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This comes under the heading of sharing good news way ahead of time.

Seattle has won the bid for Westercon 65 in 2012. That's the weekend of July 5-8.
And I will be there as guest of honor!
Westercon is always a lively convention, and one I've greatly enjoyed in the past.  The official title will be ConClusion and we will be celebrating the theme "A Step Out of Time", which will be not  just the end of the world but the beginning ...