Editing C14

Convergence 14 took place between the 7th and 11th of August in Ybor City, Florida after a controversial and entertaining bid process.

[http://www.c14ybor.com Official Convergence 14 website ]
==The Bids==
There were 3 bids originally put forward for C14.  Two of them were disqualified, leaving the vote between Ybor and [[Boo's Pants]].  It was decided that if [[Boo's Pants]] won that the bid process would reopen.

The original bids were:
* Ybor City '''WINNER''' [http://www.altgothic.com/c14ybor-bid bid site]
* Dallas [http://www.altgothic.com/c14dallas bid site]
* Hollywood [http://www.altgothic.com/c14hollywood bid site]

==The Voting==
Ybor won.

==The Committee==
[[TheOneBob]]<br>
[[Rafe]]<br>
[[Carrie Monster]]<br>
[[Christal Blu]]<br>
[[The Exiled]]<br>
[[Spud]] (Originally [[Anastasia]] but life got in the way)<br>
[[Saint Mykal]]

==The Drama==

The vote process that led to Angel, Bob and Rafe winning was the target of huge drama.

The Dallas (Hansel von Quenzer, Helena Jones, Fasciogoth, Dorothy, L3g3nd Q) and Hollywood (Bellz, Marissa, Alumiere, Becca, Guy, Christal, Boon and Trid) bids violated the bid process rules, and as such had to be disqualified.

This upset a number of people.

==The Party==
The list of ticket buyers contains approximately 190 names. The organizers are documenting their experiences on the [[C14_Postmortem | postmortem]] page.

===The Bands===
* [[Exit]]
* [[Iris]]
* [[Voltaire]]
* [[Fiction 8]]
* [[Missile Command]]
* [[Audra]]
* [[The Passing Hour]]
* [[Faded Sympathy]]
* [[Synthetic Dream Foundation]]

===The DJs===

* [[Storm]]
* [[March]]
* [[Batty | Spinmistress Batty]]
* [[Carrie Monster]]
* [[ianNothing]] 
* [[Voodoo]]
* [[Spider]] 
* [[Count Von Sexbat]]
* [[Scar]]
* [[Kieth]]
* [[Alex Reed]]
* [[SailorGloom]]
* [[Vikki Wilson]]
* [[Satori]]
* [[TheOneBob]]

===The Official Events===
===The Unofficial Events===
* [[Goths on Ice]] (Organized by Eilis)
* CorpGoth Dinner (Organized by spacekadt)
* Pre-Party (Originally intended to be Tiki Night, turned into Slushie Silliness due to the initial destination (The Hut) being closed (possibly seasonal, I suspect it's only open during Hockey Season -''Rafe'')
* A.G.F. Swap (Organized by Jola & Ashbet)
* A.G.F. Shopping Trip (Organized by Gala)
--[[User:Rafe|Rafe]] 18:14, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

==The Photos==

[[Gallery sites#C14 | on the Gallery page]]

[http://virulent.org/Scrapbook/Goth%20Events/Convergence%20XIV%20Ybor/ Official Program etc] archived on [[User:Siobhan]]'s website.