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John Pomeranz

John Pomeranz is a longtime fan from the Washington D.C. area. He is a former president of the Washington SF Association and was responsible for programming at Bucconeer, the 1998 Worldcon in Baltimore. With his wife, Kathi Overton, he helped create the long-running television series Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction in 1989. In his day job, John is an attorney specializing in the law governing tax-exempt organizations and has advised several Worldcon committees on such issues.

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Thu 11:00 (A18) 1 hr
Convention-Running 101: Legal Compliance for Non-profits

So you want to run a convention? What do you need to do to be nonprofit? You're working on a con? What can you write off? What are your obligations?

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