Time Travel Worldcon

At Minicon 38 in 2003, fans invented the Time Travel Worldcon chaired by Geri Sullivan, which made the required reports at subsequent WSFS Business Meetings and even did Pass-Along Funds to the tune of $62.

At Torcon 3, the 2003 Worldcon, a member at the Business Meeting pointed out that it was unclear that Torcon had the authority to accept the report -- time travel and all. This filled the meeting with despondency, which was relieved the next day when Dave Kyle (one of the few remaining people from that convention) who reported that just a week ago, he had come across old notes by Sam Moskowitz, who chaired the First Worldcon in 1939. They read:

To the members of the Torcon
From the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention

This is to let you know that we got a copy of the report of the Time Travel Worldcon. What a wonderful technology you must have to be able to send it back to us.

We voted to accept the report. We aren’t going to mention it in any reports of the convention, and everybody is sworn to absolute secrecy forever. No time meddlers, we.

Thanks also for sending back the list of attending members of your convention. Dave Kyle got it first, and found his name, so we’re giving the report to him. He’ll file it away and bring it to the convention.”

So many names – thousands, we guess. You must need an enormous room to hold your business meeting if that many people come. We’ve all got a zillion questions, but there’s no way to get the answers, so goodbye from your distant past.”

SaM
Sam Moskowitz
Chair 1939 World Science Fiction Convention

P.S. Okay, one question: Have you had a convention on the Moon yet? There must be a lot of fans on the Lunar Bases.

Some say this was a hoax, but who dare disbelieve Sam Moskowitz?