251:- As far as I am aware the event named by the above editor Bicon 4 was called the 4th national bisexual conference. It was only with the Seventh conference which called it self BiCon 7:The Seventh National Bisexual Conference was the name BiCon used. Since the organisers of the seventh previously ran SF and gaming Cons they called the event BiCon inside the organising group and this accidentally got used as the title. The organisers of BiCon 7 also chose to copy the SF and gaming Con style of event, going for accommodation on the same site as the workshops with events in the evening also on the same site. Also that year a group lead by someone who objected to the format of BiCon 7 held an alternative event the 1st International Bisexual Conference in London. Both prior to this and for the next two conferences after, the conferences were based on offering workshops in the day, possibly an off site disco in the evening and crashing/sleeping on friends floors. It was only with the 10th and 11th National conferences that the more modern format became established - a Friday, Saturday and Sunday event, called BiCon and using on-site accommodation, this led a much more extended vacation atmosphere as people knew that everybody was only 5 or 10 minutes away
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