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Arisia Abbreviated History

Date	Venue	Guilty Parties: ConChair & Arisia Officers	Guests of Honor & Special Guests	Theme	Registration
Arisia '90 Feb 23-25, 1990	Lafayette Swissotel Boston, MA	Chair: Matthew Saroff President: Mary Robison (1) VP: Kim Van Auken Treasurer: Tom Fish Clerk: Adria Crum	WGoH: Richard Bowker AGoH: A.C. Farley FGoH: Spike McPhee		842
Arisia '91 Feb 1-3, 1991	Vista International Waltham, MA (2)	Chair: Matthew Saroff Pres: Mary Robison VP: Robert Bazemore Treasurer: Marshall Ellis Clerk: A. Joseph Ross	WGoH: Jack L. Chalker AGoH: Bob Walters		~1050
Arisia '92 Jan 3-5, 1992	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Kimberly S. Van Auken Pres: Patrick McCormack VP: Jeffrey Jordan Treas: Marshall Ellis Clerk: A. Joseph Ross	WGoH: Craig Shaw Gardner AGoH: Robin Wood Tech Guest: Alex Latzko Filk Guest: T.J. Burnside Clapp Guest Editor: Ginjer Buchanan (4) Guest Editor: Shoshanna Green (4) Media Guest: Lynne Stephens	(3)	1094
Arisia '93 Jan 15-17, 1993	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Robert "Insanity" Bazemore Pres: A. Joseph Ross VP: Heather Coon Treas: Allan Kent Clerk: Mark Dulcey	WGoH: Ellen Kushner AGoH's: Charles Lang and Wendy Snow-Lang Fan GoH: Monty Wells Tech GoH: Carl Zwanzig		1670
Arisia '94 Jan 21-23, 1994	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers (6)	Chair: James S. Belfiore, Jr. Pres: A. Joseph Ross VP: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Treas: Allan Kent Clerk: Edward Dooley	WGoH's: Spider and Jeanne Robinson AGoH: Michael Whelan Fan GoH: Dave Kyle	(5)	1513
Arisia '95 Jan 13-15, 1995	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Sheila Oranch Pres: Joelll Herda VP: Jim Stevenson Treas: Eric Bunce Clerk: Edward Dooley	WGoH: C. J. Cherryh AGoH: Jael Fan GoH: Walter Kahn Tech GoH: Deryl Burr Filk Guest: Michael Longcor		1810
Arisa '96 Jan 12-14, 1996	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Pres: Cris Shuldiner VP: Walter Kahn Treas: Randall Cohen Clerk: Robert Fairburn IV	WGoH: Emma Bull and Will Shetterly AGoH: Lissanne Lake Fan GoH: Rob Bazemore (aka Insanity*3) (7) Musical Guest: Boiled In Lead	Minneapolis Music	1826
Arisia '97 Jan 10-12, 1997	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers (8)	Dictator: Pat McCormack (9)(10)	WGoH: R. A. Salvatore AGoH: Bob Eggleton Fan GoH: The Gang of Five (11)	Exploring Tyranny In Our Literature and In Our Lives (12)	1874
Arisia '98 Jan 16-18, 1998	Westin Waltham-Boston Waltham, MA (2)	Exec Director: Glen R. Goodwin (14)(10) Pres: Jeffrey L. "Hunter" Jordan VP: Brendan Quinn Treas: Skip Morris Clerk: Paul Selkirk	WGoH: James P. Hogan AGoH: Cortney Skinner Fan GoH: Marty Gear	Freedom: Stories of The Revolution!	1538 (13)
Arisia '99 Jan 8-10, 1999	Westin Copley Place, Boston	Chair: Cris Shuldiner Pres: Elka Tovah Menkes VP: Glen R. Goodwin Treas: Skip Morris Clerk: Rachel Silverman	WGoH: Roger MacBride Allen AGoH: Gary A. Lippincott Fan GoH's: Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden Science Guest: H. Paul Shurch aka "Dr. SETI"	The 10th Arisia Party Like It's 1999 (15)	1672
Arisia '00 Jan 14-16, 1900 (16)	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Paul Selkirk Pres: Noel Rosenberg VP: Cris Shuldiner Treas: Skip Morris Clerk: Tom "Merv" Murphy	WGoH: Jane Yolen AGoH: Tom Kidd Fan GoH: Sharon Sbarsky Musical Guest: Echo's Children	(16)	1965
Arisia '01 Jan 12-14, 2001	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Elka Tovah Menkes Pres: Brendan Quinn VP: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Treas: Skip Morris Clerk: Tom "Merv" Murphy	WGoH:Lois McMaster Bujold AGoH: Wojtek Siudmak Fan GoH: jan howard finder aka "Wombat"	Looking Back on the Future	2082
Arisia '02 Jan 18-20, 2002	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Noel Rosenberg Pres: Brendan Quinn VP: Colette Fozard Treas: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Clerk: Paul Selkirk	WGoH: Katherine Kurtz AGoH: Tristan Alexander Fan GoH: Eugene Heller	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: A Tribute to the Works of Douglas Adams	2309
Arisia '03 Jan 17-19, 2003	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Skip Morris Pres: Joel Herda VP: Noel Rosenberg Treas: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Clerk: Paul Selkirk	WGoH: Harry Turtledove AGoH: Victoria (Poyser) Lisi & Julio Lisi Fan GoH: Anthony R. Lewis, FN Gaming Guest: Looney Labs	Alternate Realities	2,264
Arisia '04 Jan 16-18, 2004	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Evil Overlord(10): Carsten Turner Pres: Joel Herda VP: Noel Rosenberg Treas: Nicholas "phi" Shectman Clerk: Alex Latzko	Sculpture GoH: Arthur Ganson WGoH: Tim Powers Fan GoH: Kim Van Auken Special Freedom Guests: Eric S. and Catherine Raymond Special Filk Guest: Tom Smith	The Future of Freedom	2,283
Arisia '05 Jan 21-23, 2005	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Buzz Harris Pres: Carsten Turner VP: Rick Kovalcik (RKOV) Treas: Alex Latzko Clerk: Claudia Mastroianni	WGoH: Barbara Hambly AGoH: John Picacio Fan GoH: Victor J. Raymond Special Media Guest: Harry Knowles Special Fannish Movie Guests: HiddenFrontier.org Special Filk Guests: Mary Ellen Wessels & Ed Stauff	Through Alien Eyes	2,086
Arisia '06 Jan 13-15, 2006	Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers	Chair: Nicholas "phi" Shectman President: Rick Kovalcik (RKOV) Vice President: Lisa Hertel Treasurer: Ben Levy Clerk: Rachel Silber	WGoH: Allen Steele AGoH: Frank Wu Fan GoH: Barb Schofield Special Musical Guest: Heather Dale	Focus

