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'''MantiCon''' is a science fiction convention hosted by {{trmn}} (TRMN). The first four annual events were held 2015-2018 on Memorial Day weekend in Minnesota. Each year featured [[David Weber]] as the principal Guest of Honor. Additional guests varied by year, and often included David Weber's [[Honorverse]] co-authors.

[[File:MantiCon Logo.png|350px|right|The MantiCon logo]]

[[File:Manticon stage 2018.jpg|300px|right|Mainstage set for panels at MantiCon 2018 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton]]

MantiCon has since become the designation for TRMN-hosted conventions in other cities and at other times of the year, with a 2019 convention held in Utah.

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==2015==

29-31 May, 2015 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Marko Kloos. A catered banquet was held on Saturday night, with entertainment provided by professional ballroom dancers, as well as a performance by [[FLA]] Martin Lessem.

29-31 May, 2015 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring [[David Weber|David and Sharon Weber]], Timothy Zahn, and Marko Kloos. A catered banquet was held on Saturday night, with entertainment provided by professional ballroom dancers, as well as a performance by [[FLA]] Martin Lessem.

===Operational Awards===

See [[Orders:BuPlan Dispatch 1508-01]]

===Peerages===

The first MantiCon saw an unusually large slate of peerage creations and elevations (per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]):

;Elevations

*[[New Montana]] — [[David Weber]] elevated to Grand Duke

*[[New Ulyanovsk]] — Sean Niemeyer elevated to Duke

*[[New Essex]] — Robert Bulkeley elevated to Earl

*[[Karstadt Sea]] — Robert Jackson elevated to Earl

*[[New Cumbria]] — Elisa Randall elevated to Countess

;Creations

*[[Boundary Waters]] — Baroness (Laura Lochen)

*[[New Arlington]] — Baron (Christopher Wueve)

*[[Runnymead Fields]] — Baron (Mark Gutis)

*[[Nový Prerov]] — Baron (Ivo Heger)

*[[Tesseyman]] — Baron (Greg Marchand)

*[[Glencairn]] — Baron (Drew Drentlaw)

*[[New Mimas]] — Baron, life peer (Timothy Zahn)

*[[Leutzen Vale]] — Baron, life peer (Eric Flint)

*[[Allegheny-Mellon]] — Baron, life peer (Thomas Pope)

*[[Neu Sachsen]] — Baronin, Andermani (Laura Lüschen)

*[[Henesy]] — Steadholder, Grayson (Tom Saidak)

==2016==

28-30 May, 2016 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Manu Intiraymi.

===Peerages===

Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:

;Elevations

*[[Fontana Flats]] — Chrissy Killian elevated to Countess

*[[White Lion]] — William Knight elevated to Earl

;Creations

*[[Maelstromm]] — Steadholder, Grayson (David Melsome)

==2017==

26-28 May, 2017 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Captain Dale Dye.

[[File:MantiCon 2017 Logo.png|300px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2017]]

26-28 May, 2017 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring David and Sharon Weber, [[wikipedia:Dale Dye|Captain Dale Dye, USMC]].

===Awards===

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=1817&p=5264 TRMN Forum Announcement of awards issued at MantiCon 2017]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=553&t=2111 TRMN Forum Announcement of Flag Promotions at MantiCon 2017]

*MantiCon 2017 Operational Awards: [[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1706-A]]

*Achievement Awards issued for service at MantiCon 2017: [[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1707-B]]

===Peerages===

Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:

;Elevations

*[[Mountain View]] — Robert Bulkeley elevated to Duke (his [[New Essex]] earldom raised to the Duchy of Mountain View)

*[[Boundary Waters]] — Laura Lochen elevated to Countess

;Creations

*[[Camera Stellata]] — Baron (Matthew Parker)

*[[Redstone]] — Baroness (Heidi Nelson)

==2018==

[[File:MantiCon 2018 Logo.png|300px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2018]]

25-27 May, 2018 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton. Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Timothy Zahn, Eric Flint, and Marko Kloos. This was the Webers' 25th wedding anniversary, and an elaborate vow renewal ceremony was held on the main stage.

