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Committees and Other Positions

Appointments to committees and other positions were made in June 2025 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

Stephanie Shields(c), Dave Anderson, David G. Grubbs, Chip Hitchcock, Michael Kerpan, Rick Kovalcik, Kelly Persons, Kristin Seibert, Tim Szczesuil

Finance Committee[3frt]

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

Gaming Committee

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

Hotel Committee

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

Hotel Search

Paul Kraus (chair), Gay Ellen Dennett, Michael Kerpan, Rick Kovalcik, Peter Olszowka, Sharon Sbarsky, Kristin Seibert

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

Rick Kovalcik(c), Dave Anderson, David G. Grubbs, Mike Kerpan, Mary Olszowka, Peter Olszowka, Sharon Sbarsky, Tim Szczesuil

Webmasters: David G. Grubbs, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Email Administrators: David G. Grubbs, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky

Library Committee

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

Donations & Extras: Mike Kerpan, Chip Hitchcock

Catalog: Mike Kerpan, Chip Hitchcock, Rick Kovalcik, Sharon Sbarsky, Nancy Shapiro, LB Lee

Membership Committee[3rsb]

Gay Ellen Dennett(c), Wes Brodsky, Gloria Lucia Albasi, Lis Carey

Nominating Committee[j]

TBD

Rules Committee[3orsb]

Dave Anderson(c), Dave Cantor, Joe Ross, Rick Kovalcik

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

Meet-Up: Rick Kovalcik, Michael Kerpan

Instagram: Stephanie Shields

Bluesky: ?

Reddit: ?

Insurance Committee

Dave Cantor

Activities

Halloween Party: Stephanie Shields

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

Media Days: Mike Kerpan(l)

NESFA Reading Group: Wes Brodsky, David G. Grubbs

NESFA Writes: Lewis Galvez, Mary Olszowka

Boskone:

Boskone 62 Chair

Joni Dashoff

Boskone 62 Treasurer

Judy Bemis

Boskone 63 Chair

Maria Daggett

Boskone 63 Treasurer

Judy Bemis

Internet Management:

DNS administrator

Dave Anderson, David G. Grubbs

Domain Registration

Dave Anderson

ISP Contacts:

Dreamhost (DNS, email, website, Domain Registration)

David G. Grubbs, Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik, Dave Anderson

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

Rick Kovalcik

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, Stephanie Shields

Short Story Contest

Kylie Selkirk(c); First Round Readers: Ann Crimmins, Chip Hitchcock, Kylie Selkirk, Liz Patton, Steven Lee; Final Judges: TBD; Admin/email aide: David G. Grubbs

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:

[OPEN]

Primary Book &/or Dustjacket Designer

David G. Grubbs, Matt Smaldone

Book Editors:

David G. Grubbs, Jim Mann, Tim Szczesuil

Boskone Book:

David G. Grubbs

Boskone Book Advance Orders

Gay Ellen Dennett

NESFA Sales:

Committee

Tim Szczesuil(c), Judy Bemis, Sharon Sbarsky, David G. Grubbs, Rick Kovalcik

Mail Order

Tim Szczesuil, Sharon Sbarsky, Rick Kovalcik

Credit card processing

Sharon Sbarsky & the usual suspects

Ecommerce / Miva

Sharon Sbarsky, Judy Bemis

PSS Driving

David G. Grubbs, Tim Szczesuil

Stock Room Organizing

Kelly Persons

Speaker to Amazon.com

Tim Szczesuil

Zettle

Dave Anderson

At-Con Sales

Boskone 63

TBD

Boston Book Festival

Gay Ellen Dennett, Kristin Siebert

Readercon 2025

Gay Ellen Dennett

Vermont Expo 2025

Stephanie Shields

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.