Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:48:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFAList at KeithLynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Mark your calendars!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> And it'll be two years since Datclave II.

> Datclave was first held in 1980, when WSFAn Don Pauley observed
> (in either 1979 or 1978) there would be a 5th Friday in February
> (really, you can look it up).  The next 5th Friday in February
> will be in 2008.

I know.  1924, 1952, 1980, 2008, 2036, 2064, 2092, then 2104.  (Who
will be the first to explain why there's a 12 year gap after six
successive 28 year gaps?)

WSFA didn't exist yet in 1924.  Was a Datclave held in 1952?

I didn't attend Datclave in 1980, but I did attend Disclave that year.

In 2036 (the Datclave after next) Lydia will be 41, I will be 79,
and we will be holding our 36th Capclave.  (That's STILL not as many
Capclaves as there have been Disclaves.)  Someone will be hosting the
94th Worldcon.  The median Worldcon (half before, half since) will be
Noreason III, held in 1989.  First Fandom will no longer exist.

In 2104 Lydia will be 109, the rest of us will be in cryonic deep
freeze, WSFA will be holding its 104th Capclave, and someone will
be hosting the 162nd Worldcon.
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