1986 and SoonerCon 1

1986

The new officers for the New Year are:  President Mike Powell; Vice-President Mary Powell; Tamara Hodge, Treasurer. The Club starts the year with $1180.95 total funds.

A new STAR baby enters the world on January 22 as the Club’s two highest-ranking offi­cers get together to present Michael Powell, Jr. — later to be known as “Mikey.”

In April, the Club again works the MedFair, and earns $300+. Another STAR baby, Julie Ann Alfred, arrives April 23, courtesy of Joyce and Mark Alfred.

A new Club flyer, included in the May GG, contains the first mention of the new and to-be-long-running meeting place, the Moore Library — although records indicate that up through even the first half of 1987, STAR met at the Bethany Library. The Historian admits confusion here.

June 6-8 brings SoonerCon 1, at Hilton Inn Northwest (NW Hway & May).  Here’s the lineup, direct from the program book:

Charity - Oklahoma Pediatric Cancer Association
Chair - Mike Hodge
Art Show - J.R. Daniels
Dealers - Mike Hodge
Flyers - J.R. Daniels
Games - Jonathan Keepers
Gophers - David Stone
Logistics - David Means
Masquerade - Tamara Hodge
Program Book - Mike Shay
Programming - Syd Henderson
Publicity - Larry Nemecek
Registration - Tamara Hodge
Security - Mike Powell
Video - Mark Alfred + Bob Higgs

Guest of Honor - Gene Wolfe

Toastmaster - Tom Disch

Fan Guest of Honor - Mary Wallbank
Special Guest - Melinda Murdock

3-day rates are $10 Pre-Reg and $15 at the door.

Regretfully, the Historian has no mate­rials from which to report on SoonerCon 1’s attendance, income, or anything else.

By the time of SCon 1, however, the Club has already decided that they want the STAR OKC convention to take place in late fall, not in June as SCon 1 did.  And, to put more than a year between SCon 1 and 2 would make people start to wonder “bad things” about the Con and its dependability — or so some Club members argue.

So — the decision is reached to have SoonerCon 2 take place a mere four months af­ter SCon 1!  And then, further SoonerCons would continue in SCon 2’s time frame.

Thus, by July 1 STAR had its SCon 2 ConCom already in place and busily working.

Next time -- photos from SoonerCon 1.