Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:25:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net>
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What should Capclave be?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>>> Done.  http://www.wsfa.org/journal/j96/9/disclave.txt

Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at radix.net> wrote:
> May I add my encouragement to Keith's?  While a number of quite
> useful things were said at that meeting as I recall the only actions
> resulting from it were some index cards with what a couple of people
> liked about Disclave on them, now lost,

Are you sure you're not thinking of the time, years later, when
you circulated cards for everyone to write what they liked about
Disclave on?

> and the WSFA president calling for a committee report with
> decreasing frequency as time went on.

Of the four committee members, two haven't been to a meeting in nearly
four years, and one is dead.

Of the 29 people at that meeting, 13 haven't been to a meeting this
year (at least as of the end of last month -- I haven't yet seen the
March 1st attendance).  Three of them were gone by the end of 1996,
one more by the end of 1997, two more left in 1998, three more in
2000, and three more (who may yet return) in 2001.

> It would be nice if we can do a bit better this time and I think
> that, starting fresh with a new convention, we are.  But I'd much
> prefer that my mythical descendants don't have to go through that
> particular meeting all over again.

Disclave lasted from 1950 through 1997.  If Capclave lasts from 2001
through 2048, I'll be satisfied.  In 2049 we can discuss what to call
our next convention, and what to do differently.

As for the answer to your original question, I go to cons mostly just
for conversation.  To me, the purpose of programming is to attract
people who are fun to talk with.  So long as there are interesting
people there, and it's easy to get to there, there's food in the con
suite, and there isn't anything horribly wrong such as fascist hotel
security, bitter cold air conditioning, fire alarms going off, water
pouring out of the ceiling, etc, I'm happy.
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