Westercon 30
Dates: July 1st-4th, 1977
Venue: Totem Park Residence, UBC
Guests of Honour: Damon Knight & Kate Wilhelm
Vancouver fandom tackled its first Westercon in 1977. The con featured panels on Star Trek, space colonisation, alternatives to patriarchy, and Arthurian Britain, as well as a short fiction workshop subtitled (tongue in cheek): "Earn Big Money in Your Spare Time." There was a memorial presentation to Hugo Gernsback, an SCA tourney, and the first presentation of that con classic, the "Brass Bra" slide show. The halftime act at the masquerade was the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
| Attending: | 1,067 |
| Expenses: | $8,520.08 |
| Income: | $11,349.37 |
| Balance: | $2,829.29 |
Chairperson: Fran Skene
Program Development: Ed Hutchings & Alan R. Betz
Program Coordination: John Fraser
Treasurer: Allyn Cadogan
Publicity: John Thomson
Registrar: Allyn Cadogan
BCSFA Liaison: Ed Beauregard
Pro Liaison: Mildred Downey Broxon
Accomodation: Tom Balabanov
Costume Bacchanal: Bill & Mildred Downey Broxon
Art Show: John & Bjo Trimble
Hucksters: Ken Wong & Jim Johnston
Audio/Video: Alan R. Betz
Films: Ed Hutchings
Bar: Kat Ferguson
Hotel Liaison: Ed Hutchings
Alternate Hotel: Craig Miller
Progress Reports: Fran Skene
Program Book: Allyn Cadogan
Damon Knight & Kate Wilhelm