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- From: amd@space.mit.edu (Ann M. Davis)
- Subject: Re: What really happened after Boskone 24 (was Re: Arisia vs. Boskone)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.163944.22566@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Center for Space Research
- References: <9212282303.AA13694@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> <1992Dec30.002935.17055@radian.uucp> <1992Dec30.194328.5873@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <1992Dec31.150957.2275@nuchat.sccsi.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:39:44 GMT
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- I will not get involved, I will not get involved, I will not..
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- Okay, so I couldn't resist.
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- |> > anderson@allvax.enet.dec.com (Dave Anderson) writes:
- |> >
- |> >What a lot of people don't seem to realize is that after the 'Boskone from
- |> >Hell' the only alternative to cutting the size of the convention from about
- |> >4500 to about 1500 was to not hold the convention at all! After the
- Sheraton
- |> >decided that they didn't want our business an extensive search for a
- new hotel
- |> >
- |> [stuf deleted you should have read earlier]
- |> > Dave (anderson@allvax.enet.dec.com)
- |> >
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- I understand that the size of Boskone had to be reduced. I understand
- drastic measures may have been necessary. All I can say is the method
- chosen worked very well. I have no desire to attend another Boskone.
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- Whether intended or not, the message my friends and I got from the
- letter was "If 'we' (NESFA), don't know you (personally), you can't come"
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- Ann
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- Ann M. Davis
- amd@space.mit.edu "Choose your battles wisely"
- MIT Center for Space Research
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