We received the following press release. --RL PortConMaine has been in the planning for one and a half years now. We have a lot of events and activities planned and some still that will be added. We have Confirmed Guests: David Foster (Fansubs/Anime), Jared A. Sorensen (RPG), Scott A. Melzer (Anime MVs and Parodies), Daniel Kevin Harrison (Voice Actor), and Prospective Guests: Christopher (RPGA Representative), and Ian M. Clark (Fantasy Novelist: Prophecy of Shadows). We have anime screenings, two anime rooms, a theater, games, RPGs, board games, card games, tournaments, contests (art: anime and fantasy, music video, haiku, and miniature painting), warhammer, panels, workshops, discussions, lectures, extreme geek, an auction, a cosplay, an art gallery, artists signing and selling, and vendors. We have spent a lot of time working on the diversity of our planning and the amount of our events. We hope to have a successful first year followed by years of our convention growing and developing further. In order for this fine convention to occur we need the help of the Anime & Gaming community. This convention is for fans by fans and is run out of our pockets and the meager amounts of money we have fundraised. All of the money we raise goes back into the convention so that we can eventually raise enough and work enough to hold this convention at a hotel. I am emailing you to ask for any help you can supply. If you have any sort of prize support, donations (from plastic bags to product), flyers, etc, ANYTHING you could give, we would be very grateful. In return we will mention you on our website, in our flyer during the convention, and in any flyers that are applicable. We promise that anything you supply will be used exclusively for the convention. Again, anything would help. It's our first year and we really want this to be a success. Thank you for reading this and for considering. Thank you as well for taking the time. I look forward to your response and if you have any questions feel free to email me or check out our website at www.portconmaine.com. Sincerely, Julie McCubrey Convention Chair Webmaster PortConMaine PO Box 756 Standish, ME 04084 www.portconmaine.com info@portconmaine.com Back to 1st Quarter 2002 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc.