BlooMN'Con

BlooMN'Con was a fan-run Star Trek: TOS convention. 
==Joan Verba's Descriptions==
Joan Verba, one of the main organizers, described these cons.
From Boldly Writing (1996): 
From Media Fandom Oral History Project Interview with Joan Marie Verba (2017): 
==BlooMN'Con 1==
BlooMN'Con 1 was held July 2–5, 1982.
* con committee: Kay Brown (chairman), Carol Christensen (programming), Marilyn Johansen (publicity and program book), Cynthia Levine (art show), Joan Verba (registration), Barry Brown, Pat Gonzales, Jane Kaufenberg, and Garfield (helpers)
* the con program book contains 20 pages
Programming:
** there was a trivia contest, a banquet, costume party, and art show, a dealer's room, film room, panels, and an art auction
** ST: TMP Suffers the Wrath of Khan... or Does It? (Linda Deneroff, Rosemarie Eierman, Joan Verba)
** Is McCoy Being Overlooked in Fan Fiction? (D. Booker, Lynda Carraher, Marilyn Johansen)
** Spock is Not Superman (Rosemarie Eierman, Cynthia Levine, Ginny Thorn)
** Why is Kirk So Often Depicted Inaccureatly in Fan Fiction? (Kay Brown, Carol Chirstensen, Rosemarie Eierman, Beverly Knapp)
** ST: Past, Present Future. Can Fresh Ideas Keep Coming? What Keeps Us Interested? (Cynthia Levine, Joan Verba, Virginia Zanello)
** Other Regulars: Supporting But Never Minor (D. Booker, Cheryl Petterson)
** slideshow "on the live-action STAR TREK TV production (Ruth Berman)
** Graphics Instruction (Rosalie Blazej) "So You Want to Start a Zine? Artists and Editors discuss zine production (Ann Crouch, Linda Deneroff, Marilyn Johansen)
** Writers' Panel (Dave Petterson, Lynda Carraher, J. Richard Laredo, Carol Christensen)
** Trivia Contest (Linda Deneroff)
** Star Trek as Science Fiction
** Pro-Trek: Are the Novels Getting Worse or Better? (Carol Christensen, Joan Verba)
**Post Con Wrap: This is Your Chance to Tell the Committee What You Thought About the Convention
** Dead Dog Party
Readings in the Con Suite:
** Virginia Zanello read some of her poetry including, "Don't Stare at His Ears," "The Unknown Technician," and "I Didn't Go to Space to Do the Laundry"
** Ruth Berman read "And Burned is Apollo's Laurel Bough," "Pre-Occupation," "A Rose for Miranda," and "T'Pring and Sarek"
**Beverley Zuk read from "Third Verdict"
** Lois Welling read from Transition
**Lynda Carraher read from "Curses, Jhikkarr, Foiled Again"
 File:bloomcon1.jpg| 1982 flyer printed in Spin Dizzie 
File:bloomnconflyer.jpg| a 1982 flyer 
Image:bloominconflyer.jpg|a 1982 flyer printed in In a Different Reality #13
Image:bloomcon1-1.jpg|from the 1982 program book
Image:bloomcon1-2.jpg|from the 1982 program book
Image:bloomcon1-3.jpg|from the 1982 program book
Image:bloomcon1-4.jpg|from the 1982 program book
Image:bloomcon1-5.jpg|from the 1982 program book
File:Bloomcon1-6.jpg|from the 1982 program book
==BlooMN'Con 2==
BlooMN'Con 2 was held July 1–4, 1983. There was filksinging, two con skits, several slideshows, a banquet, a costume party, and art show, a dealer's room, film room, panels, and an art auction.
From Boldly Writing: 
* there was a smokers' lounge set up in room #206; no other smoking was allowed
* the banquet menu: fruit cocktail au Kirsch, mixed greens, back half of chicken, au gratin potatoes, glazed carrots, and sherbet
* the con suite was the scene of a DeForest Kelley film festival
* panels were: "Why Was Kirk Grounded Twice?," "Creating New World and New Civilizations," "Where is the Magic in Star Trek?," "Zine Publishing," " Reviews, Critiques, and LoCs,"Star Trek III from Star Trek II," "Humor in Written Trek," "McCoy," "Poetry: What is and What Isn't," "Spock," "Death Stories," "Trek: Are We Taking it Too Seriously?," "Star Trek Mysteries: Explaining Away Errors in Continuity," and "Enterprise"
* slideshows were: Welcommittee Slide Presentation, "Ruth Berman's Slide Show: Inside Star Trek"
* the two con skits were "In Search of Spock" and a musical called "Skit of Con" (the latter with a cast of 12)
 
File:bloomcon2.jpg| flyer for second con, click to read
File:bloomprogress1.jpg|progress report #1, second con
File:bloomprogress2.jpg|progress report #2, second con
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