MDC.JANICE%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (08/11/83)
Why would I not vote for a Worldcon in a foreign country? Very simply, because I couldn't afford to go. Actually, that's a moot point now, because even domestic Worldcons are becoming financially out of reach for impoverished students like me. There seems to be, unfortunately, a great deal of snobbish elitism among faaans. I don't like media fen either, but not all neos or young people are obnoxious. I got very annoyed when I heard some people campaigning for the Australia bid on the grounds that (I'm paraphrasing) "It will be a more fannish con, because only *REAL FEN* will go." Well, not all *REAL FEN* are wealthy. My first con ever was Noreascon II, which I managed to get to while a high school student. I couldn't have done the same thing with Constellation. I can't even afford it this year. If you really want a fannish con, the best way to do it would be to have it in some out-of-the-way place--not terribly far, but not that easy to get to. (Like they did with BoskLone.) Those who really cared would get there somehow. (Either that, or scheme with some major comix or media con to hold their big bash the same weekend, in another city.) Janice Eisen -------