Committees and Other Positions

Appointments to committees and other positions were made in August 2026 unless a different date is shown as [mm/yy]. In most cases, their terms expire when their successors are appointed, usually at the next June Business Meeting; when there is some other known expiration date, it is indicated as [to mm/yy]. Some relatively quiet positions may have been "held over" (and so marked) from previous years.

We also keep an extensive history of committee memberships.

Standing Committees:

Clubhouse Committee

Rick Kovalcik(c), Dave Anderson, Chip Hitchcock, Michael Kerpan, , Kelly Persons, Kristin Seibert, Tim Szczesuil

Development Steering

Maria Daggett, Jan Dumas

Finance Committee[3frt]

Rick Kovalcik(c), Tim Szczesuil(x), Ann Broomhead, Sharon Sbarsky, Boskone 62/63 Treasurer (Judy Bemis), Boskone 64 Treasurer (Mark Hertel), plus former Boskone and NESFA Treasurers as needed

Gaming Committee

Kelly Persons(c), Dave Anderson, Michael Kerpan, Mary Olszowka, Stephanie Shields

Hotel Committee

Paul Kraus(c), Gay Ellen Dennett, Rick Kovalcik, Jim Mann, Tim Szczesuil, Sharon Sbarsky, Ben Yalow

IT Committee [a.k.a. Computer, Web, Geeks]

Rick Kovalcik(c), Dave Anderson, Mycroft, Mike Kerpan, Mary Olszowka, Peter Olszowka, Sharon Sbarsky, Tim Szczesuil

Webmasters: Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Email Administrators: Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Library Committee

Mike Kerpan(c), Wes Brodsky, Cyrus Chin, Gay Ellen Dennett, Chip Hitchcock, LB Lee, Paula Lieberman, Kelly Persons, Kristin Seibert, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Donations & Extras: Mike Kerpan, Chip Hitchcock

Catalog: Mike Kerpan, Chip Hitchcock, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky, LB Lee, Cyrus Chin

Membership Committee[3rsb]

Mike Kerpan(c), Wes Brodsky, Lis Carey, Gay Ellen Dennett, Mary Olszowka

Nominating Committee[j]

TBD

Rules Committee[3orsb]

Dave Anderson(c), Peter Olszowka, Joe Ross

Outreach Committee (incl. Recruitment & WIndow Display)

Kristin Seibert(c), Mike Kerpan, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky, Stephanie Shields, Julia Tenney

Ad-Hoc Committees:

Social Media

Facebook Page: Mike Kerpan, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky, Kristin Seibert, Marjorie Beaugad

Meet-Up: Rick Kovalcik, Michael Kerpan

Instagram: Marjorie Beaugad

Bluesky: ?

Reddit: Mike Kerpan, Rick Kovalcik

Insurance Committee

Dave Cantor

Activities

Halloween Party: Mike Kerpan

NESFA Picnic: Gay Ellen Dennett(l), Rick Kovalcik, Joe Ross

Media Days: Mike Kerpan(l)

NESFA Reading Group: Wes Brodsky

NESFA Writes: Lewis Galvez, Mary Olszowka

Boskone:

Boskone 64 Chair

Mike Kerpan

Boskone 64 Treasurer

Mark Hertel

Internet Management:

DNS administrator

Dave Anderson, Rick Kovalcik

Domain Registration

Dave Anderson

ISP Contacts:

Dreamhost (DNS, email, website, Domain Registration)

Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik, Dave Anderson

Google Drive

Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik,

RCN [now Accord] (connectivity)

Dave Anderson

Telephony contacts:

Vonage account (voice line)

Dave Anderson

eFax account (Fax line)

Dave Anderson

Other Positions:

Archivist

Kelly Persons

Fellowship of NESFA Administrator

Sharon Sbarsky

Fellowship of NESFA Dinner

Tim Szczesuil

Gaughan Award Administrator

Joni Brill Dashoff(l)

Gaughan Award Judges[a]

Lauren Panepinto, Regina Flath, Christine Foltzer

Lexicon/Relaxacon

Rick Kovalcik

MCFI Liaison

Rick Kovalcik

Online Liaison

Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Procurement

Dave Anderson(l), Rick Kovalcik, Mike Kerpan

Short Story Contest

Kylie Selkirk(c); First Round Readers: TBD
Final Judges: TBD; Admin/email aide: Sharon Sbarsky

Skylark Award Administrator

Joe Ross

Worldcon Liaison

Sharon Sbarsky

NESFA Press:

Business/Production Manager

Tim Szczesuil

Amazon.Com Database Updates

Tim Szczesuil, Peter Olszowka

Baker & Taylor Database Updates

TBD

Bowker Database Updates

TBD

Sending out review books:

Rick Kovalcik

Primary Book &/or Dustjacket Designer

Matt Smaldone, Julia Tenney

Book Editors:

Jim Mann, Tim Szczesuil, Pat Lang, LB Lee

Boskone Book:

TBD

Boskone Book Advance Orders

TBD

NESFA Sales:

Committee

Tim Szczesuil(c), Judy Bemis, Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik

Mail Order

Tim Szczesuil, Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik

Ecommerce / Miva

Sharon Sbarsky, Judy Bemis

PSS Driving

Rick Kovalcik, Tim Szczesuil

Stock Room Organizing

Rick Kovalcik, Kelly Persons

Speaker to Amazon.com

Tim Szczesuil, Peter Olszowka

Zettle

Dave Anderson

At-Con Sales

Boskone 64

TBD

Boston Book Festival

Gay Ellen Dennett, Kristin Siebert

Readercon 2027

TBD

Flags:

[Note: When removing entries from this file, add the names/dates/etc. to data.nesfa.org/committees/history.html]

+: both explicitly appointed and an ex-officio member.

3: requires at least three members (in addition to any ex-officio members).

5: appointments to be made in June, July, or August of the second calendar year prior to the Boskone.

a: requires approval by the Membership to appoint or remove.

b: no one may serve on both the Membership and Rules Committees.

c: committee chair.

f: requires approval by the Membership to appoint or remove; removal requires a secret ballot.

i: interim appointment made due to vacancies caused by previous incumbents having been elected to office.

l: lead person for activity

j: appointments to be made no later than the first meeting in January.

o: must not be an Officer.

r: must be a Voting Member (FKA Regular Member)

s: requires approval by the Membership by secret ballot to appoint or remove.

t: includes the NESFA Treasurer and all active Boskone^® treasurers as ex-officio members.

x: an ex-officio member who was not explicitly appointed.