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Grex Scifi Item 96: Conclave 1997
Entered by krj on Wed Oct 15 05:00:52 UTC 1997:

I hear a rumor that a ConClave was held in Lansing, and I completely
missed it.

10 responses total.

#1 of 10 by mta on Wed Oct 15 20:37:58 1997:

Yup.  Last weekend.

#2 of 10 by krj on Sun Oct 19 09:44:10 1997:

Misti wins the award for World's Shortest Con Report.  :)
 
Actually this is all nostalgia on my part; I got a progress report 
for the 1998 Baltimore Worldcon today and I realized that it could be 
the next convention I attend; it's already been over a year since 
my *last* convention.
 
Leslie and I would like to go the Corflu in Leeds, UK, next year; 
it even coincides with Leslie's spring break, so we *could* do it.
Only problem is, it's just two months before our wedding.
 
Over in rec.arts.sf.fandom, there were some reports that some 
conventions are seeing a dramatic drop in attendance; some so bad 
that they have closed up shop.  What's happening locally?

#3 of 10 by robh on Sun Oct 19 13:11:56 1997:

I dunno, I haven't been to a local con in two years.  >8)

#4 of 10 by mta on Mon Oct 20 00:58:59 1997:

Your getting married???  Cool!!  Congratulations, Ken and Leslie!

#5 of 10 by anderyn on Wed Oct 22 01:00:00 1997:

I went. I went. I went! I had fun, but it sure seemed as if the 
programming was thin on the ground. Of course, we could only
go in the afternoon....

#6 of 10 by tpryan on Wed Oct 22 22:21:25 1997:

        To me ConClave felt like about 200 people where missing.

If cons are gonna get that small of attendance, then they can fit
into the Holiday Inn north, Ann Arbor.

#7 of 10 by robh on Thu Oct 23 02:52:57 1997:

Ironically, if a con were held in Ann Arbor, I would be more
likely to attend.  >8)

#8 of 10 by krj on Thu Oct 23 19:26:58 1997:

How big was Conclave this year?
 
Many eons ago, Confusion used to be held at the now-closed Ann Arbor Inn
downtown; ConClave was held in one of the State Street / I-94 hotels 
at least once.

#9 of 10 by albaugh on Fri Oct 24 16:13:31 1997:

And once upon a time, Confusion was held in the now-nonexistent Plymouth
Hilton.  Styliagi Air Corps, anyone?  ;-)

#10 of 10 by tpryan on Wed Oct 29 00:52:14 1997:

        Actually, First reports show ConClave only having about 50 fewer
attendees than last year.  One known impact was the fact that Yom
Kippor was ConClave Saturday.  First they wanted a non-football weekend
so that there would be no footbal reservations for the hotel.  Then
with Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday, it made it attractive to Canadians
to attend, given that they could travel late to get home and not work
the next day.  Also being Columbus Day, would give some Americans the
day off too.

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