Conference noted::sf

1040.0. "SMOFCON 8, 9, and 10" by STAR::CANTOR (Have pun, will babble.) Wed Jan 08 1992 02:08

Posted with the permission of the author.  This was posted by the author
to at least one public newsgroup (alt.fandom.cons).

Dave C.

From:	US1RMC::RANGER::DEE "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd (beast) 1-508-486-2358 31-Dec-1991 1534"    31-DEC-1991 15:41 31-DEC-1991 15:41:00.00
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Subj:	SMOFCON site selection results

For those who don't know, SMOFCON is the normally annual convention for SF 
convention runners.

At SMOFCON 8 held a couple of weeks ago (13-15 Dec) in Portland, Oregon, a 
committee headed by Peggy Rae Pavlat (70272.2763@CompuServe.com) was chosen to 
run SMOFCON 9 December 11-13 1992 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Membership is 
$30.00 until March 31, 1992, and $40.00 until Magicon.  Make checks payable to 
William Jensen (casemo!bill@cs.umd.edu) and send to him at 8331 Donoghue 
Street, New Carrollton, MD 20784 USA.

Although SMOFCON 10 would not normally have been selected until SMOFCON 9 in 
late 1992, an unusual bid was put in by the British group that is running 
Helicon (8-12 April 1993) at the Hotel de France in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel 
Islands, Great Britain.  Helicon is the 1993 British National SF Convention (or 
Eastercon) and has also been designated as the 1993 European SF Convention (or 
Eurocon).

This group suggested SMOFCON 10 be held a week later, 16-18 April 1993, at the 
same site, with the theme "A Clash of Symbols", and concentrating on the 
differences between American, British, and European SF Conventions.  This was 
approved and they were designated as SMOFCON 10.  Membership is $35.00 
attending or $20.00 supporting.  Supporting gets any materials sent to you.  
Helicon attending membership is currently $40.00 and supporting is $20.00 going 
to $45.00 attending and $22.00 supporting on 1 Jan 1992.  If you join both 
conventions, you can send one check and subtract $5.00 from the total.  Mail to 
SMOFCON, 63 Drake Road, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 1LQ, United Kingdom.  
Suggested E-mail contact: Tim Illingworth (timill@cix.compulink.co.uk).

It seems likely that there will be a SMOFCON 11 in December 1993 or January 
1994, more or less returning to the usual schedule.


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