AGENDA FOR WSFS BUSINESS MEETING

Main Business Meeting, Saturday, August 31, 2002

1. Committee Reports
   Committee reports may include motions. Motions made by committees consisting of more than one person need not be seconded.
   
   1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)
      The nominees for the vacant MPC positions are: Lynn Anderson (Central), Stephen Boucher (Rest of World), Gary Feldbaum (East), Sue Francis (Central).
      The election will be held today. Due to zone residency restrictions, we can elect at most 1 people from the Western zone, 2 person from the Central zone, 1 person 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.)
   2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee
      This business was completed at the Preliminary Business Meeting, with the existing committee being reappointed.
   3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee
      This business was completed at the Preliminary Business Meeting, with Sharon Sbarsky appointed as new committee Chair.
   4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) Committee
      
      1. Short Title: Throw a Blanket Over It
         This resolution was passed at the Preliminary Business Meeting.
      2. Short Title: We Need Another HEROW
         This resolution was passed at the Preliminary Business Meeting.
         The Presiding Officer will announce the Chair and member of this committee.
   5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee
      This business was concluded at the Preliminary Business Meeting, with Mark Olson appointed as Chair to replace the late (and much missed) Bruce Pelz.
2. Worldcon Reports
   
   1. Past Worldcons and NASFiCs
      
      1. ConAdian (1994)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
      3. LoneStarCon 2 (1997)
         No report received as of going to press.
         Presiding Officer of next year's Business Meeting was asked to pursue this.
      5. Conucopia (1999 NASFiC)
         No report received as of going to press.
         As Conucopia was not required to present a report, no further requests will be made.
      7. Chicon 2000
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
      8. The Millennium Philcon (2001)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
   2. Seated Worldcons
      
      1. ConJosé (2002)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
3. Business Passed On from The Millennium Philcon
   The following Constitutional Amendments were approved at The Millennium Philcon and are passed on to ConJosé for ratification. If ratified, they will become part of the Constitution at the conclusion of ConJosé.
   
   1. Short Title: Perpetual Motions
      Moved, To amend portions of Article III of the WSFS Constitution to regularize the current practice of extending an extra year of eligibility for the Hugo Award to works first published outside the USA, and to administer this change, as follows:
      Delete the final sentence of section 3.2.2:
      3.2.2: A work originally appearing in a language other than English shall also be eligible for the year in which it is first issued in English translation. A work, once it has appeared in English, may thus be eligible only once.
      Insert the following after existing subsection 3.2.2:
      3.2.x: The Business Meeting may by a 3/4 vote provide that works originally published outside the United States of America and first published in the United States of America in the current year shall also be eligible for Hugo Awards given in the following year.
      3.2.y: A work shall not be eligible if in a prior year it received sufficient nominations to appear on the final Award ballot.
   2. Short Title: The Long and Short of It
      Moved, To amend portions of Article III of the WSFS Constitution to have the effect of splitting the existing Best Dramatic Presentation category into two categories, Long Form and Short Form, to regulate the administration of such categories, and for other purposes, as follows.
      1. Strike out existing Section 3.3.6, "Best Dramatic Presentation."
      3.3.6: Best Dramatic Presentation. Any production in any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy or related subjects which has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during the previous calendar year.
      2. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.3.5:
      3.3.x: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. Any production in any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during the previous calendar year, with a complete running time of more than 90 minutes.
      3. Insert the following section before existing Section 3.3.7
      3.3.x: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Any production in any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during the previous calendar year, with a complete running time of 90 minutes or less.
      4. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.2.5:
      3.2.x: The Worldcon Committee shall not consider previews, promotional trailers, commercials, public service announcements, or other extraneous material when determining the length of a work. Running times of dramatic presentations shall be based on their first general release.
      5. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.2.6:
      3.2.x: The Worldcon Committee may relocate a dramatic presentation work into a more appropriate category if it feels that it is necessary, provided that the length of the work is within the lesser of twenty (20) minutes or twenty percent (20%) of the new category limits.
4. New Business
   
   1. Resolutions
      No business has been presented under this category.
   2. Standing Rules Amendments
      No business has been presented under this category.
   3. Constitutional Amendments
      No business has been presented under this category.
5. Site Selection Business
   
   1. Report of the 2005 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners
      This item is scheduled for the Main Business Meeting on Sunday, September 1.
   2. Reports by seated Worldcons
      This item is scheduled for the Main Business Meeting on Sunday, September 1.
      
