Business Passed on to Torcon 3

The following Constitutional Amendment was passed at ConJosé

and is passed on to Torcon 3 for ratification.
3.1 Short Title: Lesser Minutes
Moved, to amend the WSFS Constitution at Subsection 3.2.8 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.

PROPOSED AGENDA FOR TORCON3

1. Committee Reports
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: Scott Dennis (West), Donald Eastlake III (Central), Ruth Sachter (West). Due to zone residency restrictions, we can elect at most two people from the Western zone, one person 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
1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee
1.4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) Committee
1.5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee
2. Worldcon Reports
2.1 Past Worldcons and NASFiCs
2.1.1. ConAdian (1994)
2.1.2. L.A.con III (1996)
2.1.3. LoneStarCon 2 (1997)
2.1.4. BucConeer (1998)
2.1.5. Aussiecon Three (1999)
2.1.6. Chicon 2000
2.1.7. The Millennium Philcon (2001)
2.1.8. ConJosé (2002)
2.2. Seated Worldcons
2.2.1. TorCon III (2003)
2.2.2. Noreascon 4 (2004)
2.2.3. Interaction (2005)
3. Business Passed On from ConJosé
The following Constitutional Amendment was approved at ConJosé and passed on to Torcon 3 for ratification. If ratified, it will become part of the Constitution at the conclusion of Torcon 3.
3.1 Short Title: Lesser Minutes
Moved, to amend the WSFS Constitution at Subsection 3.2.8 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.
4. New Business
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 2003 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 Torcon 3 and ratified at Noreascon 4. 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. Site Selection Business
5.1. Report of the 2006 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners
5.2. Reports by seated Worldcons
5.2.1. Noreascon 4 (2004)
5.2.2. Interaction (2005)
5.3. Presentation by future Worldcon bids
5.3.1. Presentation by bidders for 2007
5.3.2. Presentation by bidders for years after 2007
6. Adjournment
6.1. Adjournment Sine Die

THE 2002 WORLDCON SITE SELECTION RESULTS

Voted on at ConJosé
August 31, 2002 in San José, Calfornia , USA
Preliminary Results Pending Business Meeting Ratification
Jim Briggs, site selection administrator for ConJosé, presents the following results. 1034 ballots were cast. The time of the count was 44 minutes. The results were as follows:

Total needed to win: 491. Glasgow wins on the first ballot.

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