Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 02:51:58 -0500
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What shpuld Capclave be?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

lee gilliland wrote:

> Alexis weighs in:
>
> The question has been raised, what should Capclave be?  My answer is
> conservative:  Capclave should be like Disclave insofar as this may be
> possible.  Granted, Disclaves were all over the lot, with attendance ranging
> from 64 to 1400, but in general they were fondly remembered, and rom 1974
> on, Disclaves all had art shows.  Sentamentality aside, why should Capclave
> have an art show?  Artists--and thier customers--swell the throng, and, done
> right, art shows make about as much money as the huckster room,  Which is to
> say, an art show improves the con you want to present.

Why do you want to "swell the throng"?  More bodies don't guarantee a better
convention.   I think Capclave should find and exploit an underused niche and
not try to be All Cons For All People.   And it seems to me that Capclave #1 has
already moved promisingly in that direction.

--Ted White