Staff and Committee Roster, Animé Los Angeles 7 (2011)
Rev. 02-Sep-2010
All of the people helping to make the convention happen are volunteers,
from the chair on down. Bold names are department heads and
co-heads/seconds.
All our volunteers are members of the convention. Typically most staff (starting with the Chair) pay for their membership the first year they volunteer,
and if they volunteer a certain number of hours the next year is free for them. If they volunteer that next year,
the following year is free,
and so forth.
This document has been formatted with some extra page breaks thrown in, to make it
easier
to read the printed page.
Chairman's Division
- Chair
- Chaz Boston Baden [ISL]
- Vice Chairs
- Christian B. "Mokita" McGuire [ISL]
- Joyce Hooper [ISL]
- Fairy Godfather Division
- FER "Jubei-chan" Morgan
- Guest of Honor Liaisons
- Lynn V. Baden
Dashiell Gayhart (TML)
- Hotel Liaisons
- Joyce Hooper, Christian B. "Mokita" McGuire
- Assistants:
Bert Boden,
Kate "Sexy Kat-Kashi" Capps, Maria Rodriguez
- Hotel Contract Negotiation:
Christian B. "Mokita" McGuire
- Minions
- Melissa "Squeaker" De Mello,
Patty Engel
Carissa Edwards,
Ariel Gerdts, Sarah Goldberg,
Emerald Ivy, Bianca "Alison" Lindsay,
Katelyn Van Fleet
- Publicity
- Chaz Boston Baden
Jackie Rizzo, Patrick "The Taskmaster" Saul
- Publicity Art
- Postcard artists: Alicja Chrena (Early Bird), Abigail Ames (Summer postcard),
Sandahl Von Sydow (Fall postcard)
- Flyer artist: Jessica Gaona (Summer full-page flyer)
- Registration
- At-con: Tony Benoun
- Membership Database:
Elayne Pelz [ISL]
- Special Projects
- Joyce Hooper
- Creative Director:
Evan James
- Treasurer
- Elayne Pelz [ISL]
- Website
- Redesign project: Joyce Hooper, Justin Lloyd
- Maintenance: Chaz Boston Baden, others TBA
Administration Division
- Administration Division Head
- Joyce Sperling
- Gatekeepers
- Preda Jittanoon
- Gopher Department (At-con Volunteers)
- Thomas Abrahams, Heidi Tanner
- Information
- Michael Pell
Ariel Tanner, Dan Tanner,
Shirley Bigna,
Julia D. Ree
- Office
- Joyce Sperling,
Paige Willey
- Recruiting (pre-con)
- Thomas Abrahams
- Communications Division Head
- Bert Boden
- Communication Equipment
- Bert Boden
- Logistics, Move-In and Move-Out
- Henry Sierra
- Operations
- Robbie Bourget
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Sponsorships Division
- Sponsorship Division Head
- Arlene Satin
- Advertising Sales
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- Donations
- Brooke Downer
- Prize Coordination & Distribution
- Bessie Siles
- Sponsorships
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Events Division
- Events Division Head
- Julia Ha, Miko Estacio
- AMV (Anime Music Videos)
- AMV Contest: Mikal Saltveit
- Front of House:
Bert Boden
- AMV Room: Rex Witzel
- Cosplay Chess
- Matthew "Maguma" Lewis
- Dances
- Thursday dance:
- Friday and Saturday dances: Dominic "DJ Sandman" Young,
Miko Estacio
- Regency Dance (Sunday):
John Hertz
- Fashion Show
- Victoria Shapero
- Masquerade
- Lindsay "Faire Goddess" Tallman
- Front of House:
Bert Boden
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- Rum Party
- Mike Young
- Tech - Events
- Scott Beckstead
Chuck Shimada, Chas Hoff, Charles K. Matheny
Hall Tech Team: Patrick Betts, Dominick Damaso, Dan Tanner
- Toastmaster
- Tadao Tomomatsu
Assistant to Mr. Tomomatsu: Dashiell Gayhart
- Ushers
- Bert Boden
Evan James
- Videography Crew
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"Events Division" handles big,
fancy items that have a well-defined
time and place,
but
have a lot more complexity and coordination than a simple panel. "Program Division" handles items such as panels and video programs where the biggest planning issue is figuring out the time and place. In other words,
it's a matter of juggling resources vs. juggling time-slots.
Exhibition Division
- Division Head
- Gary De Guzman, Jeanne Goldfein
- Artists' Alley
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- Costume Exhibit
- Theresa Nguyen
- Dealers Room
- Adam Kim
Staff: Elizabeth Shin, Kelly Zhao
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- Decorating Committee
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- Fan Tables
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- Photo Gathering Area
- Lisa "Kokuu" Gochnauer
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- Sales to Members (T-shirts,
certain free ribbons)
- Edward Hooper
Katherine Seddon,
Emily Christensen, Robin "Sianeka" De Pari
Hall Cosplay Division
- Division Head
- Tiffany Thomas
- Cosplay Gathering Coordinator
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- Costume Repair Station
- Jess Miller
- Hall Costume Awards
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Hospitality Division
- Hospitality Division Head
- Genny Dazzo
- Con Suite
- Andrew "Lifeless Dummy" Vo
- Parents' Lounge
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- Green Room (Craft Services)
- Rebecca Rowan, Bruce Rowan
- Staff Room
- Dana Ginsberg
Main Program Division
- Main Program Division Head
- Alec Orrock
- Autographs
- Wendy Newton
- Live Program
- Alec Orrock
- Live Program Check-in/Program Ops
- Wendy Wiseman
- Pocket Program
- Music
- Bands, scheduling:
Bands,
on-site:
- Regency Dance
- John Hertz
- Scavenger Hunt
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- Video Program (Anime room)
- On-site: Steve Roberts
- Scheduling: Alec Orrock
Special Program Division
- Special Program Division Head
- Cathy Beckstead
- Gaming, Tabletop
- Barbara Newton
Heide Nichols
- Gaming, Video
- Kyle "DJ Matt" Galindo,
Warren "Whisky" Johnson
Staff:
Cody Bashaar, Rachel Dorfman
Equipment: Ivan Aburto
- Karaoke
- Korinne Wilkening
- Manga Cafe
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- Rock Band Game Room
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Main Publications Division
- Main Publications Division Head
- Caitlin Doolittle
- Art Coordinator
- Sarah Goldberg
- Staff Artist: Jessica Gaona
- Program Book
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Special Publications Division
- Special Publications Division Head
- Carolyn Ayton
- Art Coordinator
- Sarah Goldberg
- Staff Artist: Jessica Gaona
- Newsletter
- Natalie "Nat-chan" Daniel
- On-Site Sign Artist
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- Restaurant and Resource Guide
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- Signage
- Kevin Lunt
[ISL] = Institute for Specialized
Literature Board of
Directors.
Animé Los Angeles is a project of the Institute for Specialized Literature,
Inc.,
an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.