WSFS Business Meeting and Submitting New Business
Committee reports may include motions. Motions made by committees consisting of more than one person need not be seconded.
1.1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)
The Mark Protection Committee will meet at a time to be announced, probably on Thursday evening of the convention. A formal report is unlikely to be available until the Saturday Business Meeting at the earliest.
Nominations for the WSFS Mark Protection Committee are in order at the Preliminary Business Meeting. Nominees must accept nomination and indicate their current residence zone within one hour of the end of the Preliminary Business Meeting.
The members whose terms of office expire at this Worldcon are: Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW). Due to zone residency restrictions, we can elect at most two people from the Western zone, none from the Central zone, two people from the Eastern zone, and 3 people from the Rest of the World. Write-in votes are allowed, but write-in candidates must submit their consent to election by the close of balloting. (See the head table staff for a nomination acceptance form.)
1.2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee
The Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee members are Don Eastlake, Tim Illingworth, Pat McMurray and Kevin Standlee.
1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee
The Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee member is Sharon Sbarsky (Chair) and others to be advised.
1.4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) Committee
The HEROW Committee members are Vince Docherty (Chair), Perianne Lurie, Pam Fremon, Paul Haggerty, Gayle Surette, Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee.
1.5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee
The FOLLE Committee members are Mark Olson (Chair), Craig Miller, Dave Grubbs, Joe Siclari, Kent Bloom, Richard Lynch, Kevin Standlee, Tim Illingworth, Vince Docherty .
1.6. The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee
The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee are Glenn Glazer (Chair), Paul Haggerty, Gayle Surette, Ben Yalow, Seth Breidbart, Cheryl Morgan, Tim Illingworth and Peter Wilkinson.
2.1 Past Worldcons
2.1.1 ConAdian (1994)
2.1.2 The Millennium Philcon (2001)
2.1.3 Torcon 3 (2003)
2.1.4 Noreascon 4 (2004)
2.1.5 Interaction (2005)
2.1.6 CascadiaCon (2005)
2.1.7 L.A. con IV (2006)
2.2. Seated Worldcons & NASFiC
2.2.1 Archon 31 (TuckerCon), the 9th NASFiC (2007)
2.2.2 Nippon 2007
2.2.3 Denvention 3 (2008)
The following Constitutional Amendments were approved at L.A. con IV and passed on to Nippon 2007 for ratification. If ratified, they will become part of the Constitution at the conclusion of Nippon 2007.
3.1 Short Title: Best Artist Hugo Eligibility
Moved to amend Section 3.9 of the WSFS Constitution by adding text as follows
Section 3.9: Notification and Acceptance.Worldcon Committees shall use reasonable efforts to notify the nominees, or in the case of deceased or incapacitated persons, their heirs, assigns, or legal guardians, in each category prior to the release of such information. Each nominee shall be asked at that time to either accept or decline the nomination. If the nominee declines nomination, that nominee shall not appear on the final ballot. In addition, in the Best Professional Artist category, the acceptance must include citations of at least three (3) works first published in the eligible year.
4.1 Resolutions
Items under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting.
4.2 Standing Rules Amendments
Items under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting. Standing rules amendments take effect at the conclusion of the 2006 Business Meeting unless given earlier effect by specific provision and a two-thirds vote. In all amendments, new text is shown in underline type and stricken text is shown in strikethru type .
4.3 Constitutional Amendments
Items under this heading have not yet received first passage, and will become part of the constitution only if passed at Nippon 2007 and ratified at Denvention 3. The Preliminary Business Meeting may amend items under this heading, set debate time limits, refer them to committee, and take other action as permitted under the Standing Rules
5.1. Report of the 2009 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners
5.2. Question Time for Seated Worldcons & NASFiCs
5.2.1 Denvention 3 (2008)
5.3 Presentation by future Worldcon bids
5.3.1 Presentation by bidders for 2010
5.3.2 Presentation by bidders for years after 2010
6.1 Adjournment Sine Die
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