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PRESS RELEASE #5

"Interaction Holds Open Meeting for Glasgow Fans"

INTERACTION, THE 63rd WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION 
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/

For immediate release: Friday 7 March 2003

      Interaction Holds Open Meeting for Glasgow Fans

     Interaction will be holding an Open Meeting in Glasgow
on Saturday 15th March 2003, including a visit to part of
the Convention site, an open Q&A session with senior Interaction
staff, and social events in the afternoon and evening. The
event will be based at the City Inn hotel on Finnieston
Quay, a few hundred meters from the main Convention site at
the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).

     This will be the first Open Meeting since the award
of the 2005 Worldcon to Glasgow, but continues the policy 
of outreach and engagement established in the Bid. Whilst 
the Interaction committee is drawn from around the world,
the Convention is committed to developing strong links 
with SF fans and related groups from Glasgow and Scotland 
in general.  Further meetings are expected to be held
in 2004 and 2005, and a large local turnout is expected
for the Convention itself.

     Full details of the meeting arrangements can be found
at http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/ommar03.htm.

                                                                  ENDS


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Contacts 
General: info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk
Press/Media: Paul Treadaway - press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk

The 2005 World Science Fiction Convention, known as Interaction, will 
take place in Glasgow, UK from 4-8 August 2005. More information about
Interaction, including current membership rates, is available from its 
web site (http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/) or by writing to 
info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.

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press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk. 

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