I haven't chaired too many conventions, but the first one I did was Lexicon, 1985. Here is some historical data about that con, in the form of the text of the flyer and the "program booklet." Note that this hotel, under another name, was the site of the 1997 Readercon. --Laurie Mann.
Lexicon is NESFA's annual summer relaxacon, with no tracks of programming (aside from a silly Sunday auction), no dealer rooms, no huge mobs of fen, no art show, and nospecial guests (other than every attendee). Lexicon will feature a hospitable con suite, open from 6pm Friday night, until 6pm Sunday night, managed by members of Boxboro fandom; the Bob Beecher video show; an excursion to your con chair's favorite Chinese restaurant (Uncle Chueng's) Saturday night; champagne-tasting Friday night; and opportunities for summertime hedonistic activities. It will be like going to a midwestern con without leaving New England.
This is our first con at the Westborough Plaza-Hotel, a user-friendly hotel SMgeared for high tech visitors to Massachusetts. It features a pool, hot tub, complete health club, game room, specially-designed rooms for the handicapped on each floor, and babysitting services. There's a restaurant with a raw bar and Sunday brunch.
While relaxacons are typically too small to do program books, I created a little booklet as a record of the weekend.
These folks have preregistered for Lexicon:
| Mark Olson | Leslie Mann |
| Mike DiGenio | Al Kent |
| Rick Katze | Pat Vandenberg |
| Lois Mangan | Steve Koon |
| Paul Mangan | Brigid Cassidy |
| George Flynn | Mark Norton |
| Beth McClellan | Linda Fitzpatrick |
| Joe Rico | Jessica Bush |
| Sharon Sbarsky | Margaret Cohen |
| Dan Swartzendruber | Bob Beecher |
| Tony Lewis | Leslie Turek |
| Suford | Kenneth Knabbe |
| Alice Lewis | Jane Wagner |
| Priscilla Pollner | Karl Gentili |
| Cindy Gold | Larry Gelfand |
| Jill Eastlake | Betsy Perry |
| Don Eastlake | Brian Perry |
| Donny Eastalke | Sean Perry |
| James Turner | Andy Robinson |
| Wendy Lindboe | Monty Wells |
| Kelly Perons | Sue Hammond |
| Laurie Mann | Alex Layton |
| Jim Mann |
Greetings! I hope you all relax, enjoy, and have a "quiet" weekend at NESFA's annual summer relaxacon. All information in this flyer is tentative, as of Wednesday, July 17th, and could change at any time.
Lexicon Compiler: Laurie Mann
Con Suite: Boxboro Fandom
Bob Beecher's Video Show: Bob Beecher
Game Master: Kenneth Knabbe
Ice Cream Expediter: Larry Gelfand
Con Suite: Room 332
Game Room/Auxiliary Con Suite: Courtland Suite
Video: Room 329
Worcester: El Morrocco, Worcester Marriott (for brunch),
Maxwell Silverman's Toolhouse, Legal Seafoods
Sterling: Landlord Ben's (for brunch)
West Boylston: Beaman Tavern
Framingham: Ken's Kasual, Holiday Inn--Ribell's,
Bennigan's Pub, Uncle Chueng's
5:00pm Con Suite Opens
6:00pm Coffee Break, Game Room
10:00pm Champagne-Tasting, BYOB, all are welcome
12:00am Pool Closes
9:00am Con Suite, if it has closed at all, will reopen
9:00am Coffee Break, Game Room
noonish Leave for for Whalom Park.
Whalom Park now has a water slide.
Discount tickets may be available.
Check Activities Board in
Con Suite for other trips
3:00pm Coffee Break, Game Room
6:30pm Leave for Uncle Chueng's
Please look at menu and
sign up for meal before
noon on Saturday
12:00am Pool Closes
9:00am Con Suite, if it has closed at all, will reopen
9:00am Coffee Break, Game Room
12:30pm Silly Auction, Game Room*
1:00pm Boskone Brainstorming, Game Room*
6:00pm Con Suite Closes, Lexicon Ends
*Weather and hotel permitting, these activities may take place on the patio beside the pool.
Whenever we feel like it.
And, at some time during the weekend, Larry Gelfand will give new meaning to the phrase "In search of" when he leads a quest for the best ice cream in Framingham, Massachusetts.