Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:20:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net>
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave announcement
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at radix.net> wrote:

> Just got back from a ConJosé meeting ...

Where was this?

> I haven't had time to skim RASFF or look at anything else so don't
> know if someone just forwarded an online announcement to them or
> what.  But I wanted to check to see if anyone knew anything about
> this.  I'd hate for us to be accused of sending spam!

Did they seem to be regarding it as spam?

I have not yet emailed anyone about Capclave '02.  Except Mike Nelson
and people on this list.  I have not yet posted to any newsgroup about
Capclave '02.  Except in rec.arts.sf.composition to correct someone's
claim that it was to be in Laurel.  There has been no mention of
Capclave '02 in rasff or any other newsgroup, by anyone.

But if people are noticing our web page and informing other people
about our con in a non-spammy way, I think that's good.

I still don't know why I've been asked to wait.  I think it's better
to send out announcements now than to send out perfect announcements
in, say, November.  We announced Capclave '01 nearly a year ahead, but
I've run into numerous people who said they would have gone except
they didn't hear about it until too late.  (In some cases "too late"
was before the con, but after they had made other plans.)

Capclave '01 got 296 people.  At this point I would be very surprised
if we get anywhere near that many for '02.  I'm pinning my hopes on
'03.  I think that '03 has great promise if we can keep the same hotel,
and if we can announce '03 *during* '02, or earlier.
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