Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 02:51:45 -0400
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: More on CapClave vs. Ditto
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Keith F. Lynch" wrote:

> Samuel Lubell <lubell at cais.com> wrote:
> > Of course at that date we didn't have a Capclave 2002 page up yet ...
>
> Yes we did.  It looked like this:
>
>    Capclave 2002
>
>    From the Washington Science Fiction Association, the people who
>    brought you Disclave.
>
>    Capclave 2002.  Dates, location, guest of honor, and other details to
>    be announced.  Possibly Columbus Day weekend or the following weekend.
>
>    * Chair: Michael Nelson.
>    * Programming: Samuel Lubell.
>    * Webmaster: Keith Lynch.
>
>    This page was created 6 January, 2001. This page was last updated 17
>    November, 2001.
>
> All three names were mailto links.
>
> We currently have pages for Capclave '03 and '04, comparable to this.
>
> > And there was no way to prevent Capclave from colliding with a con
> > somewhere in the world.  We tried to avoid local conflicts, that's
> > all that can be reasonably expected.
>
> Right.  Ditto isn't even in the same *country*.

This year it isn't, but it usually is and one was held as nearby as Virginia
Beach.  Like Corflu and Westercon, it is hosted by different cities each
year.

--Ted White