Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:11:41 -0500
From: Sam Lubell <samlubell at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Is the WSFA journal eligable for fanzine Hugo?
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 05:20 PM 3/6/2005, Ted wrote:

>But I betcha most current-day Worldcon attendees would be stunned to know
>that as recently as 35 years ago the fee ranged from $3.00 to $5.00 for an
>attending membership.

Converting this based on percentage of income (using the median salaries of
males over 25 as a reference) that $5 in 1970 works out to $21.25.  You
can't even throw a Capclave for that kind of money.  (Using a web inflation
calculator, I got about $24 dollars, but that won't throw even a capclave
either.