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World Science Fiction Society
Resolutions and Rulings of Continuing Effect
2002 Business Meeting, San José, California
Kevin Standlee, Presiding Officer
Kent Bloom, Deputy Presiding Officer
Pat McMurray (Standing in for Cheryl Morgan), Secretary
Seth Breidbart, Timekeeper
Paul Kraus, Tim Szczesuil, William J Keaton, Tech Support
| BM-2002-1 |
Future Worldcon financial reports submitted after
that Worldcon is over should only contain reportable balances, not
income unattributable to that Worldcon such as interest or other
activities. |
| CH-2002-1 |
The meeting can pass a resolution expressing an opinion
as to the future legality of a foreshadowed motion that can not
be legally introduced at the Preliminary Business Meeting. (Appealed
and sustained.) The Chair further ruled that such a resolution would
not be legally binding upon the Chair. |
| CH-2002-2 |
lanket eligibility extension applies to dramatic presentations
as well as written works. The word "published as used in the Hugo
Awards definitions should be interpreted in its technical sense
under copyright law. |
| CH-2002-3 |
If a motion is Reconsidered, its debate time is refreshed.
[Upon further review, this ruling was shown to be inconsistent with
the Parliamentary Authority; a motion that is reconsidered _on the
same day_ as originally considered picks up where it previously
left off, any exhausted debate time remains exhausted. If the motion
is reconsidered on the next day, its debate time is refreshed.] |
| CH-2002-4 |
Amendments to the Constitution become part of the
Constitution at the moment of ratification, although they generally
do not take effect until later; therefore, they are subject to amendment
as any other part of the Constitution. |
2001 Business Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Donald E. Eastlake III, Chairman
Kevin Standlee, Parliamentarian & Deputy Presiding Officer
Bridget Boyle, Timekeeper
Zanne Labonville, Emergency Holographic Timekeeper
Cheryl Morgan, Secretary
| BM-2001-1 |
Resolved, The NP&FS is directed to remind each future
Worldcon, early and often, that the WSFS Business Meeting believes
that membership badges be readable, with membersí names printed
in no less than 24 point type. |
| BM-2001-2 |
Resolved, to establish a committee to study the history
of Worldcons and to produce a standard list of Worldcon and Hugo
Award historical information, with Bruce Pelz as chair, and the
chair authorized to appoint additional members. |
| CH-2001-1 |
The Chair ruled that the Business Meeting could create
standing committees of the Business Meeting by standing rule, but
could create standing committees of WSFS only by constitutional
amendment |
| CH-2001-2 |
The Chair ruled that it is right and proper for the
Business Meeting to ask to know how excess funds remaining after
a Worldcon are disbursed. It is not sufficient for the Worldcon
to simply report that the funds have been transferred to another
body for disbursement. |
| CH-2001-3 |
The Chairman ruled that the Standing Rules can only
cover the conduct of the Business Meeting and may not be used to
impose requirements upon Worldcons. |
2000 Business Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Donald E. Eastlake III, Chairman
Kevin Standlee, Parliamentarian & Deputy Presiding Officer
’Zanne Labonville, Timekeeper
Robert Sacks (standing in for Pat McMurray), Secretary
Cheryl Morgan, Emergency Holographic Secretary
| BM-2000-1 |
Resolved, that the proper formatting of the WSFS Constitution
is as follows:
- The WSFS Constitution is divided into a number of Articles,
which are numbered in Roman numerals, thus: 1, 2, 3, 4, Ö.
- Each Article is divided into a number of Sections, which are
numbered with their Article and Section number in Legal format
in Arabic numerals, thus: 1.1, 1.2,Ö. Each Section has a title
relevant to its contents.
- Each Section may be divided into subsections, which are numbered
with their Article, Section and subsection number in Legal format
in Arabic numerals, thus: 1.5.1, 1.5.2,Ö. Subsections do not
have titles.
- Enumerated lists of items are numbered with their sequence
number in Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses, thus: (1),
(2),Ö.
- Sections should be arranged in approximately chronological
order within articles, as should subsections within sections,
and items within lists.
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| BM-2000-2 |
Resolved, to encourage Worldcons who tape their sessions
to make copies available to the Worldcon history exhibit. |
| CH-2000-1 |
he Chairman ruled that the definition of a "signature
(as per the Hugo voting rules) was a matter for individual Hugo
Award committees. |
1999 Business Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
Jack Herman, Chairman
’Zanne Labonville, Timekeeper
Pat McMurray, Secretary
No Resolutions or Rulings of Continuing Effect were made at Aussiecon
III.