*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidkloempken/albums/72157667419225197/ Photos from throughout the Manticon 2018 event]

*[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451534335278800.1073741845.321270424971859&type=1&l=5e43062266 Photos of the Wedding Ceremony]

*[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451542608611306.1073741846.321270424971859&type=1&l=3dda3a53e9 After Ceremony Photos]

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*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=6839&p=19759 TRMN Forum Announcement of awards issued at MantiCon 2018]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=553&t=7167 TRMN Forum Announcement of Flag Promotions at MantiCon 2018]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=7231&p=20979 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2018 participation]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=7231&p=20979 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2018 participation] ([[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1806-B]])

===Peerages===

Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]] and the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=548&t=6847 MantiCon 2018 peerage announcement]:

;Elevations

*[[Wilson]] — Sharon Rice-Weber elevated to Countess

*[[Mars-Evans]] — Daniel Walker elevated to Earl

*[[Miyake-Jima]] — Jill McTavish elevated to Countess

;Creations

*[[McCovey Cove]] — Baron (Michael Garcia)

*[[Clear Lake]] (later renamed [[Long Beach]]) — Baroness (Cindy Van Wyhe)

*[[Clipper Island]] — Baron (Mark Gledhill)

*[[Silver Lake]] — Baron (Garret Bitker)

*[[New Florence]] — Baroness (Pamela Cole)

*[[New Caladan]] — Baron (Jeffrey Webb)

*[[New Halifax]] — Baron (Rob Marshall)

*[[Baudenvost]] — Baron von Baudenvost, Andermani (Philip Wohlrab)

*[[Duquesne Tower]] — Senator for Life, Haven (James Sena)

==2019==

[[File:SpikeCon 2019 Logo.png|250px|right|MantiCon 2019 was held as part of SpikeCon (NASFIC 13), which shared this logo with Westercon 72 and 1632 Minicon]]

4-7 July 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Dayton Conference Center in Layton, Utah, hosted by NASFIC 13 (Spikecon). Featured guests were David Weber, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, Vincent Villafranca, Bjo & John Trimble.

===Awards===

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=11099&p=30393 TRMN Forum Announcement of Awards issued at MantiCon 2019]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=11143 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2019 participation]

===Peerages===

Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]] and the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=548&t=11095 MantiCon 2019 peerage announcement]:

;Creations

*[[Black Thunder]] — Baron (Rob Folden)

*[[Grays Harbor]] — Baron (James "AJ" Olsen)

*[[Sutherland]] — Baron (Michael Houghtaling)

==2023==

[[File:MantiCon 2023 Logo.png|320px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2023, held at the Santa Clara Marriott and hosted by BayCon]]

1-4 July, 2023 at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California, hosted by BayCon.

===Awards===

~~TBA~~

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=19086&p=46523 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty — Spring 2023 Honors] (organization-wide awards, promotions, and peerages issued at MantiCon 2023)

*Operational awards for BayCon/MantiCon 2023 participation: [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2309-02]] (covering both BayCon/MantiCon 2023 and RadCon 2023)

*Additional BayCon/MantiCon 2023 awards: [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2401-01]]

*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=19052 Photos from the Tenth Fleet Awards Ceremony, 1 July 2023 at BayCon/MantiCon]

===Peerages===

Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:

;Elevations

*[[Camera Stellata]] — Matthew Parker elevated to Duke

*[[McCovey Cove]] — Michael Garcia elevated to Earl

*[[Long Beach]] — Cindy Van Wyhe elevated to Countess (formerly Baroness [[Clear Lake]])

*[[Sutherland]] — Michael Houghtaling elevated to Earl

;Creations

*[[Foxglove]] — Baron (Lisa Ann Wiedemann)

*[[Wolf Point]] — Baron (Samuel Walter Dietzmann)

*[[Acorn Valley]] — Baroness (Megan Krick)

*[[Belleau Wood]] — Baron (William T Farley II)

*[[Glacier Point]] — Baron (Geoffrey Vincent Kramer)

*[[Castine]] — Baron (Peter Gold)

*[[Bronte Creek]] — Baron (David Misener)

*[[Amberwolf]] — Steadholder, Grayson (Neil Simpson)

*[[Hohenheim]] — Andermani peerage (David Westover)

*[[Neu Potsdam]] — Freiherr, Andermani (Geoff Zoeller)

==External Links==

*[http://manticonorg.ipage.com/Manticon/index.html MantiCon website]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181223124626/http://manticonorg.ipage.com/Manticon/index.html MantiCon website] (archived, December 2018)

*[https://www.facebook.com/trmnmanticon/ MantiCon Facebook page]

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[[Category: Conventions]]

[[Category:Glossary]]

