With fall taking the place of summer, there are plenty of traditions small & large (pumpkin spice, for example!) to look forward to. At our August meeting, the Doxacon Seattle Board of Directors held an election, amended our bylaws, and elected a new Board. Please welcome the new board of Doxacon Seattle:
- Robert King, President
- Erika Rae Heins, Vice-President
- Megan Lorance, Secretary
- Tanya Keenan, Treasurer
- Zoltan Abraham, at-large
- MJ Brick, at-large
- Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, at-large
Also, proposals for programming at Doxacon Seattle 2025 are open! Would you like to run a game? Join a panel? Lead a workshop? Or speak on a topic of geeky obsession? Check out our guidelines, and drop us a line at submissions@doxaconseattle.com
September 15 – 61 years ago today (1963) a bomb exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Burmingham, Alabama. The death of four girls focused attention on Alabama and civil rights in general, sparking greater fervor that the dignity of all people be recognized and honored in the United States. Though we have a long way to go in seeing that realized, the suffering and sacrifice of so many was not in vain. Read NPR’s 60th anniversary article at their website.
September 17 – With a name inspired by both American naval history and Star Trek, the NASA space shuttle was unveiled on this day in 1976. Though it was intended for space, it sadly never made it there, though it did serve to assist astronauts in training for their descent back to Earth among equipment tests. Read more about it at NASA’s page on the 45th anniversary of its debut.
September 18 – Last week was the anniversary of the premiere of X-Files, this week we have an anniversary of an apparent encounter of the third kind…. submitted by Jimmy Carter, then governor of Georgia. He reported that there was an object that moved unnaturally across the sky and changing color before disappearing. The New York Times has a digitized version of their original 1979 article available at their website.
September 19 – Today in 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to acknowledge and enshrine the right of women to vote. Less than two months after the Electoral Act of 1893, 109,461 women enrolled to vote in the election of the same year. Though the work of equal rights continued on in New Zealand and around the world, this was a major milestone! Read about it the New Zealand History website.
September 21 – 87 years ago today, The Hobbit was published. Even then, it was recognized as something special. C.S. Lewis and the New York Times alike praised it, youth and adults alike swarmed to it – and the rest is history! Adapted for radio, television, and movies, the book continues to draw readers today and has never been out of print. Read about it at the Smithsonian magazine website.
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