JumpCon

JumpCon was a for-profit series of 72 planned science fiction/media cons, none of which ever actually took place. 
The main con organizer was Shane Senter. He was referred to, and referred to himself, as "The Prince" and "The Emperor."
The first two cons were canceled abruptly. 
The third con (which according to a 2007 post on JumpCon's website, was to have been the first con), planned for Boston, was canceled two days before it was to have taken place. 
The list of the 72 events is at: 
A group of fans stepped up at the very last minute and planned a relaxacon for fans in lieu of JumpCon. See NonJumpCon. 
This was the second time in the last two months events like this had collapsed at the last minute; in June 2008 FedConUSA in Dallas, TX canceled the rest of their show during the actual event itself.
==Similar Disasters==
* New York Star Trek '76 (1976)
* Con of Wrath (part of a series, but collapsed in 1982)
* Slanted Fedora (part of a series, but collapsed in 2003)
* Tentmoot (2003)
* Flanvention II (2006)
* JumpCon (2008)
* FedConUSA (2008)
* DashCon (2014)
==Legal Consequences==
He was indicted in late April 2009. 
 (April 27, 2009) 
In June 2009, Senter filed for bankruptcy. It was estimated that financial liabilities were at least 8 million dollars. 
 (June 4, 2009) 
In November 2009, Senter was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to five years probation. 
==Some History==
In mid-2007, announcements began to appear regarding a series of cons and fan events that would take place in different US cities. From the JumpCon website on July 21, 2007: 
Some fans quickly expressed doubts over the ambitions of the project without having established itself on a smaller scale first. A fan in March 2008 wrote: 
==JumpCon Conventions Discussion's Journal (Unofficial)==
"JumpCon" had a message forum of its own, but in June 2008, when things began to visibly fall apart, the con PTB began to delete messages to it, as well as not answer others. 
On June 28, 2008, greycoupon (sometimes referred to as a "livejournalist") created , a LiveJournal site where fans could speak freely and communicate about the con.
The opening post was "Sadly, this is very much needed as the forum on their site is moderating all posts and comments. Feel free to post any questions, concerns or information you may have." Welcome! 
===Some Posts===
* (June 28, 2008)
* (June 28, 2008)
* (June 29, 2008)
* (June 29, 2008)
* (June 30, 2008)
* (June 30, 2008)
* (July 1, 2008)
* (July 7, 2008)
* (July 4, 2008)
* (July 8, 2008)
* (July 9, 2008)
* (July 10, 2008)
* (July 12, 2008)
* (July 15, 2008)
* (July 15, 2008)
* (July 15, 2008) (reposted message by Shane Senter)
* (July 15, 2008) (reposted message by Fernando Martinez)
* (July 15, 2008)
* (July 16, 2008)
* (July 16, 2008)
* Still going to Boston? Want to attend NonJumpCon?; archive link (July 16, 2008)
* (July 16, 2008)
* (July 16, 2008)
* (July 17, 2008)
* (July 21, 2008) (reposted message by Colin Baker)
* (July 22, 2008)
* (August 31, 2008)
* (April 27, 2009)
* (May 25, 2009)
* (November 23, 2009)
==Some Statements by Fernando Martinez and Shane Senter==
July 15, 2008:
From Fernando Martinez, Former owner and promoter of Vulkon and Seatrek:
Also on July 15, 2008:
From Shane Senter:
 
July 16, 2008: 
==Some JumpCon Links==
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==Fan Comments==
===July 16===
===July 18===
==Some Fan Communities Created in Response==
* JumpCon Justice
* JumpCon Cons (an unofficial discussion group)
==Meta/Further Reading==
===2008===
* (June 20, 2008)
* (June 23, 2008)
* (June 27, 2008)
* JumpCon Fail: archive link (July 15, 2008)
* (July 15, 2008)
* (July 17, 2008)
===2009===
* (April 27, 2009)
* (April 27, 2009)
* embedded article from the "Nashua Telegraph" by Andrew Wolfe) (April 28, 2009)
* Let's Stop Conning Ourselves by Patience Wieland (for "Strange Horizons") (very in-depth, includes many sources) (May 11, 2009)
* By Michael Hinman; Source: Airlock Alpha; reposted at Journelfen (includes list of celebrities and how much they were to have been paid) (May 23, 2009)
* (November 9, 2009)
==References==
Category:2008 Conventions 
Category:Scandals
Category:Science Fiction Fandom Occurrences