Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:57:33 -0500
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: An infrequently asked question
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Ted White wrote:
>
> Unicons were put on by the University of Maryland, College Park campus, and
> I never heard of one in Virginia; most were held in Silver Spring, at the
> same hotel where we had Capclave for several years; one was on-campus.
>
> --Ted White

Unicon 2 was on- campus.  Unicon 1 was in a motel just off campus
(attendence 30- some, if I remember correctly).  I find it scary, for
some reason, that I attended every Unicon.

There was at least one Unicon in DC, at the Shoreham Americana (I dunno
what they're calling it now; I think it's an Omni.)  A little Googling
shows it was in 1979. (Thanks, Keith, for putting the old WSFA Journals
online.)

Bob Macintosh threw at least one poker party at the Shoreham; I don't
think it was an official WSFA event.

Most Unicons were at the Sheraton Silver Spring; a real pit of a hotel
if there ever was one.  Of the local con hotels, only the Hostility
House had worse management.  The current (Hilton) management is a great
improvement.

--
Steve Smith                                    sgs at aginc dot net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."