Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:52:00 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Space, the Con Suite... was Re: Trees... forest....
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> omni at omniphile.com 10/21/2005 4:32:55 PM >>>

>
>The old Disclaves usually had it in a room, or a suite, not in
function
>space.  The Sheraton Part Room C-640 for instance, or the poolside
>room in
>New Carrolton.

C-640 was magical - atleast in memory.  It's been 26 years since the
last Disclave at the Sheraton Park.

As for New Carrolton, the first year or two we used poolside sleeping
room(s),  And then someone had the very Bright Idea of using the
Exhibition Center (aka "the Bunker" not only for dealers (ah, driving up
to your table, unloading....) but also to create the.... ta da...
DisCave.  Do a search for this : wsfa pichist discave at:
http://images.google.com/ to see what we did back then.   I believe
some Boston fans saw what could be done with bare naked space and
adapted the concept for Noreascon 3.

Ah, clever WSFAns.

mjw