Your Comittee:
Your Convergence 8 in San Francisco committee is primarily made up of the people
who promote and run San Francisco's Gothic/industrial nightclubs. We are all
long time residents of the bay area. We have years of experience in producing
events and entertaining people. We are all "net.goths" to some degree, ranging
from past Convergence attendance, to participation in international and regional
mail lists, to hosting our own web sites (and those of others). But, we have day
jobs too. While being goth is good, and something no organizer of convergence should not be,
we feel it important to point out that we are professionals FIRST. We don't gossip, we don't
mudsling, we dont infight, we just _do_the_work_. Our experience as internet/high tech
professionals, project managers, convention organizers, promoters, and business men and women gives
us the skills and know how to successfully complete a
project of the magnitude of Convergence 8 _on_schedule_ and _under_budget_.
But, we also know our limits, so will welcome the advice and participation of
former Convergence committee members.
Finally - we want your help. The Convergence 8 San Francisco Committee
recognizes that Convergence 8 belongs to you. If we are selected by you to
produce Convergence 8, we are your committee. As such we welcome and invite you
input. We pledge to be accessible and responsive to your ideas and suggestions.
Voodoo - chairman and spokesthing:
Giving new meaning to the term eldergoth, Voodoo (aka Mike Iampietro)has been
producing Gothic and Industrial events since 1985. Currently he can be found in
San Francisco, as owner and DJ of the monthly deathrock event, House of
Voodoo(http://www.houseofvoodoo.com) and
as guest DJs at various other bay area clubs. Voodoo attended Convergence 5,6 and 7 as
Well as Hallowmass 1999 and participates in a variety of international and
regional gothic oriented mail-lists. Voodoo has made it a personal goal to
ensure that your Convergence 8 experience will be remembered fondly (if at all).
Perki - DJ co-ordinator, Web design/Art Direction.
Perki has been/is a dj, promoter, web designer, graphic designer, event co-ordinator, host, and world class
annoyance. He can piss off more people in ten minutes than most people manage in a full month.
He is on a few email lists, both local and international, and has travelled across the country
and elsewhere, once again, pissing people off wherever he goes. He is not allowed to speak on behalf
of this bid, for safety and p/r reasons. Perki also runs his own monthly pop/gothrock/aetherial event
called Smoke and Mirrors. His
personal website can be found here.
Bella (aka Paula Ashton) - Operations Manager
Has been in the scene for the past 15 years and has developed a taste for
good entertainment and likes to make it happen as a prevention against
boredom. As well as serving as hostess at San Francisco night clubs, and
running and participating in international and regional email lists, Bella
brings a wealth of experience at organizing and producing conventions. Past
cons Bella has worked on include: Monolith '01,PantheaCons '98-'01, BayCons
'97-'01 and WonderCons '97-'00. She also is one of the organizers of local,
monthly goth dinners and the darkthreads sewing circle. Her website is at
http://www.sfgoth.com/~bella.
Redevil/ DJ Dante - Band Co-Oridnator
Redevil aka DJ Dante is the Driving force behind San Francisco based The
Requiem Night club. He also doubles as the Booking agent and owner for Redevil
Enterprises (Goth/Subculture E-commerce super shop) & The Requiem. Through his
years of experience directly in SF & bay area clubs, booking and business
knowledge he has been able to book some of the most respected bands in our
industry of Gothic / Industrial / Fetish & Subculture genre. He is also
responsible for Redevil's newest project Private Idaho (80s Club based in
Silicon Valley) and Funeral Nation Productions soon to blanket the SF bay with
it's ever increasing dark parade of sorrow filed dirges. Complete gateway to
sweet sorrow at http://www.flaminghot.com
Kermit - Event manager
Kermit is co-owner and DJ of the East Bay Club Aint Dead Yet, and has years of
club/event production experience.
Rick A. Mortis - Artist / DJ
Mr. Mortis has been involved with the Goth/Industrial scene for 5 years, he has
been involved in club promotion, and general staff positions. He is currently
a regular DJ at San Franciscos "House of Voodoo" Senore Mortis also runs the
"Formaldihyde Fix" website, and mailing list, and has been a member of the
SFGoth Junkies list for four years.
