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  Mudcon/Brookcon

   • --None--
     10/04/2001 01:41:58 UTC

     Perhaps an Old One out there can answer me this:

     How many Mudcons and Brookcons were there? These were the pre-I-Con

     conventions organized by the Forum but very little is known about them.

     --Doc

       • --None--
         28/05/2001 23:09:39 UTC

         > There were three Forum-run conventions.

         > SUNYCon was run by Jim Frenkel in the Forum's first years.

         > Mudcon I and Brookcon III were in 1976 and 1977,I believe...

         > David Lubkin and Fred Coulter being central figures.

         > Brookcon III was the only Brookcon,but considered SUNYCon and

         > Mudcon to retroactively be the first two Brookcons.The intent

         > was that the future Forum-run conventions would also be

         > Brookcons.

         > In my time at SB(1978-80) there were no conventions held,

         > and the suggestions didn't use the name Brookcon very often.

         > WhyaCon and "WhatsaCon IV"--thus calling SUNYCon,Mudcon,

         > and Brookcon the first three Whatsacons-- were among the

         > names tossed around.

         Thanks for the info!

         --Doc

       • **@***.com
         21/05/2001 01:49:25 UTC

         --None-- (s******e@****.com) wrote:

         : Perhaps an Old One out there can answer me this:

         :

         : How many Mudcons and Brookcons were there? These were the
         pre-I-Con

         : conventions organized by the Forum but very little is known about
         them.

         There were three Forum-run conventions.

         SUNYCon was run by Jim Frenkel in the Forum's first years.

         Mudcon I and Brookcon III were in 1976 and 1977,I believe...

         David Lubkin and Fred Coulter being central figures.

         Brookcon III was the only Brookcon,but considered SUNYCon and

         Mudcon to retroactively be the first two Brookcons.The intent

         was that the future Forum-run conventions would also be

         Brookcons.

         In my time at SB(1978-80) there were no conventions held,

         and the suggestions didn't use the name Brookcon very often.

         WhyaCon and "WhatsaCon IV"--thus calling SUNYCon,Mudcon,

         and Brookcon the first three Whatsacons-- were among the

         names tossed around.