Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Boston Globe article
Cc: kent.bloom at rialto.org
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org> wrote:

> Absolutely.  And it should be noted that the WSFA event made the
> Saturday coverage of the Boston Globe, which included a 1,500 word
> article on the convention.  Regarding the First Night ceremony,
> it described an election for 'first citizen of fandom,' if memory
> serves.  No WSFAns were quoted, but it seems clear that was what was
> being described.  You can find it on bostonglobe.com (search 'world
> science fiction convention') but you have to pay to read it.  Or I
> suppose you could look it up the old-fashioned way: at your local
> library.

The clipping was passed around at tonight's PRSFS meeting.  It said
"First Citizen of Fanitopia".  And it had a picture of three people.
The middle person was former WSFA Third Friday host (1986-1990)
Kent Bloom.