Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:34:22 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] NASFiC
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> 8/9/2010 6:44 PM >>>
>Barry Newton wrote:
>>
>> I've never felt quite right about the NASFIC concept in the first =
place.  Other
>> countries do tend to have some sort of "national SF convention" on an =
annual
>> basis, which is generally folded into Worldcon when they win one.  The =
US
>> basically views Worldcon as our own Natcon; hence when we have to let =
it leave
>> the country, there's a feeling that all the unhappy fans need a =
consolation
>> prize.  This really bothers me; I feel that everyone's energies should =
be
>> focused on making the Worldcon a success, wherever it is.
><snip>
>I strongly disagree. Worldcons started here, and they're still bigger =
here than
>on any other continent.

So?

>Then, to me, the NASFiC is *my* consolation

Sorry I missed you in Raleigh.

> for not
>being able to afford to go to, say, Australia.

When Worldcon went to Japan I did not go to the NASFIC ... rather, I went =
to one *new* convention, in this case Armadillocon (I know, shocking ... a =
fan doing something new?) and revisited Midwestcon.

All in all, a better choice, for me, than the St Louis NASIC.

Wonder who is going to bid for the 2014 NASFIC?

mjw