WSFS BUSINESS MEETING

Main Business Meeting, Sunday, September 1st, 2002

The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:10. Attendance as recorded on the sign up sheets was 94.
The Secretary thanked the newsletter for their help with preparing the Business Meeting documents.

5.1. Report of the 2005 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners

James Briggs made his report - Glasgow won with 917 out of 1,034 votes cast.
Chair commended the Site Selection Committee for its work.
Motion to destroy site selection ballots passed.
Vincent Docherty: Thanks to Jim Briggs for his work. Thanks to ConJosé committee and staff, site selection committee, head-table staff, members of the bid committee, Friends, helpers and agents. Also like to thank Glasgow Tourist Board and SECC, and Blars and our I5 in 05 opponents.
Kim Campbell sends her regards, she was too ill to travel.
We had 336 Friends, 1310 pre-supporters.
The name of the convention will be Interaction. It will be held between 4th and 8th August 2005.
Guests are Greg Pickersgill, Chris Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg and Jane Yolen.
Membership will be $0 for Friends who voted, $70 for voters, $50 for pre-supporters who voted.
Interaction hold Worldcon.org.uk with WSFS permission and their URL is http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk
Pat McMurray will be their Mark Protection Committee representative

1. Committee Reports
   
   1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)
      Time and location of next committee meeting was announced.
   2. (Previously completed)
   3. (Previously completed)
   4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) Committee
      Committee was announced as Jim Mann (chair), Vince Docherty, Sharon Sbarsky, George Flynn, Mark Olson, Alex von Thorn, Gayle Surette, Paul Haggerty, Ben Yalow, Pam Fremon, Perianne Lurie. The committee Chair was authorised to add members to the committee at his discretion.
2. Worldcon Reports
   
   1. Past Worldcons and NASFiCs
      
      1. (Previously completed)
      2. (Previously completed)
      3. (Previously completed)
      4. (Previously completed)
      5. (Previously completed)
      6. Aussiecon Three (1999)
         A4 Worldcon bid in 07 was unsuccessful.
         Ben Yalow: New income items should not be listed, only the reportable balance.
         By unanimous consent, it was agreed that it was the sense of the meeting that future Worldcon reports should only contain reportable balances, not new income.2.1.8. The Millennium Philcon (2001)
         Todd Dashoff: Apologies for lack of written report, will forward it to Secretary.
         [Secretary regrets to report that that this report was never received.]
   2. Seated Worldcons
      1. ConJosé (2002)
         ConJosé thanks SCIFI for grant; Aussiecon Three, Chicon 2000 and The Millennium Philcon for pass along funds; and an anonymous donor for a donation of $2,000.
3. Business Passed On - disposed of in previous meeting
4. New Business
   Winton Matthews: What happened to foreshadowed motion 3.2.1?
   Dave Ratti: Decided not to proceed with it.
   Chair: Will presume an objection to consideration on these new items.
   
   1. (Previously completed)
   2. (Previously completed)
   3. Constitutional Amendments
      
      1. Lesser Minutes
         Object to Consideration fails – ten minutes allowed for debate.
         Richard Russell (F): 20 minutes is never less than 18 minutes.
         Alex von Thorn: It took years to agree this time, Move to refer to committee to report next year.
         Kent Bloom (A): Doesn't need a committee.
         Seth Breidbart (A): How many Smofs does it take to determine whether 20 is less than 18?
         Motion to refer to committee fails.
         Kent Bloom (A): Parallel to other parts of the Constitution, we do change boundaries, so we should leave it as it is.
         Todd Dashoff: Call the question.
         Craig Miller: Move to Lay the Motion on the Table.
         Motion to Lay on the Table passes (carrying the adhering motion to Close Debate with it.)
      2. The Shorter of It
         Object to consideration sustained by 2/3rds majority.
      3. Lesser Minutes (4.3.1) was taken from the table and the motion to close the debate was put.
         Debate closed by 2/3rds majority.
         The vote on the main motion was 42 in favour, 37 against.
         The amendment is approved and will go forward to next year's Business Meeting for ratification.
5. Site Selection Business
   
   1. This item was run at the beginning of the meeting and is reported in the order it occurred.
   2. Reports by seated Worldcons
      
      1. TorCon III (2003)
         Peter Jarvis, Chair of Torcon 3: Fairmont Royal York is main hotel.
         David Ratti: Are there coffee machines in room – Yes.
         Robert Klein: Elevator situation – 10 + 2 elevators, huge lobby, will get elevators serviced.
         Richard Lynch: Which hotel is connected to Convention Centre – Crowne Plaza.
         Richard Russel: US / Canadian border – Schenkers, international customs broker.
         Sharon Sbarsky: Hotel reservations – Jan 1st through Toronto housing organisation.
         Winton Matthews: Sightseeing tours – Probably, if we get volunteers.
         Johnny Carruthers: Will Bluejays be playing ? – Probably, schedule not printed yet.
      2. Noreascon 4 (2004)
         Deb Geisler, Chair of Noreascon 4.
         There were no questions.
   3. Presentation by future Worldcon bids
      
      1. Presentation by bidders for 2006
         Craig Miller, Chair LA06 bid.
         Margene Bahm, KC06 bid.
         Craig Miller: Anaheim Hilton, Marriott, Convention Centre, lots of experienced people, 60th anniversary of Pacificon.
         Margene Bahm: 30th anniversary of KC's Worldcon, brand new convention centre, seven main hotels, contingent contracts, Sheraton will probably be main hotel.
         Patrick Molloy: Dates?
         Craig Miller: Prior to Labour Day.
         Margene Bahm: Labour Day.
         Business Meeting Attendees: Chant of “Both, Both, Both.”
      2. Presentation by bidders for years after 2006
         Shouichi Hachiya – Nippon 07: Apologies for Chair's absence, he just arrived that day. They have created a legal entity. Site will be Yokohama City, Pacifica, with the connected Intercontinental hotel. There are four other hotels, they will add Ryokun if requested. [Secretary: Ryokun are Japanese style hotels.]
         Marah Searle Kovacevic: Hotel rates?
         Shouichi Hachiya: Quoted a price in Yen which after discussion and calculation by the head-table staff and attendees was agreed to be on the order of $140-$150, roughly the same as the current rates at ConJosé.
         Ben Miller: Smoking?
         Shouichi Hachiya: Convention centre is non-smoking, but there are smoking areas in restaurants.
6. Adjournment
   
   1. Adjournment Sine Die
      The meeting adjourned sine die in memory of Bruce Pelz.

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