American SF Media 2007 Staff / Panelists
 

Aaron Dunne - Director Track Director, founder and resident alien Aaron has been a fan of Science Fiction TV as long as he can recall. Growing up in Wales on a diet of Doctor Who and Star Trek reruns he narrowly survived a hellish 8 year exile in the genre wasteland that was Ireland in the 80's. After a heady three year sojourn in London he relocated to Atlanta in 1990 and has been a familiar face in local fandom ever since. The Simon Cowell of the track, (albeit with better T-shirts) Aaron is not one to allow his love for a show stop him pointing out its defects, "If I didn't care, I wouldn't bother". His all time favorite series include Sliders, Buffy, Angel, Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 (No, really!) and both versions of Dr. Who.
Tam Albrecht Tam Albrecht has been reading science fiction and fantasy for longer than she remember. In addition to reading she spends (too much?) time watching TV. Her favorite shows include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Farscape, and Heroes. This summer she has been entertained by assorted anime series, Flash Gordon, and, the completely un-American but still excellent, Jekyll. For the last 5 years she worked at a bookstore but left recently to return to school full-time. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her wonderful boyfriend and two very odd cats. Ask her about her cats, I dare you.
Dayna Baldwin Dayna Baldwin has had more strange elevator encounters with scifi celebrities than anyone she knows. Starting in 2003 she became the track director for the first ever North American Tribal Gathering and continued up through 2005. In 2006 she traded hats and joined AMSF track, undoubtedly furthering her delusion that Aaron Douglas, Ben Browder, and Nathan Fillion were put on this earth to have her babies. Dayna keeps money in her pocket by working at a Japanese based manufacturer of landscaping equipment. She figures access to chainsaws increases her chances of survival if the zombies come, but means she will likely perish should Godzilla decide to destroy the city of Atlanta.
Sondra Bateman Writing Alias: batsojopo Sondra Bateman is and experienced fanfic writer and has been writing since about 2000. She has dabbled in several universes, those which include Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, The Magnificent Seven, Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the New Battlestar Galatica. You can find her writings at Open Scrolls, and fanfiction.net
Sidney Bennett Sidney Bennett, middle aged mother, housewife, lawyer, writer for Haute Doll magazine, internet store owner and fan of Dark Shadows, Highlander, Hex, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Carnival, Invasion, 4400, Eureka, Lost and more.
Joe Crowe Joe Crowe is a writer, editor, and stand-up comic. He is the co-creator and senior editor of sci-fi magazine RevolutionSF.com. For over eight years, he has written RevolutionSF Newsblast, a Daily Show-style look at sci-fi news. His work has been called "Swiftean in its satiric eloquence" and "the worst piece of garbage I have ever read." He lives in Fultondale, Alabama with wife Stefanie and daughter Quin. His favorite sci-fi TV show is Manimal. Seriously.
Justin Pettett The being known as Justin Pettett, aka JP, is thought to be corpulent as well as a graduate student of Kennesaw State University studying Creative Writing with a concentration in horror fiction. Going along with that he also does academic and critical studies of various horror authors; namely Steven King and H.P. Lovecraft. In addition to this he also attends various larps in his spare time and is an avid fan of White Wolf's World of Darkness. Mr. Pettett has read every currently published book of the Dresden Files at least twice and has seen the series 3 times over as well.
Free Polazzo Free Polazzo is an entrepreneur, father of 5 grown sons, grandfather of two really loveable boys and happily married. Free started Friendly Systems 25 years ago so he could do business in a non-violent and non-hierarchical way. He is co-founder of the Anneewakee Creek Friends Worship Group (Quakers) in Douglas County, GA (25 miles West of Atlanta) where he lives with Janet Minshall and 2 cats, Tootie and Garcia. He loves Sci-Fi because it is one genre that asks really hard questions, even if there are not any answers. Free was born in Naples Italy and grew up in America, which helped him to nurture a world view that honors "outsiders".
Jessie Smith Jessie Smith is one of three people who run Bloodlines, a fan site for the show Blood Ties at http://www.bloodties-bloodlines.com.
Stephanie Souders Stephanie Souders graduated with highest honors from The College of William and Mary in 2001 and teaches for a private tutoring company based in Virginia. She is excited to return to the AMSF track for her second year as a panelist.
David Speakman David Speakman, better known as "Davodd" among fen since a N3F typo incident in the early 1980s, has been involved in fandom for 22 years. He operates and edits FanDominion.com a fan-generated news and opinion site, primarily focusing on American TV and film.
Miranda Thomas A self proclaimed television junkie and fan girl, Miranda has spent the last three years broadcasting her love on the internet. As a member of several podcasts, such as award winning podcasts The Signal (www.serenity firefly.com) and Firefly Talk and her newest endeavor The 9th - Heroescast  (www.heroes cast.com), she can share her enthusiasm with anyone willing to download and listen. Her current sci-fi television favorites include Heroes, obviously, The 4400, LOST and Battlestar Galactica.
Niki Traxler Niki Traxler has been a Scifi fan since she discovered Arthur C Clarke in the local library as a youngster. While no stranger to Dragon Con, she is a first time panel participant.
Commodore Jackson Turnbull Raster Commodore Jackson Turnbull Raster recently "retired" from his Starfleet duties. He can usually be found near the Courtland Room at DragonCon, arguing particulars of n-dimensional physics with others.