James Fulbright’s first introduction to fannish activities was gaming. He met a new friend in 1978, who owned something called AD&D. James joined his first gaming group that year, and began a long, slow decent into a larger world.
Through gaming, James met up with some folks who convinced him to attend StellarCon 8. He had such great time interacting with the fans at the convention that he began attending meetings ofStellarCon’s parent organization, the Science Fiction Fantasy Federation. He was an active member of that group for 25 years.
Interacting with fans also introduced James to another fannish pursuit, running conventions. Most of his con-running experience has been withStellarCon, where he’s been the Con Manager (same thing as a Con Chair), Marketing Director, Operations Manager,… basically, he was involved in the running the con on one level or another from 1983-2007, when he finally said “enough,” and retired.
In addition to his involvement withStellarCon, James has worked VIP Registration at DragonCon, has served as the Assistant Programming Director for RavenCon, was part of the founding board of ConCarolinas, served on the BidCom for DeepSouthCon 46, and served as an advisor for the founding board of Trinoc-coN.
As one might expect, attending conventions also led to costuming, more specifically, pirate costuming. James has been the captain of the Greensboro chapter of the Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast since 1999. As part of that group, he gives historical lectures on the Golden Age of Piracy, participates in events for children and performs stage combat routines with his crew.
