BCinDC & the 2011 Convention

On Sunday, March 20, BCinDC members met up at Elevation Burger in National Harbor. We slowly took over one table, then two, three, and four as space opened up around us and our books got some room to spread out.

After lunch, some of us headed down to the waterfront to visit the Peeps store and the Awakening statue–even Bally joined in on the fun there.

BookCrossers in attendance were: authorauthor, crrcookie, Ixion, KateKintail, lilgrovers, LN569, mdm139, melydia, nat4lee, ResQgeek, Rock-Solid, theshaggyfreak, tiatia, and T-train

On Sunday, March 13, ResQgeek led a bunch of BCinDC members on a walking tour of historic Old Town Alexandria. We saw many significant historic locations. Even those of us who live in the area saw and learned something new! We also visited the tree planted to honor ResQgeek’s daughter, Becky (it was nice to see it in the daylight). We walked past the restaurant, Bilbo Baggins. And, naturally, we released books along the way!

ResQgeek led the group and BookCrossers who took the tour were: crrcookie, FURBALL, Ixion, KateKintail, melydia, and nat4lee.

We’ve posted some great new raffle items that attendees will get a chance to win at the 2011 BookCrossing Convention.

There are still a bunch more that we haven’t posted yet (and we have a few that we’re keeping secret). So be sure to check back!

And don’t forget, even people who aren’t attending the convention can have a chance to win the handmade bally blanket. Buy your tickets today!

We’re pleased to announce that k-j-h will dye his hair purple for the 2011 Convention! The color won by just 0.24 of a percentage point– the closest race yet.

Next up is crrcookie’s run-off. Will she have blue or purple hair like our first two brave fundraisers? Or will she have a completely different color? You get to decide!

Voting to decide crrcookie’s hair color ends: Tuesday, March 22 at 11:59PM EDT.

Whatever hair color is in the lead at the end of the day on Tuesday will be her hair color. Then we’ll start a run-off vote to decide ResQgeek’s hair color. Keep in mind that if we hit the 90% and 100% marks, we’ll be dyeing our hair two or three colors. In that case, this would just be the first color.

We’re pleased to announce that DiscoveryLover will dye her hair blue for the 2011 Convention! Will she have hair that’s more than one color, though? Donate to make sure we get to 80% and two colors!

Next up is k-j-h’s run-off. Blue is currently in the lead color but for how long?

Voting to decide k-j-h’s hair color ends: Sunday, March 20 at 11:59PM EDT.

Hint: That’s also the deadline for registering at the regular rate and for submitting add-ons!
Purchasing registrations, raffle/prize tickets, and t-shirts also makes the convention funds meter % go up!

So NOW is the time to convince your friends to register for the convention. And you can also donate here: http://tinyurl.com/bcindcdonate
Whatever hair color is in the lead at the end of the day on Sunday will be his hair color. Then we’ll start a run-off vote to decide crrcookie’s hair. Keep in mind that if we hit the 80% and 100% marks, we’ll be dyeing our hair two or three colors. In that case, this would just be the first color.