Faircon
(Did you mean a different Faircon or Silvercon?)
A proposed but never held convention originally called Faircon, which changed its name to Silvercon, and was scheduled to be held in over the July 3-6, 1964 (4th of July weekend) in New York City to celebrate the 25th (silver) anniversary of Nycon I, the first Worldcon. (The occasion was doubly auspicious since in 1964, as in 1939, New York was hosting a World's Fair.) The Silvercon Newsletter was the convention's advance publication, though it may have been sent only to the committee.
In late 1962, the committee included:
- Frank Dietz -- Chairman
- Harriett Kolchak -- Secretary
- Hans Stefan Santesson -- 1st Vice President
- Walter R. Cole -- 2nd Vice President
- Sam Moskowitz -- General Adviser
- Forrest J Ackerman -- West Coast Representative
- George Nims Raybin -- Legal Adviser
- Milton Spahn -- Co-editor
- Frank Prieto -- Co-editor
- James Taurasi -- Active Member
- Ed Meskys -- Active Member
- Julius Postal -- Active Member
- Naomi Postal -- Active Member
- Joy Sanderson -- Active Member
- Sandy Sanderson -- Active Member
The December 1962 issue of Science Fiction Times includes a statement by Taurasi that he was resigning from the committee because it had voted to pay itself out of the expected profits. (Apparently Raybin, a lawyer, charged the Silvercon committee for legal services while incorporating Silvercon, and the rest of the committee decided they should be paid, also.)
Science Fiction Times #412, February 1964 reported that the organizers had given up due to too little local support.
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