I neglected to mention, that if you are in the area and can attend,
I have donated a few autographed photos from Jason. They are not
personalized but they are signed.

--- In jasoncarterscrew@yahoogroups.com, joellync <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Randolph, MA. – July 17, 2008 – United Fan Con Inc., a small not-
for-
> profit fan-run group located in Randolph MA, has stepped up to give
> the fans in Boston the fun-filled weekend that they were
> anticipating.
>
> On Tuesday afternoon, July 15th, the Milford, NH based event
> promotions company, JumpCon LLC, cancelled a large Science
Fiction /
> Pop Culture event scheduled for this weekend July 18th-20th at the
> Sheraton Boston Hotel. This is a second time in the last two months
> events like this have collapsed at the last minute, in June Fed Con
> USA in Dallas , TX canceled the rest of their show during the
actual
> event itself.
>
> United Fan Con has been producing fan-run events in Massachusetts
for
> the past 17 years and knows when events are canceled like this it
> leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouths; it hurts everyone
involved:
> actors, agents, hotels, other promoters and especially the fans.
This
> time it is different, a lot of fans that were planning to attend
the
> now canceled Jumpcon Boston have rallied together to put on their
own
> mini convention. It started with online forum posts discussing the
> situation and then moved to the realization that many people were
> still coming to Boston regardless of the JC cancellation. These
fans
> decided to organize and started planning a mini fan event. United
> Fan Con stepped in to help the fans make it happen, giving the fans
> the funds to rent space at a new venue and use of any and all
> equipment and supplies needed to host an event. In addition UFC is
> contacting actors, agents and vendors with the hope of making this
an
> exciting weekend.
>
> This Fan Con will be free to all attendees and include; games,
> videos, fan panels, auctions, vendors and more. The event will take
> place at the Hilton Back Bay, located at 40 Dalton Street, Boston
MA
> (directly across the street from the Boston Sheraton). The event
will
> run from 3pm – 10pm on Friday, 10am – 6pm on Saturday and 12pm –
6pm
> on Sunday.
>
>
> Here is what is being said about the fans efforts:
> "It's really cool that you are trying to help these poor fans". -
> Bob Catalano, Westland Productions
> "I hope you can make something happen with the fans, thanks for
doing
> this." Julie Catlin Brown – Illumina Productions,
> "How nice of you to reach out and see what can be done. We greatly
> appreciate your thoughts and willingness to try and make something
> positive out this fiasco Thank you". Erin Gray - Heroes for Hire.
>
> What we need is you, the fan, to get the word out! Tell all of your
> friends and tell us how you can help. This is a true FAN CON!
>
> If you wish to help plan this event please join us at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jconcons/
>