Notes:

1. Nineteen-ninety was Arisia's second year of existence, officers from the first year were: President: Cris Shuldiner, VP Mary Robison, Treas: Tom Fish, Clerk: Brian Cooper
2. The "Vista International" is now the "Waltham Westin" hotel.
3. No theme, but there was a "Carmen Miranda Silly Hat Contest".
4. Ginjer and Shoshanna were each listed as "Special Guest Editor" in different sections of the Program Book. No-one (including the chairman) remembers what really happened.
5. Arisia's 90-92, 94 & 95 were each officially a "Speculative Media Conference". The inside cover of A'94 was the first to call Arisia a "Science Fiction Convention". Arisias '93, '96 & '97 called it a "Convention". Arisia '98 went both ways. Arisia '99, '00 & '01 said "Science Fiction Convention". (Warning - this is a religious issue among Arisia Die-Hards).
6. The "Park Plaza Castle" (formally the armory for the First Corps of Cadets National Guard Unit) was used for the masquerade and several other events due to an outside wedding being scheduled in the hotel main ballroom.
7. At A'96 our Fan Guest of Honor got married in the hotel ballroom as his "GoH Event".
8. Arisia '97 was the last year under the old family-owned Park Plaza management. The hotel sale closed the Monday after the convention.
9. There is no mention in the A'97 Program Book of Arisia Corporate or its officers. They apparently didn't exist since we had a "Dictator". (For the record, they were President: Cris Shuldiner, VP: Brendan Quinn, Treasurer: Marshall Ellis, Clerk: Glen Goodwin.)
10. Arisia has a position of Convention Chairman. Occasionally they forget this and call themselves something else.
11. The "Gang of Five" were Arisia's Founders: Brian Cooper, Tom Fish, Mary Robinson, Matthew Saroff, Cris Shuldiner.
12. Theme aka "The Iron Boot of Tyranny".
13. Arisia '98 had a strict attendance cap of 1500 due to hotel function space limitations. The cap was raised to 1550 and no-one was turned away.
14. Chair was originally Randall S. Cohen, replaced by Glen Goodwin during the Summer of '98.
15. There actually was no external theme for this convention as the Chair does not believe in them. What is listed here is the internal theme designed for the staff to have fun with.
16. No official theme, but the "in joke" was that Arisia '00 was officially "Not Y2K Compliant", so the dates were printed as 1900.