From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "WSFAList (E-mail)" <WSFAList at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Things of Interest
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:13:24 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Keith Lynch declined to list a Dilbert event on our calendar as it
is "non-fiction."  Sam Lubell later classified Dilbert as "fantasy."  My
view is that we should not limit ourselves to things that are obviously
fictional provided that said things bear on our primary interest.  For
example, Capclave presented nonfictional events on NASA space science, Guest
of Honor speeches, and literary criticism.  These are all nonfictional, yet
are clearly of interest to the fannish audience(s) and were each well
received.  Accordingly, we should base our standards of inclusion on "things
of interest to the fannish audience" rather than "fiction" per se.