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George and China at the After Hugos Party

Party Marah: Torcon III

In 1995, Marah became involved with early efforts to organize a Toronto bid for the World Science Fiction Convention, and she joined the committee which later formed in 1997.

Marah, Hope, and Jody at Bucconneer

She was in charge of the parties subcommittee of the communications committee, which in 1998 was elevated to be a separate committee which included all aspects of the bid's presence at cons; she was voted to the bid executive each year. Marah has organized and run about twenty-five bid parties for Toronto in 2003 including very successful parties at LoneStarCon and Bucconeer. She also organized the Toronto in 2003 fan tables at those Worldcons and at numerous regional and local cons. Marah also worked at a couple of Chicago in 2000 bid parties and she helped promote Chicon 2000 to the Toronto fan community. She has attended six of the last seven Worldcons, including Con Jose, where she worked in the con office, the ops office, and as a rover. She ran a Torcon party. She also ran the After Hugos party, which was very well received. She has also written articles for Torcon III Progress Reports 2, 3, and 4. At the convention, she is running the Con Office, the Pre-Hugos Reception, and Opening Ceremonies.