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'''Lexicon''' (so-called because it was first held in Lexington, MA) was [[NESFA's]] summer [[relaxacon]] started in 1972.  (See [[Codclave]] for [[NESFA's]] winter [[relaxacon]].)  It was basically a weekend-long con suite held somewhere somewhat interesting.  After [[NESFA]] bought a clubhouse and started meeting more frequently, interest in the summer outing waned.
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'''Lexicon''' (so-called because it was first held in Lexington, MA) was [[NESFA]]s summer [[relaxacon]] started in 1972.  (See [[Codclave]] for [[NESFA]]’s winter [[relaxacon]].)  It was basically a weekend-long con suite held somewhere somewhat interesting.  After [[NESFA]] bought a clubhouse and started meeting more frequently, interest in the summer outing waned.  Lexicon ran until at least 1989.
  
 
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Lexicon 9 ||July 17-19, 1981 ||Sheraton Rolling Green, Andover, MA ||[[Mike DiGenio]] ||60  
 
Lexicon 9 ||July 17-19, 1981 ||Sheraton Rolling Green, Andover, MA ||[[Mike DiGenio]] ||60  
 
Lexicon 10 ||July 23-25, 1982 ||Marriott, Worcester, MA ||[[Skip Morris]] ||108  
 
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Lexicon 11 ||July 15-17 1983 ||Marriott, Worcester, MA ||[[Sue Hammond]] ||70  
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Lexicon 11 ||July 15-17, 1983 ||Marriott, Worcester, MA ||[[Sue Hammond]] ||70  
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Lexicon ||July 19-21, 1985 ||Westborough Plaza, Westborough, MA ||[[Laurie Mann]] || >45
 
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[http://ldtm57.pairserver.com/sf/lexicon85.html Program booklet text from 1985]
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 4 August 2023

(Did you mean a different Lexicon?)


Lexicon (so-called because it was first held in Lexington, MA) was NESFAs summer relaxacon started in 1972. (See Codclave for NESFA’s winter relaxacon.) It was basically a weekend-long con suite held somewhere somewhat interesting. After NESFA bought a clubhouse and started meeting more frequently, interest in the summer outing waned. Lexicon ran until at least 1989.

Convention Dates Location "Compiler" Attendance
Lexicon 1 August 4-6, 1972 Sheraton Motor Inn, Lexington, MA Richard Harter 100
Lexicon 2 July 27-29, 1973 Yankee Drummer, Auburn, MA Steve Raskind 56
Lexicon 3 July 26-28, 1974 Holiday Inn, Framingham, MA John Houghton 46
Lexicon 4 August 29-September 1, 1975 Sheraton Springfield-West, Springfield, MA Mary Cole 44
Lexicon 5 July 30-August 1, 1976 Sheraton Springfield-West, Springfield, MA Kath Horne, Bill Carton 50
Lexicon 6 July 29-31, 1977 Treadway Inn, Chicopee, MA Kath Horne, Bill Carton 40
Lexicon 7 July 28-30, 1978 Radisson Ferncroft, Danvers, MA Chip Hitchcock 30-40
Lexicon 8 July 13-15, 1979 Colonial Inn, Northampton, MA Rick Katze 45?
Lexicon 9 July 17-19, 1981 Sheraton Rolling Green, Andover, MA Mike DiGenio 60
Lexicon 10 July 23-25, 1982 Marriott, Worcester, MA Skip Morris 108
Lexicon 11 July 15-17, 1983 Marriott, Worcester, MA Sue Hammond 70
Lexicon July 19-21, 1985 Westborough Plaza, Westborough, MA Laurie Mann >45

Program booklet text from 1985



Convention
1972—1983
This is a convention page. Please extend it by adding information about the convention, including dates, GoHs, convention chairman, locale, sponsoring organization, external links to convention pages, awards given, the program, notable events, anecdotes, pictures, scans of publications, pictures of T-shirts, con reports, etc.

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