Gwendolyn Siobhan Patton 163 North Whitehall Road Jeffersonville, PA 19403-2842 610-630-9862 Events Coordination: Hotel Liaison and Contract Writing, Event Promotion, Attendee Registration, Program Book Publishing, Convention Event Programming, Competition Staging, Prize Selection and Acquisition, Guest Speaker Booking and Travel Coordination, Event Security Planning, Vehicle Logistics, Union Relations, Public Releations. Organizational Management: Creating Organizations, Gathering Membership, Promoting Organizational Goals, Press Liaison, Public Speaking, Inspiring persons of disparate backgrounds and divergent political beliefs to cooperate to mutual advantage. Interpersonal Communications: Theatrical: Stage Management, Directing, Acting, Set Design, Sound Design, Lighting, Makeup and Prosthetics, Special Effects and Pyrotechnics, Video Productions. Journalism: Reporting, News Writing, Press Release Writing, Radio Announcing. Fiction Writing: Short Stories, Novellas, Novels, Drama. Non-Fiction Writing: Technical Writing, Political Writing, Press Releases. Newsletter Publishing: Layout, Editing, Reporting, Printing. Computer Skills: Email, FTP, Web Design, Net Navigation, E-Commerce. Publications: Gwendolyn S. Patton. Black Peter. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1413438369/. The Earth is freezing to death, and starships are carrying Her children to the stars. But there is a final starship that is having difficulties, and starship mechanic Carl Merriweather is called upon to repair it. But he never expected to be plucked out of the last shuttle off the planet by a sleigh and nine flying reindeer, to make last-minute repairs on Santa?s broken spacecraft! Gwendolyn S. Patton, Jeremy P. S. Gleed. TMC-500: Guardian-Class Destroyer. Galactic League writers' guide for the Guardian-class starship. Employment History: Systems Analyst DM Partners, Inc (Montgomeryville, PA) 1998-2001 Responsible for all company Internet connectivity, company website, and custom Internet-aware and standalone direct-mail applications. Projects: * Installed and maintained Windows NT-based gateway with proxy, web, and mail servers. * Wrote custom direct mail applications and reporting using FoxPro, Visual FoxPro, JetLetter, Zip+4 sortation programs, and other Direct Mail applications. Senior Systems Analyst Damian Services Corporation (Chicago, IL) 1995-1997 Senior Systems Analyst responsible for projects freeing company from reliance upon outside payroll processors. Projects: * Developed a major custom modification of the SBT Accounting package in FoxPro 2.6 for DOS to process the payrolls of over 60 national temporary agencies. Data was transferred weekly via modem, processed inhouse, paychecks were printed, then sent out via FedEx. Reliance on outsourced processing was eliminated, reducing processing turnaround from 72 hours to 1 hour. * Maintained existing legacy systems and created new extensions, connecting legacy systems to SBT. Created and maintained mechanisms to connect legacy programs and new development to SBT. * Responsible for initial corporate entry to the Internet, and created first company website. Document Specialist and Graphic Artist Staffing Consultants (Naperville, IL) 1992-1993 Long-term temporary assignment at Arthur Andersen's training facility in West Chicago, IL, assisting in the preparation of training materials. Projects: * Word processing * Graphic design * Layout and pasteup * Publishing preparation, and other tasks related to various projects Achievements: * Learned desktop publishing and hot-wax pasteup techniques. Guest Speaker Libertarian Party of New York 2004 Guest speaker at the State Convention for the Libertarian Party of New York. Archivist Phil-Mont Mobile Amateur Radio Club 2003-Present Custodian of over 50 years of club historical materials. Involved in ongoing projects to put older archived materials in modern form, including enlisting aid of club members to index photographs and copying old films to DVD. National Media Spokesperson Pink Pistols National 2003-Present Appointed official press secretary for the Pink Pistols, largest national organization dedicated to the self-defense of the sexual-minority community with legally-owned firearms. Wrote and distributed press releases detailing organizational policy and reactions to GLBT and 2nd Amendment issues. Gave interviews with national and international press on a regular basis. Secured and intereacted with Pink Pistols House Counsel regarding any legal issues arising in connection with all Pink Pistols events nationwide. Achievements: * Curve Magazine, October 2002 * JANE Magazine, April 2003 * Jim Slinsky's Sportsman's Connection Radio Show, February, 2004 * OUT! Magazine, March, 2004 * Voice of America TV, June, 2004 * Ran the 1st Annual Pink Pistols Speed and Accuracy Challenge, June 2004, Philadelphia PA * Press Release: "Pink Pistols Set Record Straight on Gay 2nd Amendment Stance and Queer Shooters' Gay Rights Issues" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prwebxml120017.php * Press Release: "Delaware Valley Pink Pistols Announces Pistol Competition During 