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Landing Zone Glasgow Tartan – Sharing the Joy of Glasgow 2024

Tartan is a traditional Scottish pattern that comprises two or more differently coloured stripes. Historically, tartan wool clothing was worn by Scottish Highlanders, with particular designs to distinguish each clan. The wool was spun and dyed locally, and then woven and fashioned into kilts and other designs. Nowadays, there are thousands of officially registered tartans, […]

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Worldcon How-To: How to Buy Your Worldcon Membership

So you’ve made the decision to attend Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for Our Futures, but haven’t quite taken the plunge and bought your membership. We understand that the process of buying memberships can be somewhat confusing, so we have created a five-step guide of the purchasing process. Step 1: Visit the ‘Memberships and Tickets’ page

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Meet Your Committee: Matt Calvert – Co-Division Head for Promotions

This week we are meeting Matt Calvert, one of the people the blog teams runs to if things start exploding (they don’t, but it’s nice to know we have the option). Matt is the Co-Division Head with Meg MacDonald for Promotions for the Glasgow in 2024 Worldcon Bid. The role involves overseeing all promotional activities

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Representation and Demography and Glasgow in 2024 Volunteers

Our volunteer demographic survey: an important tool for tracking representation As part of Glasgow in 2024’s volunteer recruitment process, we are requesting that all bid and convention volunteers who feel comfortable doing so fill out an optional, anonymous demographics survey. This is something which past Worldcons have aspired to do, but not necessarily early enough

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