Sunycon

A Science Fiction Convention started in 1973.

It was a "one day one shot in student union" (2017-03-08)

Chaired by Norman Hochberg (1973-04-13)

Guests included George Alec Effinger. There was a film room, though because this was the 1970s, the majority of the fun stuff actually happened in dorms. Note that the template for SUNYCON were the fannish Science Fiction Conventions, where partying and social interaction formed the core of the events, as opposed to I-CON, where the model was somewhat more inspired by for-profit media conventions.

From Norman Hochberg:

I still remember George showing up at SUNYCON, the tiny little con that I organized at my college in – what was it – 1974? 1973? Perhaps because I was myself painfully shy, I always had seen Piglet in the same way. I saw him as a compatriot in the fight to find what are now known as “coping skills.” After the days program had finished and we retired to the “endless party” area, I was astounded when George commandeered the “film room” (actually allowed in my dorm with a 16mm projector setup in it) and insisted on running “Bambi meets Godzilla” endlessly -- sometimes forward and sometimes in reverse. I was too busy drunkenly trying to make the pinball machine stop yelling TILT to care. Besides, I understand that people were loving it. George had certainly, by then, overcome his hesitancy to step forward. It had been a year to since his justly deserved acclaim at What Entropy Means To Me.

So while my Worldcon memories may be faulty, I still have a few others of Piglet. He helped me at Charlie's Locus collations, he helped us (with enthusiastic support) with Xyrmph, and he helped at SUNYCON. His passing leaves the world in some obvious and some less obvious ways diminished .