AngelSil

Co-Chairperson and Travel

AngelSil is an old-school goth with an extensive background in cat-herding. Currently moderator of the IndyGoth list and an active member on alt.gothic, CorpGoth and (too) many other lists. She has attended 3 previous Convergences and Hallowmas, as well as assisted in the planning of Corporate Goth gatherings in Chicago. Her goal is to make Convergence 8 a welcoming and happy experience for all those who can attend and make attendance possible for as many of our net-goth family as possible.

Laura K.....

Co-Chairperson

Laura (aka spacekadt or teloote) has been a net.goth for 5 years and counting. She went to C6 in Seattle and was hooked on Convergence from there, crossing the country to attend C7. She's a subscriber to many local and national mailing lists such as CorpGoth, LAGoth and many scene-related Yahoogroups, and she used to post regularly on alt.gothic.fashion and lurk on alt.gothic. Laura has been in the trenches with a few non-scene related conventions that drew over 3,000 attendees and is a coordinator by trade. You can often spot Laura in Vegas at the Las Vegas Hilton enjoying a Warp Core Breech (Razzmatazz and five kinds of rum on dry ice) at Quark's Bar.

Éilis Corum-Peale

Spokesperson

Middle school teacher by day, socialite by night, and a two-Convergence veteran, Éilis has been in "the scene" since 1990, and a net.goth for five years, known as iluminaria and Eilis40. She counts alt.gothic, alt.gothic.fashion, netgoth.co.uk, CorpGoth, LAgoth and a gaggle of mailing lists among her online haunts. Éilis schleps over to Vegas at every opportunity and is very familiar with the city and its hidden treasures. She is happy to bring her talents as a former Washington DC journalist and her knowledge of Sin City to the C8 Vegas committee as Spokesmodel and Muse.

Thom Truelove

It has been said that Thom Truelove, aka Zophiel, is a goth on fast-forward. He comes to the scene, both live and net-based, from the Philadelphia area and has been the promoter of club nights and web-community based live events. In person, Thom is neat-yet-creepy; he's somewhere between the Joker and gothic Dennis Miller. He can create fun from a bar napkin and a box of matches. There is a desire within this man to create congenial circumstances for everyone.

Carrie Monster

CarrieMonster has been a Dj in the Chicago goth scene for over 9 years and has been a net.goth since 1998. She currently DJs at Hex on Fridays in Chicago and has travelled to other cities to DJ and mingle with the scene. She has also been involved with GothCon since 2000. Carrie brings a lot of fun (and glitter) to whatever event she attends.

Russell Scott

Russell Scott is a long-time participant and supporter of underground music and culture on two coasts and currently works in multiple roles as a musician, DJ and remixer. Recent contributions to the dark subculture include a long running position as a DJ at Sanctuary@Lace in Las Vegas, an expanding presence as the driving force behind the musical unit Entropy, remixes for well known (and some not so well known) electronic bands, and countless hours of subversive radio-based entertainment. Renowned in Sin City as a guy who "knows his stuff" and lives and breathes the music he loves, Russell's mission is to bring the finest cross-section of new and established bands the underground has to offer to Las Vegas.

Filigree

Drawn from N. CA to Las Vegas in January of 1996, Filigree has worked in the intervening 5+ years to make both LV and its goth scene a home to her. Likewise, going online for the first time in 1996, she has since been drawn to alt.gothic.fashion time and again and considers herself a regular of the newsgroup. Filigree is active in the local goth scene and supports many of the events, in addition to attending the long-running goth/industrial night, Sanctuary. She has been a contributing member of the local goth e-list since its inception, and has recently completed her Gothic Shopping in Vegas website.

Sabine

Internet Liaison

Geek, net.head, writer, there are many ways to say "person with no life," and they all mean sabine. A regular participant in her local goth scene, sabine has also been active online since 1994, reading and intermittently posting to alt.gothic and alt.gothic.fashion for the past four years. She was a former regular and channel op on IRC's #altgothic and #agf until time constraints limited her participation, and she briefly moderated the gothfashion list. When not working in front of her computer, sabine likes to play in front of her computer. That, or rip its insides out. The author of one book (yes, it's out of print) and dozens of articles for nationally-distributed magazines, sabine is very proud to be assisting with the content writing for the C8 Las Vegas bid. Hey, it keeps her off the streets. Which is just what she likes.

Gabby Watson

Finance Liaison

Gabby Watson, our Godfather and financial genius, likes swirly girl music (Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Halou, Bel Canto). Besides being a corpgoth in the truest sense (FINANCE!), he also has his own radio station ( http://www.live365.com/stations/213994) and has worked as a club promoter in San Diego. If he looks familiar, it may be that you saw him at C6 or warming a barstool at the Warwick during C7.

Angulique

Babygoth Liaison

Angulique is a local native in the Las Vegas gothic scene who is easily identifiable by her ever-present cat ears. Being the only committee member under 21, she speaks out in the interests of Babygoths. She has been in "the scene" since 1994, and a net.goth since 1995 (actively since 1998). Also, she is half owner of Deviance Designs ( http://www.angelfire.com/goth/deviance), a former Avon Beauty Advisor, moderator of the mailing lists SpookyChicks and SpookyBrides, self-serving Webmistress, lover of deathrock and so much more. She is a frequent poster on alt.gothic.fashion, her LiveJournal, and many, many mailing lists.

Bob Westphal

Radio Broadcaster

Host of the NYC's longest-running, prime-time "dark music" radio show, "The Shape of Things to Come," Bob Westphal (aka TheOneBob or the gothic Dick Clark) fights the never-ending battle to keep the music alive and kicking and on the airwaves in the NYC area. Broadcasting on 89.1 WFDU-FM for over 15 years, his enthusiasm is undiminished for this ever-changing musical genre. Bob's most recent contribution brought something new to Convergence... a voice. That voice took the form of "Radio C7," a 9+ hour long, streaming broadcast programmed in it's entirety with music and interviews with artists and musicians who appeared at C7, as well as music from all the bands from Convergences gone by. Bob has also spun discs in many of the NYC area genre clubs and events, including Limelight, Downtime, the Roxy, Irving Plaza, Contempt and Voltaire's Re-Animation. In his spare time, Bob is a project manager and migrant trekker.

Sagacity

Webmaster

Veteran of Convergence IV and VII. Denizen of usenet, irc, and endless numbers of elists. Webmaster since '96. Goth boi of various time periods. *insert rest of fluff here*