Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.

What's New (last updated May 17, 2013)

Who We Are

Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) is a group of fans in Portland, Oregon that sponsors science fiction conventions and related events. OSFCI and all OSFCI events are entirely volunteer-run, and any surpluses are donated to recognized non-profit organizations. OSFCI itself is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.

Membership in OSFCI is open to anyone who has worked at the committee level for at least two OSFCI events in the last four years. If you have worked on OSFCI events and would like to see how many "credits" we have for you on our books, here is the current list.

Many OSFCI members are also members of the Portland Science Fiction Society (PorSFiS). However, they are two separate organizations.

The OSFCI Board of Directors currently consists of Aaron Curtis, Beverly Block, Car Bostick, D. Stephen Raymond, Debra Stansbury, Devlin Perez, Jason Bostick, John Lorentz, Lea Rush, and Rick Lindsley.

If you'd like to know more, you can read an essay called What is OSFCI?.

Upcoming OSFCI Events

OSFCI is the sponsor of the following events and projects:

OryCon 35, November 8-10, 2013
GameStorm 16, March 20-23, 2014
John Andrews Memorial Worldcon Scholarship
Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund
Clayton Memorial Medical Fund
The Endeavour Award

Previous OSFCI events included OryCon 1 through 34; Con (the generic science fiction convention) 1 through 7; SMOFCon 5; CascadeCon; GameStorm 1 through 15; Left Coast Crime 12; Westercon 37, 43, 48, and 54; Potlatch 5 and 8; ConComCon 11, and the 1996 World Horror Convention. The Westercon 48, Westercon 54, OryCon 17, OryCon 18, OryCon 19, OryCon 20, OryCon 21, OryCon 22, OryCon 23, OryCon 24, OryCon 25, OryCon 26, OryCon 27, OryCon 29, OryCon 30, OryCon 31, OryCon 32, OryCon 33, OryCon 34, Left Coast Crime 12, Potlatch 5, Potlatch 16, and SMOFcon 23 pages are still on-line.

A table summarizing the history of OryCon is also available.

Upcoming Meetings

The next bimonthly OSFCI Board meeting will be held on Monday, June 17, 2013 at 7:30 PM, at a location to be announced. It is open to all interested parties.

Please send any new business requests to the OSFCI Secretary, John Lorentz, at secretary@osfci.org.

How to Contact Us

You can contact the officers of OSFCI at the following addresses:

President: Beverly Block, president@osfci.org
Secretary: John Lorentz, secretary@osfci.org
Treasurer: Rick Lindsley, treasurer@osfci.org

Most of our events also have their own contact addresses; see their pages above.

You can also send postal mail to us at:

OSFCI
PO Box 5703
Portland, OR 97228-5703

OSFCI Documents

The following corporate documents are currently available on the web:

OSFCI Code of Conduct for all convention attendees
OSFCI Meeting Minutes
OSFCI Bylaws
OSFCI Standing Rules
OSFCI Articles of Incorporation: GIF page 1, GIF page 2, GIF page 3.
Letter from the IRS confirming OSFCI's non-profit status: PDF file; GIF page 1, GIF page 2.
OSFCI Sponsorship Guidelines (except Appendix C)
OSFCI Matching Gift Program

Thanks to David Schaber, John Bartley, Kate Yule, John Lorentz, and Robert Verde for contributing to this project.

NOTICE

E-mail addresses on this page and its subpages are provided for the convenience of our convention members. These addresses are not to be used for commercial solicitation, mass mailings, or any other purpose unrelated to OSFCI events. Unsolicited commercial e-mail or any form of mass mailing will be subject to a $500 reading fee. Sending of such mail will be deemed to constitute acceptance of these terms.

"OSFCI" and "OryCon" are service marks of Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.

"Westercon" is a service mark of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.

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