Sakura-Con 2009

ANCEA/Sakura-Con would like to thank our Honored Guests, Cultural Presenters, Contributors, Panelists, Exhibitors, Attendees and our wonderful volunteer Staff for creating Sakura-Con 2008. We hope you had as much fun as we did in creating the Otaku Odyssey for 2008.

Join us in 2009 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle on April 10th-12th!

Pre-Registration for Sakura-Con 2009 is open!
The current full-weekend price is $35.00 until 7-1-2008;
take advantage of saving 40% off of the at-door price.

2009 Guest of Honor: SmileDK

Sakura-Con 2009's first musical Guests of Honor are SmileDK. The band is well-known around the world and especially beloved amongst fans for "Butterfly" and "Golden Sky" in Dance Dance Revolution. Sakura-Con is pleased to host their west coast debut and their second North American appearance ever.

Sakura-Con General Meeting May 18th, 1:00 pm at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center

This is a great meeting to attend if you are looking to volunteer as staff or just to find out more about the organization that puts on Sakura-Con!

Our agenda includes:

Voting on our chairman/president: Chair (exception -- 1 year term to finish out the 2 year term)
Mike Stark - Seconded - Accepted
Erin Durdy - Seconded - Accepted
Joseph Cretella - Seconded - Accepted
Steve Lewno - Seconded - Awaiting Steve's decision
John Utz - Seconded - Declined

*Note that voting is for ANCEA/Sakura-Con members only (those approved by a Director for hire). Voting on the Chair election only is also extended to former 2008 staffers interested in participating in this election (motion made to do this at our annual meeting since we delayed the Chair election due to short notice).
Amending our Bylaws and Policies to change Membership Secretary into "Director of Membership": Click here to view the proposed amendments
Departmental Reports

Sakura-Con 2009 Executive Board

Two-year terms with the positions staggered.

The following positions with one year left of their two-year term (their term ends after Annual meeting in 2009) are:
Con Chair: (open, see above for more info)
ANCEA Secretary: Erin Durdy
Chief Financial Officer: Reneé Naddeo
Director of Relations: Sabrina Cretella
Director of Publicity: Elmira Utz

The following positions were voted upon by our staff, and have been filled by the following members.
Vice Chair: Roy Duran
Membership Secretary: Ben Hitchcock
Treasurer: Chris Louck
Director of Operations: John Utz
Director of Programming: Jon Bressler

Facilities Manager is elected by the board each year.
Facilities Liaison: (open)