From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:54:11 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	I'm somewhat sensitive on this subject because I was made to feel
distinctly UNWELCOME at my first Disclave by a person speaking from the
podium apparently on behalf of Disclave and its sponsoring organization.
Fortunately, I met some nice people named Alexis Gilliland and Isaac Asimov
who changed my first impression.

-----Original Message-----
From: lee gilliland [mailto:leeandalexis at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:48 PM
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave

I don't think that anybody has any objections to "fans who are also X".
Problem is where we get people who are "non-fans who are exclusively
X".  If they're not fans, let them run their own con.

On the non-fan obnoxiousness scale, gamers are at the bottom (unless
they migrate to another class, like "drunks").  Give 'em a table and
they're happy.

--
Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."

I think what bothers me about the entire discussion is that had none of us
be welcomed at a con, we would not now be fans.  We need to decide on
individuals on an individual basis - not letting goths in because thier
goths is akin to allowing the color of your skin or the faith of your
forefathers to be the differencing factor.

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