Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 23:41:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: What should Capclave be? Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> > Disclave lasted from 1950 through 1997. Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com> wrote: > Well, kind of. There were two early Disclaves which were single- > afternoon affairs, in 1950 and 1951. The *next* Disclave was held > in 1958, in Arlington (on Rt. 50 at the Arva) and was the first > "modern" Disclave, running for a whole weekend. From that point on > the string was almost unbroken (no Disclave in 1964, I guess due to > the Worldcon the previous year) until The End. That's slightly different from the information on our web site, which is mostly from Joe Mayhew and from the back of various Disclave program books from the 80s and 90s. See especially http://www.wsfa.org/disclist.htm and http://www.wsfa.org/discjm.htm. Please tell me of any errors you find on either page. Thanks. Here's a summary: YEAR-MO-DAYS SITE STATE FEATURED GUESTS CHAIRMAN COUNT 1950 4 30 Wardman Park* DC Willy Ley Bob Briggs 75 1951 4 29 Statler DC Sam Moskowitz Bob Briggs 23 1952 None 1953 3 22 Statler DC "Proxyclave" Bob Briggs 22 1954 None 1955 None 1956 None 1957 None 1958 5 10-11 Arva Motel VA None Bob Pavlat 65 1959 5 16-17 Diplomat Motel DC None Bob Pavlat 65 1960 5 21-22 Diplomat Motel DC None George Scithers 1961 5 13-14 Diplomat Motel DC None George Scithers 40 1962 5 12-13 Diplomat Motel DC None George Scithers 32 1963 None 1964 None 1965 5 08-09 HoJo Wheaton MD Sam & Chris Moskowitz Banks Mebane 83 1966 5 13-15 Diplomat Motel DC Roger Zelazny Jay Haldeman 99 1967 5 12-14 Regency Congress DC Jack Gaughan Jay Haldeman 1968 5 10-12 Regency Congress DC Robert Silverberg Jay Haldeman 1969 5 09-11 Skyline Inn DC Lester del Rey Jay Haldeman 1970 5 15-17 Skyline Inn DC Murray Leinster Jay Haldeman 1971 5 28-31 Shoreham DC Terry Carr Jay Haldeman 1972 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Ben Bova Jay Haldeman 1973 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC Gardner Dozois Jay Haldeman 1974 5 24-27 Sheraton Park DC Kelly Freas Alexis Gilliland 284 1975 5 23-26 Sheraton Park DC Gordon Dickson Alexis Gilliland 360 1976 5 28-31 Sheraton Park DC William Tenn Alexis Gilliland 675 1977 5 27-30 Sheraton Park DC Joe Haldeman Alexis Gilliland 850 1978 5 26-29 Sheraton Park DC Bob (Wilson) Tucker Alexis Gilliland 1005 1979 5 25-28 Sheraton Park DC R.Zelazny/M.Whelan Alan Huff 1485 1980 5 23-26 Hospitality House VA Spider & J. Robinson Tom Schaad 1981 5 22-25 Sheraton National VA Isaac Asimov Alexis Gilliland 1400 1982 5 28-31 Sheraton National VA Eliz.Lynn/Tom Miller Chalker/Whitley 1983 5 27-30 Marriott TwinBr VA G.Martin/J.Gaughan Alan Huff 1100 1984 5 25-28 New Carrollton* MD C.Willis/P.Yurek Jane Wagner 900 1985 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD Ed Bryant/B.Walters Michael J. Walsh 1986 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD W.Gibson/S.Stiles Jack Heneghan 1987 5 22-25 New Carrollton MD G.Wolfe/B.Shaw Joe Mayhew 1350 1988 5 27-30 New Carrollton MD B.Hambly/J.Burns Tom Schaad 1350 1989 5 26-29 New Carrollton MD L.Shepard/J.K.Potter Michael J. Walsh 1990 5 25-28 New Carrollton MD M.Resnick/D.Wilson Eva Whitley 1300 1991 5 24-27 New Carrollton MD L.Shiner/A.Austin Peggy Rae Pavlat 1200 1992 5 22-25 Washington Hilton DC Pat Cadigan/Tom Kidd M.Walsh/C.Beach 1993 5 28-31 Dulles Marriott VA Kat.Kurtz/Pat.Davis Covert Beach 1994 5 27-30 Sheraton Tysons C. VA L.Bujold/S.Johnson J.Peacock/P.Lewis 1995 5 26-29 Techworld DC C.Sheffield/B.Eggleton Dan Hoey 1996 5 24-27 Capitol Hill Hyatt DC M.Swanwick/H.Shapero Bob MacIntosh 623 1997 5 23-26 New Carrollton MD P.Anthony/L.Lake Michael Nelson 850 1998 None Joe Mayhew 1999 None Sam Pierce 2000 None Covert Beach 2001*9 28-30 Sheraton Coll.Prk. MD Gardner Dozois Bob MacIntosh 296 2002 TBA TBA TBA Michael Nelson 2003 TBA TBA TBA Sam Lubell 2004 TBA TBA TBA Lee Gilliland * The Wardman Park became the Sheraton Park, also the site of Discon II. Disclave was held there in 1950, and from 1972 through 1979, immediately after which the hotel was torn down. * Disclave was in the same hotel in New Carrollton from 1984 through 1991 and again in 1997. This hotel was called the New Carrollton Sheraton in 1984, The Sheraton Inn in 1985, The Sheraton Washington Northeast in 1986 and 1987, the Howard Johnson New Carrollton in 1988 and 1989, the Sheraton Greenbelt in 1990 and 1991, and the Ramada Inn Conference and Exhibition Center in 1997. * 2001 was the first Capclave. Previous conventions were all Disclaves. -- Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/ I always welcome replies to my e-mail, postings, and web pages, but unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) is not acceptable. Please do not send me HTML, "rich text," or attachments, as all such email is discarded unread.