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St. Louiscon Movie Screen Affair
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| − | During the [[masquerade]] at [[St. Louiscon]] someone managed to find a seam in the big movie screen that was being used as a backdrop and fall against it, ripping the seam. The klutz was likely [[Rick Norwood]] (though some remember [[Lester Boutillier]]). It was estimated that there was $1500 worth of damage to the screen (which was a very substantial chunk of the convention's budget. ([[Worldcons]] were a ''lot'' cheaper then!)
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| − | [[Harlan Ellison]], the [[toastmaster]], reprising the [[Midwestcon]] [[Door]] Incident, suggested that everyone each chip in a dollar — with 1,600 fans at the con, that would be enough. In fact, more money was contributed than needed (especially when it was discovered that the cost was far less than thought). That left the issue of disposing of the extra money.
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| − | At the [[Business Meeting]] (in those days the [[BM]] was a regular [[program item]] in the single [[track]] of program, and large numbers of members attended) [[Ellison]] suggested that the cash be donated to the very new [[Clarion Writers Workshop]] and was an eloquent advocate for this cause. Many people liked this, but many didn't. That was when [[Elliot Shorter]], a [[huckster]], a [[New Yorker]], and a very, very tall, imposing man whose bulk rose more than a full foot over [[Harlan]] as he stood up, said, "Now, wait just one goll-darned minute, Harlan."
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| − | [[Shorter]] quite reasonably pointed out that [[fans]] had contributed their dollars to fix the screen, not to support [[Clarion]], and it wouldn't be fair to simply take the excess for one pet project. After some debate, it was finally decided to use the extra money to establish a [[Worldcon Emergency Fund]], with [[Honest Joe Hensley]] as custodian, for things like emergency screen repair and the like.
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| − | Peace was restored.
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| − | See [[Diamondvision]] for another big-screen [[Worldcon]] kerfuffle.
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Revision as of 16:20, 3 October 2020
