From: MarkLFischer at aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:47:17 EST
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Iggy, was: Ship-Con and Camp-Con (was: Re: [WSFA] Re: Balticon in ...
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

In a message dated 3/15/2005 1:33:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
MJW at press.jhu.edu writes:

>The Capclave fan GoHs, PNH & TNH can regale one & all with  tales of
>Iguanacon.  PNH was head of Programming (& he was 19)  and TNH writes:
>"Managing Editor, Publications; Assistant to the Head of  Programming;
>Fan Room Coordinator; Editor of the daily newsletter;  bleeping Committee
>Chauffeur and Short-Order Cook; et bleeping cetera, et  bleeping alia).
>We thought we were invincible back then.   Sleep?  That's for wimps.

I was doing that sort of thing for a variety of Southern California cons in
that time frame, although usually lower on the volunteer ladder, so know the
feeling.  Sleep was for other people.

At Aquacon in '81, the Disneyland Hotel decided, before the first day was
over, that they didn't want us there anymore.  They wouldn't just throw us  out,
as we hadn't paid them yet, but they went to outrageous lengths to make us
leave under our own power.  Nobody slept that weekend.

Mark