Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:44:27 -0500
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

alexis gilliland wrote:

> Times change, institutions--like Disclave--remain the same.  We called the
> 2002 con "Capclave" but it sure FELT like a Disclave, in part because a
> whole lot of well-tempered Disclaivers showed up.  WSFA shouldn't argue
> about the name--or pretend we are inventing a new and improved
> convention--we should put on the best con we can.  We have the people to do
> a proper art show, even if it needs to be a small one.  Should we?  I think
> we should.  Sam Lubell says that our first priority should be settling on a
> hotel.  No argument, Sam, but how does an art show interfere with that
> priority?

It felt like an early '80s Disclave -- back when fans came from NYC, Toronto
and Points West for Disclaves.   I'd be happy to see the return of early-'80s
Disclaves.   But I had very little interest in '90s Disclaves and I'd hate to
see *their* return.

--Ted White