Heigh ho, Ditto 15 attending members and supporting members.
Here is a close approximation of the text of the Ditto 15 flyer, lovingly mimeoed by Colin Hinz and Catherine Crockett. We will get to you your copy at some time.
Ditto returns to Toronto in 2002.
Ditto, the 15th annual gathering of SF fanzine fans, returns to the city of its 1988 founding.
The weekend of October 18-19-20, 2002.
Days Inn Toronto Downtown, 30 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
The hotel is only a short distance from the Ditto 1 hotel, so if you enjoyed the neighbourhood ambience of Ditto 1, you'll feel well at home this year. As a bonus, notable SF book store Bakka has moved to a much closer location, but as a minus, we've lost street corner chap book peddler Crad Kilodney to the more lucrative though aesthetically unproductive occupation of securities trading.
Murray Moore, Catherine Crockett, and the rest of the Toronto area fanzine fans think 2002 is a good year for fans to (re)discover Canada's largest city, and one of the oldest centres of Canadian written fanac. You can also get a head start on the 61st WorldCon, Torcon 3, happening on the 2003 Labour Day weekend.
Feel free to arrive by what ever mode of transportation is most convenient for you. The hotel is four subway stops from Union Station, which is served by interurban (Amtrak/Via Rail) and commuter rail lines. For air travelers, there are shuttle bus and public transit connections to both Pearson International Airport and the Toronto Island Airport. If you're driving, the hotel provides underground parking. If you prefer to arrive by ship, Toronto still has a working harbour.
Attending memberships are $45 Canadian, or $30 U.S. Supporting memberships are $10 Canadian, or $10 U.S. Make cheques payable to Ditto 15 and mail to Murray Moore, 1065 Henley Road, Mississauga, ON, L4Y 1C8, CANADA. U.S. Dollar cheques are fine.
Hotel rates are CDN$109 for single/double, with an additional $15 for each additional person.
We have already pre-registered Jim Caughran, George Flynn, Mike Glicksohn, Cris Kaden, Neil Kaden, Hope Leibowitz, Janice Murray, Mark Olson, Priscilla Olson, Lloyd Penney, Yvonne Penney, Alan Rosenthal, Joyce Scrivner, Dick Smith, Leah Zeldes Smith, and Pat Virzi as attending members. Bill Bowers, Cy Chauvin, and Robert Lichtman are supporting members.
Make reservations by calling the hotel directly at (416) 977-6655 or faxing to (416) 977-2865. The room block expires on 27 September 2002. Reservations must be guaranteed by credit card, otherwise they will be held only until 4 p.m. on the day of arrival. Mention Ditto 15.
The hotel has a web page, as part of the Days Inn corporate web site: http://www.the.daysinn.com/toronto04095
More, later.
/\/\urray Murray Moore
(905) 281-8540 (905) 206-1296 ext. 287 (w)
1065 Henley Road Mississauga, ON L4Y 1C8
Murray Moore [mmoore@pathcom.com]
This has been posted to the unofficial Ditto master web site, The Web of Ditto by Neil Kaden http://www.circlenk.com/ditto