Subject: Convention Wrap-up and More!

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November 9, 2011

THANK YOU!

Hello everyone,

Now that we have risen from our week-long post-convention coma, we wanted to take a moment to extend a heart felt THANK YOU to everyone who attended AWAY MISSION: ORLANDO. I have attended many conventions in the past 10+ years and have always dreamt of hosting an event like this. We realize there were a few minor bumps along the way but by the end we were fairly pleased with how it all turned out and hoped that everyone had a good time. We are humbled by the hundreds of comments, emails, blog posts, tweets, etc. that began pouring in just hours after the event ended congratulating us on such an amazing weekend. For those of you that attended Patrick Stewart's Q&A, you witnessed as Mr. Stewart congratulated us on "the best, most relaxed, congenial, easy-going weekend at a convention" that he had ever had. Who am I to argue with a Knight! (By the way, if anyone happens to have video or audio of that I would really LOVE a copy. I know Mr. Stewart asked that there be no videotaping but I'm sure a few of you were able to sneak in a few minutes of footage. Your sins shall be forgiven! Please send them in to info@vulcanevents.com.) All of your positive feedback and Sir Patrick's too of course made the months of preparation all worth while. Of course we can't take all the credit. A big THANK YOU to all of our celebrity guests, behind the scenes guests, all of our guest authors, and our host of volunteers but most importantly to YOU, the fans, who are really responsible for making this weekend the success that it was.

So where do we go from here? Well, in 2012 we have a few exciting things that we are working on. First, a name change. Vulcan Events is now THE AWAY MISSION (see details in the section below.) We are also working on two events for 2012. One will be similar to AWAY MISSION: ORLANDO and the other will be a whole new genre that we hope you will enjoy. Not much more that we can say at this point but details will follow in the coming months. Please be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and sign up to this e-newsletter.

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VULCAN EVENTS is now THE AWAY MISSION
Those of you that attended Sir Patrick's Q&A session were present for the official announcement. Unfortunately, we did not have the time to go into to many details since everyone was anxiously waiting Mr. Stewart's presentation. We wanted to take a moment here to fill everyone in on the company's name change.

As I mentioned in the opening of this email, I, Javier Garcia, have been involved in the convention business, in one way or another, for about 10 years. My business partner, Fernando Martinez has been at it for over 20 years. When we started Vulcan Events, we did so because we were nostalgic for this type of "fan friendly" "weekend getaway" style of convention which is sadly disappearing into extinction replaced by the "Comic Con" style convention. It had been almost 2 years since we had seen an event in Florida where you could visit with old friends, meet some new ones, and share your love for all things sci-fi. A place where you could meet some of your favorite celebrities and really get a chance to talk to them and pick up a few autographs without having to stand in line for hours just to be rushed through before you even got a word out. Where you could share your experiences in a much more intimate group of hundreds rather than crowds of thousands.

We have always been very transparent as to who we are and what we were trying to achieve. Unfortunately it seems there has been some confusion among the long-time Florida convention goers about who we are and what we are all about. Between this confusion, the fact that we cover so much more than just Star Trek, and since we plan on experimenting with other genres in the coming year; we felt that a new company name would be a better fit. Thus "The Away Mission" was born. Starting in 2012, we will host AWAY MISSION: ORLANDO, or AWAY MISSION: TAMPA, or AWAY MISSION: whatever city we might be visiting.

For our first event in April/May of 2010, we brought you Christopher Lloyd, his second convention appearance in the US. For our second show in March of 2011, we brought you Casper Van Dien, his first convention appearance ever! And of course just two weeks ago, we brought you Patrick Stewart (making his first appearance in Florida in over 20 years), and David Warner making his second convention appearance in the US. We have delivered consistently on all of our promises and hope you will continue to put your trust in us. We mean business and we are here to stay. We hope that you will continue to support us as we move forward and grow--and by grow I mean by moving into new cities and new genres, not in size; we think our events are just the perfect size as they are!

In the coming months you will notice the transition of our website, Facebook and Twitter pages to reflect the name change. You will still be able to reach us at www.vulcanevents.com but our new web address, as of January 1st will be www.away-mission.com. We will continue to update everyone as the changes are made to Twitter and Facebook.

Please be assured that this is the only change we are making. Javier, Judy, Fernando, Marc, Vern, Topper, John H. and the rest of the gang will continue to deliver the best convention experience in Florida for years to come.

Did you miss AWAY MISSION: ORLANDO?

For those of you that could not make it to our event this past weekend: WOW, you missed a great one but not to worry, we've got you covered! For those that did make it but perhaps forgot to pick up an autograph for a friend, here is another chance. If you are interested in any autographed photos, posters, t-shirts or collectibles from AWAY MISSION: ORLANDO, they are now available on our website.

Follow this link to visit our Orlando 2011 store and order today! www.vulcanevents.com/orlando

As always, thank you for your continued support. Please feel free to email us with your comments, questions or suggestions. We are always listening.

Javier & Judy Garcia and Fernando Martinez
The Away Mission - Formerly Vulcan Events

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