2004 Philly Pride Week" http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/emw120784.htm * Press Release: "Three More Pink Pistols Chapters open 2nd Quarter 2004" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prweb121075.htm * Press Release: "Pink Pistols Charity Revolver Competition on June 5, During 2004 Philly Pride Week" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/5/prweb130187.htm * Press Release: "Ohio Pink Pistols Threatened by Club-Wielding "Official" and Horde of Stormtroopers at Pride Festival, Ordered to Surrender Firearms" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb137625.htm Editor-in-Chief Second Amendment Sisters of Pennsylvania, Inc. 2002-2003 Began publishing The Keystone, official newsletter of the Second Amendment Sisters of Pennsylvania. Achievements: * Set up SAS main server to distribute online newsletters directly. Editor The Range Bag 2002 Created The Range Bag online weblog. Founder Delaware Valley Pink Pistols April 2001-Present Founded Delaware Valley Pink Pistols. Began interacting heavily with press on a regular basis. http://delawarevalley.pinkpistols.org/ Achievements: * Front page story in Philadelphia Gay News, July 27, 2001 * Front page story in Bucks County Intelligencer, October 23, 2002 * Fox TV News, Philadelphia, November 7, 2002 * Curve Magazine, October 2002 * JANE Magazine, April 2003 * Jim Slinsky's Sportsman's Connection Radio Show, February, 2004 * OUT! Magazine, March, 2004 * Voice of America TV, June, 2004 Co-Editor Phil-Mont Mobile Amateur Radio Club 2001 Became co-editor of The Blurb, monthly print newsletter of the Phil-Mont Mobile Amateur Radio Club. Publisher Revolution Earth Press 2001 Created Revolution Earth Press to publish various freelance works, both online and in print. Projects: * Started Household Gunowners' Digest in September, 2001. * Became Co-Editor of The Blurb, official newsletter of the Phil-Mont Mobile Amateur Radio Club * Started The Keystone, the newsletter for the Pennsylvania chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters, in 2002. Convention Committee Chairman ConSanguinity II 1995 Managed entire operation of second cmbined science-fiction and horror convention in the Chicago suburbs. Convention nearly broke even, and repeated record of zero hotel guest complaints. Convention Committee Chairman ConSanguinity I 1994 Managed entire operation of a combined science-fiction and horror convention in the Chicago suburbs. Coordinated all volunteer efforts and negotiated hotel and guest of honor contracts. Convention received accolade from the Corporetum Hyatt, Lisle, IL as the first convention in known memory to have zero customer complaints. Convention was profitable, unusual for first year of a convention of this kind. Convention committee member Duckon II 1992 In charge of masquerade competition. Managed all phases of staging, coordinating of competitors, and arranging of space and volunteers. Founding Partner Galactic Stage Productions 1991-Present Galactic Stage Productions is a theatrical group that provided full stage services to science-fiction conventions. Inaugural event was the masquerade competition at Starbase Nova, Oakbrook, IL. GSP provided pipe-and-drape (stage curtains), lights, sound, communications, logistics, and experienced stage management, crew and handlers for many local conventions, including Duckon, Windycon, Capricon, and Chicon. GSP was also contracted to provide supplementary crew for Worldcon in Winnipeg in 1994. I personally managed 10 separate masquerade competitions over a 4 year period. GSP is still being operated by other original partners Founding Convention committee member Duckon I 1991 In charge of masquerade competition. Managed all phases of staging, coordinating of competitors, and arranging of space and volunteers. Editor-in-Chief, AlterNations Magazine The Galactic League/The Galactic League, Inc. 1988-1996 Coordinated all phases of publication of AlterNations, the bi-annual science-fiction magazine of the Galactic League. Founder The Galactic League 1988-Present Founded The Galactic League, a shared-universe writers' co-op and publishing group. This organization is still in operation 16 years later in the Chicago area. Achievements: * The Galactic League incorporated for two years in 1994-1995 for the purpose of running science-fiction conventions. I served as Chief Executive Officer and President during those years. Publisher/Editor Shire of Rokkhealdan 1984-1986 Published newsletter "The Moss". Videographer Patton Specialties 1982-1984 Used portable Sony video equipment for various video projects. Achievements: * Added U-Matic video cassette equipment in 1983. News Intern WRVI-FM (Virden, IL) 1982-1983 Wrote news copy, performed interviews, and created on-air actualities for a southern-Illinois radio station. Publisher Shire of Faithhold 1983-1984 Published newsletter "The Outer Bailey". Seneschal Shire of Faithhold 1983-1984 Founded SCA chapter Shire of Faithhold, at Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois Interests: * Amateur Radio. FCC Amateur Radio License (Amateur Extra class: NG3P).