Margene has been active in fandom since the 1970s, when she was working cons from her stroller (ask her why William Shatner owes her 23 hours, what you say to a naked author in a hot tub [besides admiring his Hugo] and about her wake-up call from George Takei). A two-time chair of ConQuesT, she is currently spearheading the Kansas City bid for the World Science Fiction Convention in 2009 (vote early and often!).
Having recuperated from partial knee replacement surgery performed two days after Christmas, she spends her copious free time (ha!) teaching Irish dance, doting on her grandchildren Connor and Lauren and enjoying the escapades of the newest feline members of the household, Siegfried and Yum!