Secretary
WSFS

Linda’s first Worldcon was Noreascon I (1971), where she attended her first WSFS Business Meeting. In 2004, she was appointed to the Mark Protection Committee on behalf of CascadiaCon (NASFiC) and was elected to the MPC when the appointment expired. In 2008 she became secretary of the Business Meeting and has been doing it ever since (with one break). Linda also served as WSFS Division Head for Sasquan in 2015, which meant being manager of the Business Meeting Chairperson (who that year was Kevin Standlee) and then, as Secretary of the Business Meeting, being managed by Kevin. She will once again be the WSFS BM Secretary for ConZealand.

Sessions in which Linda Deneroff attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
8:00
8:00
Dealers Hall Pre-Opening Coffee and Doughnuts Reception 50 minutes 8:00 NZST  -  8:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
10:00
10:00
Future Laws 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Karl Schroeder | Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Moderator Likhain | Panelist Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar) | Panelist Penelope Flynn (LLC) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Daily Briefing - Wednesday 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Tom Whitmore (fan) |
Discussion Group
Society/Culture
12:00
12:00
How to Enjoy the First Virtual Worldcon 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Jeanne Mealy | Panelist Laurie Mann | Moderator Rose Mitchell |
Panel
Fandom
14:00
14:00
Chronology of Calendars 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) | Moderator Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Jenn Lyons (Tor Books) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Running Conventions: A Worldwide Perspective 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maciej Matuszewski | Panelist Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine) | Panelist Rose Mitchell | Panelist Kyoko Ogushi (CoNZealand) | Moderator Ben Yalow (CoNZealand) |
Panel
15:00
15:00
ISS - Still there 1 hour 15:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Speaker Matthew Pavletich | Speaker David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Parties: 29 July, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
16:00
16:00
56 Years to Air? ST: SNW 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Ash Charlton (ACE TRAINING) | Panelist Jessica Davis | Panelist Matthew Pavletich | Panelist Matthew S. Rotundo | Moderator Christine Taylor-Butler |
Panel
MediaFandom

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Come Time Travel with Me - 1965 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Lorelei Marcus (Galactic Journey) | Master of ceremonies Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Erica Frank (Galactic Journey) | Panelist Janice Marcus (Galactic Journey, Journey Press) |
Panel
12:00
12:00
The Timeless Child and the Evolving Canon of Doctor Who 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist John Toon | Panelist R.W.W. Greene (Angry Robot Books) | Panelist Lynne Thomas (Uncanny Magazine) | Moderator Jim Mann | Panelist Phoebe Wagner (University of Nevada at Reno) |
Panel
Media

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 31 July, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
9:00
9:00
Meet and Greet the Programme Participants 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Meet and Greets
Reception
Question Time 2: DisCon III 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Bill Lawhorn | Moderator Robbie Bourget | Moderator Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Moderator Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist Colette Fozard |
Panel
Fandom
10:00
10:00
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter Matthew Shogren | Presenter Morgan Hazelwood |
Demonstration
2022 Worldcon Site Announcement 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Participant Helen Montgomery (Chicon 8: The 80th World Science Fiction Convention) | Participant Colette Fozard | Participant Dave McCarty | Participant Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) | Moderator Alan Stewart |
Presentation
11:00
11:00
The Second Golden Age: SF of the 1960s 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Bradford Lyau | Panelist Robert Silverberg | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Jack Dann | Panelist Kathryn Sullivan |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy1960s
Friends Don't Let Friends Run Worldcons 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Kent Bloom | Moderator James Bacon (Smofcon Europe) | Panelist Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) | Panelist Rose Mitchell |
Panel
Fandom
12:00
12:00
Reading: David Levine 25 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker David D. Levine |
Reading
Is Capitalism Stifling Research? 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Keith Kato | Panelist Raymond Sheh (Georgetown University) | Moderator Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Panelist Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst) | Panelist Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author) |
Panel
Science/Technology
13:00
13:00
Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Andi Dukleth (Accidental Aliens and KPBS News) | Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Panelist Gay Haldeman | Moderator Jennifer Zwahr-Castro (St. Mary's University of San Antonio, TX) |
Panel
FandomScience Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
Asimov at 100 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
History and SF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Panelist Claire Bartlett | Moderator Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Ada Palmer |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Dealers Hall Mid-Con Reception 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
Writers on Writing: The Plot's the Thing 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Moderator Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment) | Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist David D. Levine |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
15:00
15:00
Parties: 31 July, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
WSFS Business Meeting 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Real World , TBD
Panelist Kent Bloom | Moderator M. Darusha Wehm |
Meeting
11:00
11:00
Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  14:30 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Presenter Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Presenter Rose Mitchell | Presenter Robert Silverberg | Presenter Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Erin Underwood | Presenter Larry Dixon | Presenter Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) | Moderator George R. R. Martin |
Event
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Fandom in the 1970s 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Raewyn Nevin | Panelist Mark Loney (The Space Wastrel) | Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Scott Edelman |
Panel
Fandom
15:00
15:00
GOH - Tea with Rose Mitchell 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Lucy Sussex (Self Employed) | Panelist Rose Mitchell |
Dialogue
Fandom
Not Your Parents' Space Opera 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Valerie Valdes | Moderator Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) | Panelist Becky Chambers |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
19:00
19:00
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand) |
Demonstration

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
Mark Protection Committee Meeting 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Green Room
New Zealand Fandom Today 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Tim Jones | Panelist Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Moderator Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) |
Panel
FandomNew Zealand
Fairy Tales and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Vida Cruz | Moderator Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee) | Panelist Ellen Datlow | Panelist Eileen Mueller | Panelist Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Reading: Cat Rambo 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Cat Rambo (Cat Rambo) |
Reading
These Old Shades: If Georgette Heyer Wrote a Ghost Story 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand) | Moderator Freya Marske | Panelist Kat Clay | Panelist Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee) | Panelist Z Aung |
Panel
In Memoriam 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Steven Silver (SFWA) |
Dialogue
FandomPeople
Star Wars in Review 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Adam Christopher | Panelist Fiona Moore | Panelist Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Mur Lafferty | Moderator Kieron Gillen |
Panel
Media
Closing Ceremony 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Master of ceremonies Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Master of ceremonies Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Participant Bill Lawhorn | Participant Colette Fozard |
Event
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Karl Schroeder | Moderator Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Panelist SB Divya |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
In Space No One Can See You Hide the Evidence: Crimes in Space 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Trish Matson | Panelist Valerie Valdes | Panelist Carl Fink (Learning Guild) | Panelist Kat Clay |
Panel
TV in Space: The Expanse, Star Trek, The Orville, and More 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Moderator Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Daniel Abraham | Panelist Julie Czerneda |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
12:30
12:30
Reading: Cory Doctorow 25 minutes 12:30 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Cory Doctorow |
Reading
13:00
13:00
What Fanfiction Can Teach Genre Writers 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Alexandra Rowland | Panelist Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine) | Moderator Susana Polo (Polygon.com) | Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
The Best of the Rest: 2019 Novels that Weren't Nominated for a Hugo 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Jo Van |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Virtual Conventions and Conferences 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Panelist Erin Underwood | Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Moderator Steven Silver (SFWA) |
Panel
FandomScience/Technology
14:00
14:00
Meet and Greet the Programme Participants 1 hour 14:00 NZST  -  15:00 NZST  |  Programming , Meet and Greets
Reception
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 5 - Into the Future! 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Panelist Bill Lawhorn | Moderator Colette Fozard | Panelist Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) | Panelist David Gallaher (CoNZealand) | Moderator Norman Cates (CoNZealand) |
Panel