Poor Man's FidoCon & Lake Party

It's been a long time since there has been a "real" FidoCon, at least in the United States. When there was one occurring every year, they were typically held in a major city at a large hotel that provided conference rooms, exhibit space, nice rooms, excellent meals, and room service. Some within our region complained that it was usually too far away, and that it was too expensive to attend. So in 1988, Dewey Thiessen organized the very first Poor Man's FidoCon and Lake Party, and a tradition was born. Other than an afternoon seminar at OneBBSCon, FidoCon has all but died. But the Poor Man's FidoCon and Lake Party continues.

For those that were wondering, here are the locations of the previous PMFCs:

1. July 15-16, 1988, Lake Grapevine, Texas
2. July 14-16, 1989, Lake Tawakoni, Texas
3. April 20-22, 1990, Big Creek Park on Lake Sommerville, Texas
4. Seven Points, Texas - cancelled due to fire
5. April 24-26, 1992, Toledo Bend Reservior, near Zwolle, Louisiana
6. June 18-20, 1993, Silver Lake Park on Grapevine Lake, Texas
7. May 13-15, 1994, Big Creek Park on Lake Somerville, Texas
8. July 14-16, 1995, Whitewater Sports on the Guadalupe River, Texas
9. May 3-5, 1996, Lake Murray State Park, Oklahoma
10. August 15-17, 1997, Cedar Hill State Park, Texas
11. July 25-26, 1998, Whitewater Sports on the Guadalupe River, Texas