1998 Business Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Tim Illingworth, Chairman
Don Eastlake, Deputy Presiding Officer
Kevin Standlee (standing in for Kathy Westhead), Timekeeper
Pat McMurray, Secretary
Robbie Bourget, Master-at-Arms
| CH-1998-1 |
The Chairman ruled that it was in order to nominate
sitting [appointed] members of the Mark Protection Committee for
election to the Mark Protection Committee. |
1997 Business Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Donald E. Eastlake III, Presiding Officer
Kevin Standlee, Secretary
’Zanne Labonville, Timekeeper
| CH-1997-1 |
The Chair ruled that the Business Meeting could create
“recognized publications” (as contemplated in the motion
being debated) by resolution. |
1996 Business Meeting, Anaheim, California.
Donald E. Eastlake III, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Kevin Standlee, Parliamentarian and Deputy Presiding Officer
’Zanne Labonville, Timekeeper.
No Resolutions or Rulings of Continuing Effect were made at L.A.Con
III.
1995 Business Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland.
Kevin Standlee, Presiding Officer
Tim Illingworth, Deputy Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Gary Feldbaum, Timekeeper
| BM-1995-1 |
It is the sense of WSFS that it is inappropriate for
a Worldcon Committee to gather additional demographic data on the
site-selection and/or the Hugo Award ballots beyond that which is
required by the WSFS Constitution, or useful for the efficient administration
of the balloting. |
| CH-1995-1 |
Balloting is necessary, unless the rules are suspended,
even if the number of Mark Protection Committee nominees is the
same as the number of seats to fill, since write-ins are allowed. |
| CH-1995-2 |
It is out of order, unless the rules are suspended,
to change an existing working group to a committee. |
| CH-1995-3 |
It is out of order to amend a motion so as to simply
undo an amendment previous[ly] adopted at the same session; however,
the motion to Reconsider may be available. |
| CH-1995-4 |
n response to an inquiry as to the meaning of "published
in advance in rules related to the Business Meeting published in
advance by the Worldcon Committee, the Chair ruled that such rules
would have to be printed with the official documents, and not included
by reference, although a reference could be made to an existing
parliamentary manual. |
| CH-1995-5 |
The Chair ruled that the Standing Rules do bind the
Worldcon Committee. |
| CH-1995-6 |
Persons casting site-selection ballots by mail may
change their vote as long as practical until the tallying begins.
[It was pointed out at the 1996 Business Meeting that CH-1995-6
meant it was appropriate to allow a change, not that it was required.] |
1994 Business Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Kevin Standlee, Parliamentarian
Rick Katze, Timekeeper
| BM-1994-1 |
WSFS Electronic Archives
RESOLVED, the Committee on Motions of Continuing Effect is hereby
requested to maintain a list of sites that volunteer to keep public
electronic archives of WSFS-related material. Worldcons are requested
to transmit to such sites a copy of the current WSFS Constitution,
Standing Rules, Business Passed On, and Business Meeting Minutes
whenever new versions are available for distribution. The Committee
on Motions of Continuing Effect is also requested to transmit to
those same sites a copy of its report on such motions and any other
reports deemed appropriate for general distribution. Materials made
available electronically are not to contain personal information
such as mail address or phone number without the express consent
of the individual whose information is to be contained therein. |
| BM-1994-2 |
RESOLVED, that WSFS strongly encourages prospective
Hugo categories to be tested before being submitted to the WSFS
Business Meeting. |
1993 Business Meeting, San Francisco, California
John Lorentz, Presiding Officer
David Levine, Secretary
Kevin Standlee, Parliamentarian
Rick Katze / Jeff Canfield, Timekeepers
| CH-1993-1 |
[Incorporated in Standing Rule 4.3]. |
| CH-1993-2 |
A motion to take the vote on an Objection to Consideration
by written ballot was ruled to be in order. |
| CH-1993-3 |
A motion which referred to the place of residence
of a named individual was ruled to be in order. |
| CH-1993-4 |
A suggestion of 50 years as the debate limit for a
motion was ruled to be dilatory. |
| CH-1993-5 |
he Chair ruled that a Constitutional provision beginning
with the word "Provided and affecting only one year would automatically
disappear from the Constitution after that year. |
1992 Business Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Bruce Pelz, Presiding Officer
Ben Yalow, Parliamentarian
George Flynn, Secretary
Kevin Standlee, Timekeeper
| BM-1992-1 |
The Mark Protection Committee is directed to investigate
the possibility of protecting the Hugo rocket symbol and, if in
its judgement the protection is worthwhile, to begin the process
of protecting it. |
| BM-1992-2 |
The Mark Protection Committee is directed to use its
judgement in selecting which marks to protect in which countries
to achieve maximum protection with available resources. |
| BM-1992-3 |
The Mark Protection Committee is authorized to negotiate
royalties for commercial use of WSFS marks. |
| BM-1992-4 |
It was the sense of the meeting that all (unofficial)
site-selection results should be posted as soon as they are known.
