From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Minutes of the November 5th meeting are online
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:52:59 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

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From: "Robert MacIntosh" <macbuccfo at msn.com>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:45 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Minutes of the November 5th meeting are online

> Your statement that Disclaves and Balticons were the same size is
incorrect.
> When Disclaves were about 1,000 attendees, Balticons were pushing 2,000.
> They have also always tried for that atmosphere of being a major regional
> convention. Disclaves never really made that attempt.

All of this is relatively recent history.  I remember the original
Balticons (especially those held at the Lord Baltimore) with more
affection.  It was not until *after* the Hunt Valley Balticons that they
started making a big push to attract the media-fen hordes -- and eventually
drove me off.

--Ted White