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 '''MantiCon''' is a science fiction convention hosted by {{trmn}} (TRMN). The first four annual events were held 2015-2018 on Memorial Day weekend in Minnesota.  Each year featured  [[David Weber]] as the principal Guest of Honor. Additional guests varied by year, and often included David Weber's [[Honorverse]] co-authors.
+[[File:MantiCon Logo.png|350px|right|The MantiCon logo]]
+[[File:Manticon stage 2018.jpg|300px|right|Mainstage set for panels at MantiCon 2018 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton]]
 MantiCon has since become the designation for TRMN-hosted conventions in other cities and at other times of the year, with a 2019 convention held in Utah.
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 ==2015==
--31 May, 2015 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.  Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Marko Kloos.  A catered banquet was held on Saturday night, with entertainment provided by professional ballroom dancers, as well as a performance by [[FLA]] Martin Lessem.
+-31 May, 2015 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.  Featuring [[David Weber|David and Sharon Weber]], Timothy Zahn, and Marko Kloos.  A catered banquet was held on Saturday night, with entertainment provided by professional ballroom dancers, as well as a performance by [[FLA]] Martin Lessem.
+===Operational Awards===
+See [[Orders:BuPlan Dispatch 1508-01]]
+===Peerages===
+The first MantiCon saw an unusually large slate of peerage creations and elevations (per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]):
+;Elevations
+*[[New Montana]] — [[David Weber]] elevated to Grand Duke
+*[[New Ulyanovsk]] — Sean Niemeyer elevated to Duke
+*[[New Essex]] — Robert Bulkeley elevated to Earl
+*[[Karstadt Sea]] — Robert Jackson elevated to Earl
+*[[New Cumbria]] — Elisa Randall elevated to Countess
+;Creations
+*[[Boundary Waters]] — Baroness (Laura Lochen)
+*[[New Arlington]] — Baron (Christopher Wueve)
+*[[Runnymead Fields]] — Baron (Mark Gutis)
+*[[Nový Prerov]] — Baron (Ivo Heger)
+*[[Tesseyman]] — Baron (Greg Marchand)
+*[[Glencairn]] — Baron (Drew Drentlaw)
+*[[New Mimas]] — Baron, life peer (Timothy Zahn)
+*[[Leutzen Vale]] — Baron, life peer (Eric Flint)
+*[[Allegheny-Mellon]] — Baron, life peer (Thomas Pope)
+*[[Neu Sachsen]] — Baronin, Andermani (Laura Lüschen)
+*[[Henesy]] — Steadholder, Grayson (Tom Saidak)
 ==2016==
 -30 May, 2016 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.  Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Manu Intiraymi.
+===Peerages===
+Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:
+;Elevations
+*[[Fontana Flats]] — Chrissy Killian elevated to Countess
+*[[White Lion]] — William Knight elevated to Earl
+;Creations
+*[[Maelstromm]] — Steadholder, Grayson (David Melsome)
 ==2017==
--28 May, 2017 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.  Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Captain Dale Dye.
+[[File:MantiCon 2017 Logo.png|300px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2017]]
+-28 May, 2017 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.  Featuring David and Sharon Weber, [[wikipedia:Dale Dye|Captain Dale Dye, USMC]].
 ===Awards===
 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=1817&p=5264 TRMN Forum Announcement of awards issued at MantiCon 2017]
 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=553&t=2111 TRMN Forum Announcement of Flag Promotions at MantiCon 2017]
+*MantiCon 2017 Operational Awards: [[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1706-A]]
+*Achievement Awards issued for service at MantiCon 2017: [[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1707-B]]
+===Peerages===
+Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:
+;Elevations
+*[[Mountain View]] — Robert Bulkeley elevated to Duke (his [[New Essex]] earldom raised to the Duchy of Mountain View)
+*[[Boundary Waters]] — Laura Lochen elevated to Countess
+;Creations
+*[[Camera Stellata]] — Baron (Matthew Parker)
+*[[Redstone]] — Baroness (Heidi Nelson)
 ==2018==
+[[File:MantiCon 2018 Logo.png|300px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2018]]
 -27 May, 2018 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hilton.   Featuring David and Sharon Weber, Timothy Zahn, Eric Flint, and Marko Kloos.  This was the Webers' 25th wedding anniversary, and an elaborate vow renewal ceremony was held on the main stage.
+*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidkloempken/albums/72157667419225197/ Photos from throughout the Manticon 2018 event]
 *[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451534335278800.1073741845.321270424971859&type=1&l=5e43062266 Photos of the Wedding Ceremony]