It was noted that future Worldcons could not be bound in this respect. |
| CH-1992-1 |
Ruled that if ìNone of the Aboveî wins the NASFiC
balloting and the decision goes to the Business Meeting, the Business
Meeting can not choose ìNone of the Aboveî. |
| CH-1992-2 |
Ruled in connection with use of the WSFS marks that
(1) use by Worldcon and bidding committees is not commercial use,
(2) a blurb of ìHugo Winnerî on a book's cover would not count as
commercial use but a book like The Hugo Award Winners would be,
and
(3) T-shirts produced for a Worldcon by an outside vendor would
be commercial use. |
1991 Business Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Ross Pavlac, Presiding Officer
Bruce Pelz, Assistant Presiding Officer
Yale F. Edeiken, Parliamentarian
Theresa Renner, Staff Sergeant-at-Arms
Richard S. Russell, Secretary
Kevin Standlee, Timekeeper
| BM-1991-1 |
(right after the Vote Count from Hell) Resolved, That
the Business Meeting recommends that all future Worldcons adopt
the practice of validating site-selection ballots as they are received,
rather than after site-selection balloting closes. |
| CH-1991-1 |
Ruled that an Objection to Consideration is still
in order, after debate on the time set for a motion, if debate has
not touched on the substance of the motion. |
| CH-1991-2 |
After a tie vote which did not include the podium
staff, an attempt was made to add the podium staff votes. A point
of order was raised that all who wish to vote must do so at the
same time (except that the chair should generally refrain from voting
but may then add their single vote if it affects the outcome). This
point of order was found to be well taken. |
| CH-1991-3 |
An objection was raised that the chair should not
try to influence the vote while voting is taking place. The chair
agreed. |
1990 Business Meeting, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Bruce Pelz, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Ben Yalow, Parliamentarian
