Topher Young Appointed as UNIV-CON Manager
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UNIV-CON Appoints Topher Young as 2008 Manager
State College, Pa. - The UNIV-CON Board of Trustees has elected Topher Young as the 2008 General Manager. The General Manager is the main coordinator for the conference, both in pre-production and production.
Young, 26, joined PRS in 2005 as a general member for the society. In 2006, he was selected in to the Field Investigation & Research (FIR) department. Last year, he was the assistant manager for UNIV-CON. Young is taking over for Sergey Poberezhny, who managed UNIV-CON 2005, 2006 & 2007. Poberezhny was recently tapped to be a member of the UNIV-CON Board of Trustees.
"Topher is loyal, dedicated and hard-working," said PRS Director & UNIV-CON founder Ryan Buell. "He has spent the past three years learning the ropes of the society and training underneath Sergey and I. He is very passionate about the conference and its overall improvement."
Adds Poberezhny, "After three years of working as the conference manager, I think its time to pass the torch to someone else and Topher is the guy for the job."
"I'm looking forward to this year's conference because this year is a very important year for us," said Young. "With the successful launch of the show and record-breaking attendance for last years conference, I think that this year's conference has a lot of expectations."
The date for UNIV-CON 2008 has been set as September 11 - 14th, 2008 at University Park, Pa. More information will be announced throughout the next few months. People can learn more by visiting it's official website.
Topher can reached at manager@univcon.org
Story by Vernon Cox.
Excellent appointment for Univ-con's manager. I whole-heartedly agree with your selection. Congrats Topher!!!This is going to be an extraordinary year. Can't wait.
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Congratulations Topher!
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Congrats Topher! You work so hard, and thanks for keeping the chat sane. You guys will be impressed by his work.
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Well hopefully he did a better job than he did last year. I had won tickets through an Internet Radio Show. I talked to Topher directly. He took down all my info. Said the tickets would be there in a few weeks. Well needless to say I never got the tickets. I called 3 times to the number I was given and emailed twice. Never heard a word from him. I understand he was probably busy. But at least he could have taken a few seconds to call or email to answer my questions. Really left a bad taste in my mouth about PRS and Univ-con. Hopefully he does better this year. But I can say for one I will never attend.
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