 *[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.451542608611306.1073741846.321270424971859&type=1&l=3dda3a53e9 After Ceremony Photos]
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 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=6839&p=19759 TRMN Forum Announcement of awards issued at MantiCon 2018]
 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=553&t=7167 TRMN Forum Announcement of Flag Promotions at MantiCon 2018]
-*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=7231&p=20979 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2018 participation]
+*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=7231&p=20979 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2018 participation] ([[Orders:Second Fleet Order 1806-B]])
+===Peerages===
+Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]] and the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=548&t=6847 MantiCon 2018 peerage announcement]:
+;Elevations
+*[[Wilson]] — Sharon Rice-Weber elevated to Countess
+*[[Mars-Evans]] — Daniel Walker elevated to Earl
+*[[Miyake-Jima]] — Jill McTavish elevated to Countess
+;Creations
+*[[McCovey Cove]] — Baron (Michael Garcia)
+*[[Clear Lake]] (later renamed [[Long Beach]]) — Baroness (Cindy Van Wyhe)
+*[[Clipper Island]] — Baron (Mark Gledhill)
+*[[Silver Lake]] — Baron (Garret Bitker)
+*[[New Florence]] — Baroness (Pamela Cole)
+*[[New Caladan]] — Baron (Jeffrey Webb)
+*[[New Halifax]] — Baron (Rob Marshall)
+*[[Baudenvost]] — Baron von Baudenvost, Andermani (Philip Wohlrab)
+*[[Duquesne Tower]] — Senator for Life, Haven (James Sena)
 ==2019==
+[[File:SpikeCon 2019 Logo.png|250px|right|MantiCon 2019 was held as part of SpikeCon (NASFIC 13), which shared this logo with Westercon 72 and 1632 Minicon]]
 -7 July 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Dayton Conference Center in Layton, Utah, hosted by NASFIC 13 (Spikecon).  Featured guests were David Weber, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, Vincent Villafranca, Bjo & John Trimble.
 ===Awards===
 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=11099&p=30393 TRMN Forum Announcement of Awards issued at MantiCon 2019]
 *[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=11143 TRMN Forum Announcement of Operational Awards for MantiCon 2019 participation]
+===Peerages===
+Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]] and the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=548&t=11095 MantiCon 2019 peerage announcement]:
+;Creations
+*[[Black Thunder]] — Baron (Rob Folden)
+*[[Grays Harbor]] — Baron (James "AJ" Olsen)
+*[[Sutherland]] — Baron (Michael Houghtaling)
 ==2023==
+[[File:MantiCon 2023 Logo.png|320px|right|Logo of MantiCon 2023, held at the Santa Clara Marriott and hosted by BayCon]]
 -4 July, 2023 at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California, hosted by BayCon.
 ===Awards===
-TBA
+*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=19086&p=46523 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty — Spring 2023 Honors] (organization-wide awards, promotions, and peerages issued at MantiCon 2023)
+*Operational awards for BayCon/MantiCon 2023 participation: [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2309-02]] (covering both BayCon/MantiCon 2023 and RadCon 2023)
+*Additional BayCon/MantiCon 2023 awards: [[Orders:Tenth Fleet Order 2401-01]]
+*[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=19052 Photos from the Tenth Fleet Awards Ceremony, 1 July 2023 at BayCon/MantiCon]
+===Peerages===
+Per the [[Peerage|Roll of the Peerage]]:
+;Elevations
+*[[Camera Stellata]] — Matthew Parker elevated to Duke
+*[[McCovey Cove]] — Michael Garcia elevated to Earl
+*[[Long Beach]] — Cindy Van Wyhe elevated to Countess (formerly Baroness [[Clear Lake]])
+*[[Sutherland]] — Michael Houghtaling elevated to Earl
+;Creations
+*[[Foxglove]] — Baron (Lisa Ann Wiedemann)
+*[[Wolf Point]] — Baron (Samuel Walter Dietzmann)
+*[[Acorn Valley]] — Baroness (Megan Krick)
+*[[Belleau Wood]] — Baron (William T Farley II)
+*[[Glacier Point]] — Baron (Geoffrey Vincent Kramer)
+*[[Castine]] — Baron (Peter Gold)
+*[[Bronte Creek]] — Baron (David Misener)
+*[[Amberwolf]] — Steadholder, Grayson (Neil Simpson)
+*[[Hohenheim]] — Andermani peerage (David Westover)
+*[[Neu Potsdam]] — Freiherr, Andermani (Geoff Zoeller)
 ==External Links==
-*[http://manticonorg.ipage.com/Manticon/index.html MantiCon website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181223124626/http://manticonorg.ipage.com/Manticon/index.html MantiCon website] (archived, December 2018)
 *[https://www.facebook.com/trmnmanticon/ MantiCon Facebook page]
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 [[Category: Conventions]]
+[[Category:Glossary]]

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