Rick Katze, Timekeeper
| CH-1990-1 |
A point of order was raised against a motion because
the seconder was eleven years old. The chair ruled that the point
of order was not well taken as there are no age limits on membership
in the society. |
1989 Business Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
Bruce Pelz, Deputy Presiding Officer
Kent Bloom, Secretary
Rick Katze, Timekeeper
Theresa Renner, Sergeant-at-Arms
| CH-1989-1 |
The chair ruled that any amendment to the Constitution
imposing additional financial reporting requirements would not apply
to a Worldcon held before the requirement went into effect. |
1988 Business Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Bruce E. Pelz, Presiding Officer
Elayne F. Pelz, Secretary
Ben Yalow, Parliamentarian
| BM-1988-1 |
Every Worldcon Committee is requested to include the
following additional notice in each of its publications: The World
Science Fiction Society and the World Science Fiction Convention
are not related to ìWorld SF, The International Association of Science
Fiction Professionals.î |
| BM-1988-2 |
The Business Meeting endorses the proposal that a
Worldcon Procedures Guide be created, as discussed in The Mad 3
Party. |
1987 Business Meeting, Brighton, England.
Tim Stannard, Presiding Officer
Tim Illingworth, Secretary
Ben Yalow, Parliamentarian
| CH-1987-1 |
The chair ruled that a quorum need not be present
to hear reports. |
1986 Business Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bruce E. Pelz, Presiding Officer
Elayne F. Pelz, Secretary
Ben Yalow, Parliamentarian
| BM-1986-1 |
[Superseded by BM-1988-1]. |
| BM-1986-2 |
All Worldcon and NASFiC Committees are encouraged
to financially support the Mark Registration and Protection Committee. |
1985 Business Meeting, Melbourne, Victoria.
Jack Herman, Presiding Officer
Kent Bloom, Secretary
Donald Eastlake, Parliamentarian
| BM-1985-1 |
It is the sense of the Business Meeting that the name
of ìWorld SF, The International Association of Science Fiction Professionalsî,
does not infringe on any proper trademark of WSFS. |
| BM-1985-2 |
A Committee (to be convened by George Flynn) is requested
to (i) compile and maintain a list of resolutions adopted by the
Business Meeting which are still in effect, (ii) send copies of
this list to each Worldcon, and (iii) make copies available to members
of the Society on request. |
| NOTE: |
As originally proposed, the Standing Committee was
to perform this task. Mr Flynn had not agreed to do this, and the
task was taken on by Mr Eastlake. |
| CH-1985-1 |
The chair directed that the Mark Registration and
Protection Committee should respond to requests for lists of Hugo
winners provided that the use of service marks is noted. |
1984 Business Meeting, Anaheim, California.
Ross Pavlac, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
George Scithers, Parliamentarian
Bob Hillis, Timekeeper
| BM-1984-1 |
The Mark Registration and Protection Committee should
be directed concerning pursuit of registration for particular marks
only by resolution of the Business Meeting. |
| BM-1984-2 |
(a) The current Worldcon Committee should be neutral
between committees bidding for future Worldcons. It should not request
or accept money or supplies from any one bidding committee without
making equivalent opportunity available to any competing committee(s).
(b) This resolution shall not preclude any individual member of
a Worldcon Committee from offering his or her services, funds, or
supplies to a bidding committee.
(c) This resolution shall not preclude the current Worldcon Committee
from accepting the services of a bidding committee or its members,
nor shall it preclude a bidding committee from offering services
or merchandise to members of a Worldcon. |
| CH-1984-1 |
[Action performed]. |
| CH-1984-2 |
[Action performed]. |
| CH-1984-3 |
A motion to refer a site-selection rotation zone plan
to the United Nations was ruled out of order. |
| CH-1984-4 |
[Incorporated in the Constitution, Section 4.6]. |
1983 Business Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kent Bloom, Presiding Officer
Mary Morman, Secretary
| CH-1983-1 |
A Constitutional amendment was up for ratification
which divided a Hugo category into two new categories. A motion
was made to delete one of the new categories. The chair ruled that
this was permissible at the ratification stage and that further
ratification the following year would not be needed if the change
were adopted. The ruling of the chair was appealed and the assembly
overruled the chair, deciding that such a deletion was out of order
at the ratification stage in this case. |
| CH-1983-2 |
A Constitutional amendment up for ratification was
reworded with more neutral language but with no change in meaning.
A point of order was raised that this would require it to be ratified
again in changed form the following year. The chair ruled this point
of order was not well taken |
1982 Business Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Rick Katze, Counsel
Leslie Turek, Timekeeper
Paula Lieberman, Sergeant-at-Arms
| BM-1982-1 |
Whereas recent Worldcons have had, and future Worldcons
can expect to have, significant excess funds following the close
of the convention;
And whereas there has been considerable debate and discussion in
the past about the appropriate uses for these funds;
And whereas there are many organizations that would be worthy recipients
of such funds;
And whereas it is difficult to choose which of the many worthy organizations
should receive said funds;
Be it resolved that the following organizations are considered by
the World Science Fiction Society to be among those worthy to receive
donations:
a. recognized fan charities, such as TAFF, DUFF, GUFF, TOFF and
