Connie Bailout Committee

Once the size of the Constellation bankruptcy became clear, MCFI, the group which had run Noreascon Two in 1980 set up a Connie Bailout Committee chaired by Mark Olson which solicited contributions from fandom, including especially past Worldcons which had money left.

Donations	Source	Notes
$10,000	MCFI	Surplus from Noreascon Two
$10,000	SCIFI	Surplus from LAcon 4. Obviously this donation was not received until late 1984. As a bow in the direction of an old (and very weak) jest, the contribution came in the form of one hundred individually sent checks for $13.70 each plus a single check for the balance.
$5,000	Chicon IV
$1,000	PSFS
$1,000	WSFA
$1,000	individual donations	The records are, unfortunately, unclear as to who these individuals were, but it appears that Carl Lundgren was one.

Note that this does not include donations directly to Constellation and substantial Baltimore and Washington local fund-raising.

In the end, the Connie Bailout Committee raised around $40,000 and was able to use the cash to purchase the entire remaining unpaid debt owed outside of fandom at about sixty cents on the dollar.