Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:02:27 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
    "wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com" <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] "Which Was the First SF Convention? " was Sunday 22 October 1936
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

"Perhaps it would be fairest to say that the first thing that *could* be =
called a convention was held in Philadelphia in 1936, while the first =
thing that *must* be called a convention was held in Leeds in 1937."

http://fancyclopedia.wikidot.com/which-was-the-first-sf-convention

If one does the link-clicky thing eventually one comes things such as =
this:
http://fancyclopedia.wikidot.com/1938-philadelphia-conference
and:
http://fancyclopedia.wikidot.com/futurians

Happy link-clicking!

mjw