Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:07:10 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Third oldest . . . [WAS: Re: [WSFA] Re: Minutes of the
  November 19th meeting are online]
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 02:39 AM 11/27/04, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>"Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
> > (That said, I can think of three *regional* SF conventions older
> > than Disclave, and that's not even counting the Worldcon.  So what's
> > this "WSFA held the third oldest SF convention using our very casual
> > model," all about?)
>
>Philcon (1936), Westercon (1948), and Boskone (1941)?
>
>Boskone is the tricky one, since they started the numbering over in
>1965.  But the first one was in 1941.
>
>Were these the three you were thinking of?
>
>(The first Disclave was in 1950.)

Okay, I'll admit it: I wasn't there at the time, don't have the records of
what happened when, and while good at online research didn't check.  I just
went with what I've been told by WSFAns and others, that Disclave was the
third oldest.

Which isn't to denigrate either of you!  Rather, I'm recognizing your
expertise and also hoping to refocus this subject line on something
useful.  Neepery is a fannish tradition (and fannish neepery is not only a
lot of fun but something to be collected) but Ted's comment about the gist
of my post is probably more constructive -- not to mention timely -- at the
moment.

I'd assumed that what I've been told is correct and that Disclave was the
third oldest, and would love to have the pros and cons documented.  But can
we do so under a different subject header?

Elspeth