Meet the Chicago Convergence 7 bid proposal team!

The Evil Chemist/JV (co-chair)
JV, aka, "The Evil Chemist", a physical/analytical chemist by trade & life long Chicagoan, has been a regular on a.g. since 1994 and a semi-regular on a.g.f since 1996. He can also be found on Corpgoth, Chigoth, Detgoth, Milgoth, Madgoth, OHGoth-L, Joyless, and IUGoth, which he created in 1997.
JV has attended C3, C4, C5, & C6. In addition, he has attended Whitby Gothic Weekends, Hallowmas, Saturnalia, Electrofest and numerous musical festivals and gigs across the US, Canada & Europe, not as a promoter, band or dj, but as a patron. He brings forth to the table his experiences with national and international travel and accommodations when attending such events.

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Scary Lady Sarah (co-chair)
Scary Lady Sarah has been on a.g. since 1997 and is a regular on a.g.m. and UPG. She can also be found on Chigoth, DarkDJ-L, ChicagoElectro and numerous band lists. SLS is owner of American Gothic Productions, an independent Chicago based production company that has booked hundreds of national and international acts in it's 9 year existence. SLS's Nocturna, in its 12th year, is the longest continuously running Goth club night in the States. SLS has had the honor & pleasure of being guest d.j. at the Whitby Gothic Weekend (U.K.); the Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival (Leipzig, Germany); the Carnival of Souls festival (UK); d.j. for the BlackOut A.D. tour, which visited 24 North American cities; Dracula's Ball & Barbed Wire Roses (Philadelphia); Gravediggers' Picnic (Cleveland); PowerTools (Houston); Y2Kinky (Toronto); Camden Underworld (London, UK); numerous special events in Chicago (including the Saturnalia festival); and C1, C5 and C6. She also attended C4. Aside from her music related career, SLS is co-owner of SpaceTime Tanks floatation center and volunteers at TreeHouse cat shelter.

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Rick Taylor/Exile
"Let's see... I studied art in the late '70s-early-'80s and I continue to do so to this very day. I read and posted in alt.gothic from sometime in late '92 'till sometime a year or so ago... Aside from that... I've hung out on the punk/goth scene from the time of it's inception... Granted some places I've lived it's been a trifle difficult to find a punk/Goth scene, but we've all experienced that. I tend to wonder if that's where the concept of DIY came from."

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gothgurl
GiGi (AKA Gothgurl) has been active on the web since it's infancy (1992). Gigi can be found on Chigoth, Blackplanet, Blackporkchop, and lurks on alt.gothic, alt.gothic.fashion, alt.gothic.music, CO-Goth, DETgoth, no-gothic, and SFG. Gigi is the founder of Yahoo!Club Chicago Goth. She is active in the Chicago Goth scene and often organizes Chicago net.goth outings and parties.
She is a professional web designer and is a partner and creative director of a Chicago based web development firm. She is our web-mistress and digital diva. You can learn more about Gigi by visiting her site at http://www.gothgurl.com.

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Gerard/SpyderMunky
Gerard (AKA SpyderMunky) has been both online and a Chicago resident since the summer of 1998. Sticking mostly to lurk mode, he follows alt.gothic, alt.gothic.fashion, and local Chicago and Milwaukee mailing lists. C7 will be his fourth Convergence. For more information, feel free to check out http://www.spydermunky.com.

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Zoe Security
Originally hailing from New Jersey, Zoe relocated to Chicago four years ago and has since been an active member of both the Chicago gothic and elektro scenes. She has at various times been a radio and (extremely occasional) club DJ, as well as the editor of two zines, the gothic journal _Asphyxia_ and the unbearably chic elektro zine _Suture Leak_. She has attended C4 and C5, and hangs out as a lurker-type in alt.gothic, alt.gothic.fashion, rec.music.industrial, and more actively on regional mailing lists like Chicago Electro and Chigoth. As the token rivethead on the Chicago C7 bid committee, Zoe devotes most of her free time to sewing elektro-friendly custom clothing for her company XNX Designs, pitifully attempting to improve her German skills, and obsessing over power noise music. Her favorite sin is actually a sin cocktail involving lust, wrath, and sloth, with sloth predominating.

Mel D./Melevolence
Mel has contributed verbose posts to a number of band lists & lurks on UPG. He attended C5 with his wife, SLS. He is also a partner in American Gothic Productions. He is our UK Goth liaison.

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