Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:21:44 -0400 From: Elaine M Brennan <elaine.brennan at att.net> To: WSFA List <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>, WSFA Forum <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com> Subject: [WSFA] Silent Auction at Capclave Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> I just wanted to let folks know that we'll be holding a silent auction=20 during Capclave to benefit the <a=20 href=3D"http://elisem.livejournal.com/907925.html">John M. Ford Book=20 Endowment</a>. Details of how the auction will work and a list of items=20 being donated will appear on the Capclave website shortly. If you are unfamiliar with John M. Ford and are curious, I can think of=20 no better place to start than the <a href=3D" http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008033.html#008033">Making = Light</a> announcement of Mike's death. Mike was a friend of Capclave's Fan Guest of Honor, Tom Whitmore. He was = also an amazing human being. The last conversation I had with him, he=20 promised to come to Capclave -- "next year. or maybe the year after." <sigh/>. --Elaine --=20 "The Internet is the world=92s biggest library, but all the books are on = the floor."=20 Ed Krol, author of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet*. 1992