Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:52:26 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW@mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist@keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Other local SF organizations?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist@keithlynch.net>

>twhite8@cox.net 03/20/03 01:11AM
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
>To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist@KeithLynch.net>
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:32 AM
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Other local SF organizations?
>
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>>
>> > At the last meeting, Rebecca gave me old flyers from "Potomac
>> > River Science Fiction Association" and "Washington Area Convention
>> > Organization".  Has anyone ever heard of these groups, or know who
>> > was in them and what ever became of them?  Thanks.

The Potomac River group I seem to recall to be more of a sercon discussion =
group,  Joe Mayhew was occasionally involved.  Walter Miles may recall =
more.

My vague memory is that they started out meeting at the Lums Restaurant in =
Silver Spring near the now Capclave Hotel, then the Unicon hotel.  Hence =
their initial name of LumsSFS.

But it was quite some time ago.

I'll ask Paul Parsons, I think he was/is involved.

>>
>> Rich Lynch <rw_lynch@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > More info, please.  Any dates on any of these?
>>
>> Both flyers were undated.  The WACO one advertised "Brave New Con,"
>> to be held in January 1984.

Brave New Con was more-or-less a for profit venture.  Here's a (very) =
brief write-up about it: http://www.readersadvice.com/cons/con25.html

mjw

>
>These sound like groups which put on for-profit conventions in this area.
>
>--Ted White
>