Behold! Pictures from the first (annual?) Organa-Zation gathering, which took place at MediaWest*Con in Lansing, MI on May 24, 2003. Click the buttons below the see the pictures. Many thanks go out to the Troutman, Ted, for all his help in bringing this together. I regret there are no picutres of him; he was behind the camera on most of them! If you've got a pic of him, email me and I'll be sure to put it up. And be sure to check out everyone's comments from the Sign-In Book below the pictures!

We bought lots of soda and munchies for the party (the bottled water went fastest, believe it or not). I regret I forgot to take a picture of all of the door prizes; they're piled up on this cart too. It's a good thing we got this from the hotel; the party suite was the floor above our room and it would have taken quite a few trips to get all this up there otherwise!

I hung this sign outside the door of the party suite.

Here's a bunch of us on the couch in the party suite. From left to right: a lovely shot of the back of my head, Kelly (aka Doc), Jamie, and Tim Blaes. In the back at the table is Gus (you can see some of the door prizes on the table), and that's Ginger behind Tim.

Here's a better pic of yours truly sitting on the floor. That's Rosie behind the chair, and the Grande Dame of Star Wars Fandom on the far right, Judy. I am sooo embarrassed, but I don't remember the names of the ladies in the chairs! I even had a long talk with the one on the left one night in the Mall, but Sith if I can remember her name. If anybody out there has a better memory than I do please email me and I shall correct this grevious error.

We even had animal fans show up at the party! There was a beautiful Sibirian Husky there too that I didn't get a picture of.

Here's another shot of Tim and Kelly. Again, I don't remember the name of the gentleman in the background. Drop me a line if you know.

Here was the hit of the party! Ken, dressed in his Han Solo outfit. I'm so upset my flash didn't go off; this was a really good shot. That's Gus and Kelly on the couch.

Here's a much better shot of Ken, surrounded by his groupies, Jamie and Ginger, with Gus and Kelly on the couch.

Here's a full shot of Ken in all his Han Solo glory, along with another of his adoring fans.

Sign In Book
Click the button to see a shot of the cover of the sign-in book.

Fannish Name: Birkendoc
Real Name: Kelly
Where are you from?: Wisconsin
Organa-Zation Memeber?: Yes
Comments: Whoo-Hooo

Fannish Name: Gus
Real Name: Augusta
Where are you from?: Alabama
Organa-Zation Memeber?: Used to be
Comments: Leia Rocks! She and Han make a great couple.

Fannish Name: Ginger
Real Name: Virginia
Where are you from?: South Carolina
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments: Very nice party! Glad to be part of the action. Leia is a great female character!

Fannish Name: Jai-Mee
Real Name: Jamie
Where are you from?: New York
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments: Bite me Lucas. Put the orginal episodes (4, 5 & 6) out on DVD!!

Fannish Name: Tim Rat
Real Name: Tim Blaes
Where are you from?: North Carolina
Organa-Zation Memeber?: not yet
Comments: Leia has always been my favorite character

Fannish Name: Queen Bee
Real Name: Judith Yuenger
Where are you from?: Illinois
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments: Are we having fun yet?

Fannish Name: Sheryl
Real Name: Sheryl K Haven
Where are you from?: Virginia
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments: I've had fun before, and this is it!

Fannish Name: Rosie
Real Name: Rosie Sneed
Where are you from?: Michigan (via DC)
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments: Hiya!

Fannish Name: Han Solo
Real Name: Ken Keiseh
Where are you from?: Columbus, OH
Organa-Zation Memeber?: No
Comments:

Fannish Name: Ming
Real Name: Ming
Where are you from?: California
Organa-Zation Memeber?: Yes
Comments:

More Con Pics

AHA! I do have a picture of Ted! That's him in the center with the hat on. This is a pic of a bunch of us having supper at the local Ponderosa. Clockwise from Ted is: arrgg.. I don't remember! Email me if you do. Then Judy, Deb, Marie, Gus, and Kelly.

We threw a baby shower for Kelly, who is carrying the next generation of Star Wars fans. From left to right: Ginger, Gus, Kelly, Jaime, Ted and Sheryl.

Here's Ken dressed in his Stormtrooper outfit. Impressive, huh?

Here's Jaime and Ginger having a little fun with our friendly neighborhood Stormtrooper.

And while we were lucky to get a room in the hotel where the con was being held, as you can see, not all of the rooms have the greatest view....