      1. TorCon III (2003)
      2. Noreascon 4 (2004)
   3. Presentation by future Worldcon bids
      This item is scheduled for the Main Business Meeting on Sunday, September 1.
      
      1. Presentation by bidders for 2006
      2. Presentation by bidders for years after 2006
         If time permits.
6. Adjournment
   
   1. Adjournment Sine Die
      To be moved by the Business Meeting podium staff at the Sunday Business Meeting (or Monday if a Monday meeting is necessary):
      Moved, That this meeting adjourn sine die in memory of Bruce Pelz.

AGENDA FOR WSFS BUSINESS MEETING

Main Business Meeting, Sunday, September 1st, 2002

1. Committee Reports
   
   1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)
      The Mark Protection Committee report is attached.
   4. 2. Short Title: We Need Another HEROW
         The Presiding Officer will announce the Chair and member of this committee.
2. Worldcon Reports
   
   1. Past Worldcons and NASFiCs
      
      1. ConAdian (1994)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
      3. LoneStarCon 2 (1997)
         No report received as of going to press.
         Presiding Officer of next year's Business Meeting was asked to pursue this.
      8. The Millennium Philcon (2001)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
   2. Seated Worldcons
      
      1. ConJosé (2002)
         Written report should follow before close of meeting.
3. Business Passed On from The Millennium Philcon
4. New Business
   
   3. Constitutional Amendments
      
      1. Lesser Minutes
         Moved, to amend the WSFS Constitution at Subsection 3.2.6A (ratified yesterday) by striking and inserting text as follows:
         The Worldcon Committee may relocate a dramatic presentation work into a more appropriate category if it feels that it is necessary, provided that the length of the work is within the lesser of twenty (20) minutes or twenty percent (20%) of the new category limits boundary.
         Rationale: 20 minutes will never be less than 18 minutes (20% of the 90-minute category boundary), and thus the wording proposed for deletion is mere surplusage and possibly confusing. Removing it will have no substantive effect.
      2. The Shorter of It
         Moved, to amend the WSFS Constitution at Subsections 3.3.6A: Best Dramatic presentation, Long From and 3.3.6B: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (both ratified yesterday) by changing "90 minutes" to "80 minutes" wherever it occurs.
         Rationale: As you can see from the supplemental green sheet, "Runtimes of Recent SF / F Films", the current 90-minute boundary means that 39 of 128 (30%) of those movies would fall into the "Short Form" category and thus would have to be treated as exceptions to put them into the "Long Form" category where they could compete against other movies. The boundary should be realistic and not admit of too many exceptions. While the Hugo administrators could undoubtedly handle the penumbra (fudge zone) issues, having to be conscious of the runtime boundary imposes a needles extraneous concern on the Hugo nominators.
5. Site Selection Business
   
   1. Report of the 2005 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners
   2. Reports by seated Worldcons
      
      1. TorCon III (2003)
      2. Noreascon 4 (2004)
   3. Presentation by future Worldcon bids
      
      1. Presentation by bidders for 2006
      2. Presentation by bidders for years after 2006
         If time permits.
6. Adjournment
   
   1. Adjournment Sine Die
      To be moved by the Business Meeting podium staff at the Sunday Business Meeting (or Monday if a Monday meeting is necessary):
      Moved, That this meeting adjourn sine die in memory of Bruce Pelz.
      

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