Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:52:42 -0500
From: Eva Whitley <eva.whitley at gmail.com>
To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
CC: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] WSFA relaxacons, was  History of D.C. fandom article
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:

>>omni at omniphile.com 2/8/2006 10:51:57 AM >>>
>>At 2/8/2006 08:21 AM, Michael Walsh wrote:
>>
>>>I noted since WSFA puts on DisClave, the relaxacon should be
>>>
>>called
>>
>>>DatClave.  And so it was...
>>>
>>Maybe we should have another one, switch the mascot to a different
>>dumb
>>animal and call it "DeUdderClave"?
>>
>
>Actually... that was, I believe the name of one of the relaxacons.
>
>Let's see... googling, one gets:
>
>1980: DatClave
>1981: DatClone (chaired by Jack & Eva, held in Gettysburg)
>1982: Capicon '60 (the failed WSFA bid for the 1960 Worldcon is
>actually held!  I think it was held in Baltimore)
>1983: D' UdderLcave (chaired by Jul Owings, held in Baltimore)
>
>[It should be noted that WSFAns were involved in this venture,
>Disclave, and later fun & silliness at a BaltimoreWorldcon thatyear.
>Busy busy...)
>
>Further Googling of the WSFA Journal archives will probably reveal more
>about those cons.  I think we did but 4.
>
The last con was either 84, or 85, held near DC, run by (I think) Ginny
McNitt. What you need to do with these relaxacons is hold them out of
town, so people are forced to get rooms, and people hang around all
weekend. When you have it in town, people commute, and it's not as much
fun. --Eva (BTW, that hotel in Gettysburg is still standing, and they
have a war gaming con in it every year)