Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:56:28 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave Attendance
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>strongl at sddc.army.mil 01/16/04 10:41AM
>    At the risk of interjecting some science into a smoffish discussion=
,
>has anyone ever made a serious study of why fans and others either do or =
do
>not attend [science fictional] conventions and what they're looking for =
when
>they do attend?  So far, we have a number of theories about hotels, =
dates,
>GOH's, and such, but it's still theorizing.  As fans ourselves, we might =
be
>considered to be a sample of the potential universe of attendees, but,
>obviously, we're not a big enough sample for some purposes.  Has anyone
>actually done a serious scientific study of con attendance?
>

Hey, you want to spoil this discussion with facts?  Kill joy . . .

"Where am I?"
" In WSFA"
" What do you want?"
" Information"
" Whose side are you on?"
" That would be telling . . ."
" We want Information"
" You won't get it"
" By hook or by crook . . .  We will"

mjw