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[[FAPA]] has remained an [[organization]] of our [[Most Senior Fen]].
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([[Sneary]]:[[Laney]]) or any parody of this slogan has reference to [[FAPA]], on account of the tenacity with which members clung to the roster toward the end of [[World War II]]. ("FAPA members never quit and rarely died.") [[Laney]], struck by [[Sneary]]'s coinage, stuck this phrase on the masthead of the [[FA]] during his [[OE]]ship (1948). On gaining office, Sneary as [[VP]] banned usage of the phrase there or in any [[FAPAzine]]. "Why, I wonder?" wonders [[Burbee]]. "I suppose he decided that it wasn't as funny or as significant as we claimed."
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([[Sneary]]:[[Laney]]) or any [[burlesque|parody]] of this slogan has reference to [[FAPA]], on account of the tenacity with which members clung to the roster toward the end of [[World War II]]. ("FAPA members never quit and rarely died.") [[Laney]], struck by [[Sneary]]'s coinage, stuck this phrase on the masthead of the [[The Fantasy Amateur|FA]] during his [[OE]]ship (1948). On gaining office, Sneary as [[VP]] banned usage of the phrase there or in any [[FAPAzine]]. "Why, I wonder?" wonders [[Burbee]]. "I suppose he decided that it wasn't as funny or as significant as we claimed."  
 
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Sneary's term did not refer to the "tenacity with which members clung to the roster" -- in Winter 47-8 there was no [[waitlist|waiting list]] at all.  What he meant was that [[actifans]] who had produced important [[subzine]] work were withdrawing from this activity to spend their declining years ([[fannishly]] speaking) in [[FAPA]]. And "I wasn't [[VP]] [when I banned the phrase from FAPA appearance]" recollects Sneary, "but [[Prexy]].  I made many foolish rulings, like no one being allowed to read a [[FAPAzine]] before the mailing -- including its [[editor]] -- and appointing myself, at the end of my term, as FAPA's ex-[[vice-president]] for a term of 9 years, to run concurrent with [[Perdue]] (who was the ex-[[President]] for 10 years)."  
 
 
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Sneary's term did not refer to the "tenacity with which members clung to the roster" -- in Winter 47-8 there was no [[waitlist|waiting list]] at all.  What he meant was that [[actifans]] who had produced important [[subzine]] work were withdrawing from this activity to spend their declining years ([[fannishly]] speaking) in [[FAPA]]. And "I wasn't [[VP]] [when I banned the phrase from FAPA appearance]" recollects Sneary, "but [[Prexy]].  I made many foolish rulings, like no one being allowed to read a [[FAPAzine]] before the [[mailing]] -- including its [[editor]] -- and appointing myself, at the end of my term, as FAPA's ex-[[vice-president]] for a term of 9 years, to run concurrent with [[Perdue]] (who was the ex-[[President]] for 10 years)."
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Revision as of 14:11, 28 September 2022

FAPA has remained an organization of our Most Senior Fen.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(Sneary:Laney) or any parody of this slogan has reference to FAPA, on account of the tenacity with which members clung to the roster toward the end of World War II. ("FAPA members never quit and rarely died.") Laney, struck by Sneary's coinage, stuck this phrase on the masthead of the FA during his OEship (1948). On gaining office, Sneary as VP banned usage of the phrase there or in any FAPAzine. "Why, I wonder?" wonders Burbee. "I suppose he decided that it wasn't as funny or as significant as we claimed."
From Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement, ca. 1960
Sneary's term did not refer to the "tenacity with which members clung to the roster" -- in Winter 47-8 there was no waiting list at all. What he meant was that actifans who had produced important subzine work were withdrawing from this activity to spend their declining years (fannishly speaking) in FAPA. And "I wasn't VP [when I banned the phrase from FAPA appearance]" recollects Sneary, "but Prexy. I made many foolish rulings, like no one being allowed to read a FAPAzine before the mailing -- including its editor -- and appointing myself, at the end of my term, as FAPA's ex-vice-president for a term of 9 years, to run concurrent with Perdue (who was the ex-President for 10 years)."



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