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Carolyn Shelby

Queen of Ladonia. Executive Director of the Ladonia Foundation. Host of Microcon 2023 Chicago. Living in, and working from the USA in the suburbs of Chicago.

Carolyn, Queen of Ladonia

Carolyn Shelby is the Executive Director of the Ladonia Foundation and the current (2nd) Queen of Ladonia. Carolyn became a citizen of Ladonia in 2000 and joined the Cabinet as the Minister of Customizations and Gary (long story). She was elected Queen in 2011 after Queen Ywonne I Jarl abdicated and left a vacant throne. She is a frequent guest and speaker at micronational meetings and international conferences like the Polination Conferences in London (2012) and Perugia (2015), and MicroCons in California (2015), Toronto (2019) and Las Vegas (2022). Some of the subjects were “Creating and Maintaining A Micronational Web Presence”, “Succession: Protecting Your Micronational Legacy” and “Raison d’etre: Building national identity around common purpose -- An examination of sovereign powers throughout history and their respective means of maintaining control of their territories and people”.

Position: Executive Director, The Ladonia Foundation
Schedule
2023-07-01 Kick-Off/Opening Remarks
2023-07-01 Micronational Leaders AMA Panel
2023-07-01 Introduction of 2025 Host(s)/Closing Remarks

Sessions by Carolyn Shelby

01. Jul 2023.
Kick-Off/Welcome

Shakespeare Ballroom from 9:00 to 9:15

01. Jul 2023.
Panel Discussion: Micronational Leaders AMA

Shakespeare Ballroom from 15:00 to 16:00

01. Jul 2023.
Introduction of 2025 Host(s) and Closing Remarks

Shakespeare Ballroom from 16:00 to 16:15

01. Jul 2023.
Opening Toast

MicroCon 2023 Gala, Shakespeare Ballroom ~ 19:30

MicroCon 2023
Welcome to Microcon

The host nations for the 2023 MicroCon are Ladonia (in the US) and Flandrensis with Ladonia (in the EU). Much like the G20, (micro)nations bid to host the next event and the winning bid is selected by a governing committee, the MicroCon Committee. Bids to host the 2025 MicroCon are currently being accepted and you can find more information on the application process here.