Volker/McChesney Award Nominations Being Accepted!

Once again, the Volker/McChesney Award will be awarded at Farpoint’s Opening Banquet on Friday evening.

Beverly Volker and Marion McChesney were instrumental in the development of the fan community on the East Coast.  They were fans from the earliest days of Star Trek and were writers and publishers of original fan fiction back in the days when the typing was done on an IBM selectric with carbon paper and publishing meant making copies and binding your zine yourself.  Bev and Marion were driving forces in the beginnings of the Baltimore/Washington area fan convention scene and spent many an hour on the organizing committees of all of the past and current local conventions, including Farpoint.  This award was established in their honor and memory to recognize the continued contribution of an individual or group to the fan community.

Nominations for the 2008 award are due to the Farpoint Committee no later than December 31, 2008.  Please send your nominee’s name, contact information (if known), and a short statement on why you have chosen to make the nomination to us at FarpointEnt@comcast.net.  You should also include your own name and contact information with your nomination.  Current Farpoint committee members and past recipients are not eligible for nomination.