Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:47:58 -0500
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: [SMOFS] Torcon 3 current membership rate extension to
  January 15, 2003
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>From: Larry Hancock <hancock at ISTAR.CA>
>Subject: [WSFA]      [SMOFS] Torcon 3 current membership rate extension to
>January 15,
>               2003
>To: SMOFS at sflovers.org
>
>Torcon 3 is pleased to announce that current membership rates which were to
>increase on January 1, 2003 have been extended to January 15, 2003. With
>all the distractions in everyone's life during the holiday season, Torcon 3
>has decided to give everyone a breather on the lastest rate increase deadline.
>
>The current membership rates are as follows (now valid until January 15,
>2003):
>        Attending membership: Cdn$250.00    or    US$170.00
>        Supporting membership: Cdn$60.00    or    US$40.00
>        Convert from Supporting to Attending: Cdn$190.00    or    US$130.00
>        Child membership: Cdn$60.00    or    US$40.00
>
>As of January 16, 2003 the rates will be as follows:
>        Attending membership: Cdn$275.00    or    US$185.00
>        Supporting membership: Cdn$60.00    or    US$40.00
>        Convert from Supporting to Attending: Cdn$215.00    or    US$145.00
>        Child membership: Cdn$60.00    or    US$40.00
>
>(A supporting membership gives you the right to receive all publications of
>the convention as well as to vote for the Hugo Awards and in the site
>selection voting for where the WorldCon will be held in 2006)
>
>Please note that memberships will be available for single days of the
>convention. However, those rates have not yet been set ; they will be
>announced shortly. Daily memberships will not be available for purchase in
>advance of the convention.
>
>Torcon 3 is the 61st World Science Fiction Convention. It will be held
>Tuesday August 28 to Monday September 1, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
>
>To attend Torcon 3, you become an attending member of the convention (and
>of the World Science Fiction Society).
>
>The Fairmont Royal York Hotel will be the main convention hotel. Rooms have
>also been blocked at convention rates at various other nearby hotels.
>
>Progress Report #4 will be mailed to all members in early January. Hotel
>booking information will be available in that PR, and will also be
>available on the convention's website.
>
>To purchase a membership in Torcon 3, you may register online, using a
>credit card for payment, at the convention's website at
>
>www.torcon3.on.ca
>
>To register by mail, you may download a membership form in a variety of
>formats from the website, or send your name and address along with your
>payment to:
>
>Torcon 3
>PO Box 3, Station A
>Toronto, Ontario
>CANADA  M5W 1A2
>
>All questions concerning memberships should be directed to
>members at torcon3.on.ca
>
>A list of other email addresses can be found on the conventions website.
>
>If you direct an email to info at torcon3.on.ca, it will be forwarded to the
>appropriate department.
>
>-- Larry Hancock
>     Treasurer, Torcon 3
>
>Please diseminate this information to all interested parties