the FAAn Awards;
b. established national fan organizations, such as the NFFF and
the Fantasy Artists Network;
c. PBS, NPR, and their local affiliates, for the production and/or
sponsorship of science fiction programming; and
d. future Worldcon committees. |
| NOTE: |
The above motion as originally proposed also listed
ìSmall, established regional conventions;î, ìEstablished local fan
organizations, especially IRS code 501(c)3-recognized not-for-profit
organizations;î, and ìLocal public libraries, for improvements to
their science fiction collections;î. These were specifically deleted
from the list of acceptable recipients by vote of the Business Meeting. |
| CH-1982-1 |
[Incorporated in the Constitution, Section 6.3]. |
| CH-1982-2 |
The chair ruled that when the procedure of filling
a blank is used to determine debate time limits at a Business Meeting,
voting should start with the longest time period and proceed to
shorter time periods until one obtains a majority. |
| CH-1982-3 |
The chair ruled that the opinions of the Business
Meeting chair as to the meaning of Hugo category definitions are
not binding on future Worldcons. |
| CH-1982-4 |
A motion was introduced that would direct future Worldcons
supervising site selection to disqualify any bid that used hotels
from a particular chain as the main convention hotel until certain
conditions were met. The chair ruled the motion out of order on
the grounds that requirements for bidding are specified in the WSFS
Constitution and additional criteria cannot be imposed without amending
the Constitution. |
| CH-1982-5 |
A motion to amend the Standing Rules to impose additional
criteria for NASFIC bidders to appear on the ballot was ruled out
of order by the chair on the grounds that bidding criteria are specified
by the Constitution and any additional criteria can only be imposed
by Constitutional amendment. (The ruling of the chair was appealed
and the chair was sustained by vote of the assembly.) |
| CH-1982-6 |
The chair ruled that actual personal signatures are
not required on motions submitted in writing as long as the makers
of the motion are identified. |
| CH-1982-7 |
he chair ruled that "generally available means you
can get it if you want it, not that there have to be copies for
everyone who might want it. |
1981 Business Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Rick Katze, Sergeant-at-Arms
Bob Hillis, Timekeeper
| CH-1981-1 |
The chair ruled that the term “publications”
includes everything sent to all members, and also flyers, etc. |
1980 Business Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
George Flynn, Secretary
Mike Lalor, Sergeant-at-Arms
Bob Hillis, Timekeeper
| CH-1980-1 |
[Incorporated in Standing Rule 1.1]. |
| CH-1980-2 |
The chair ruled that in the case of the adoption of
an entire new Constitution for WSFS, general amendments would be
in order at the time of ratification. |
| CH-1980-3 |
[Incorporated in the Constitution, Section 3.8]. |
| CH-1980-4 |
motion was introduced to authorize a named individual
to select and publish a series of "retrospective Hugos for the years
1926 through 1951. A point of order was raised that, in light of
the WSFS Constitution provisions prohibiting extending the name
to any award other than that awarded by the mechanism provided in
the Constitution, this would require a Constitutional amendment.
The chair ruled that this point of order was well taken. |
| CH-1980-5 |
The chair ruled that allegations of misconduct involving
a non-Hugo award administered by a Worldcon are not WSFS Business.
(The ruling of the chair was appealed and the chair was sustained
by a vote of 20-1.) |
| NOTE: |
1980 was the first Business Meeting at which a special
committee to register and protect the WSFS marks was created. This
committee was continued from year to year until a constitutional
amendment was adopted in 1982 and ratified in 1983 giving these
duties to the Standing Committee. The composition of the Standing
Committee was identical to that of the Board of Directors in a new
Constitution being considered in those years (see note after BM-1978-01).
A further constitutional amendment passed in 1985 and ratified in
1986 changed the name of the committee to the Mark Registration
and Protection Committee. A further amendment passed in 1990 and
ratified in 1991 simplified the name to the Mark Protection Committee. |
1979 Business Meeting, Brighton, England.
Donald Eastlake, Presiding Officer
Rick Katze, Secretary
NOTE: The written notes of the Secretary and a tape recording
of the Business Meeting were both destroyed in an apartment fire before
they could be transcribed or distributed. Thus no minutes exist for
this Business Meeting. A note of actions has however been prepared based
on Ben Yalow’s surviving copy of the Agenda for the Main Meeting,
together with his notes.
1978 Business Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
Bob Hillis, Presiding Officer
Donald Eastlake, Secretary
Jack Speer, Parliamentarian
Mike Lalor, Timekeeper
| BM-1978-1 |
A permanent body, the World Science Fiction Society,
Incorporated (WSFS, Inc.) should be established, independent of
any Worldcon Committee, whose members will be the members of the
current and upcoming Worldcons. The Board of Directors of WSFS,
Inc. should be selected by the members of the Society and by current
and recent Worldcon Committees.
WSFS, Inc. should be responsible for the administering
of voting for selection of the Hugos and the sites of future Worldcons.
No change should be made in either Hugos or site selection as a
result of the establishment of WSFS, Inc. except as necessary to
administer the voting.
In cases of a Worldcon Committee becoming unable to
properly manage its designated Convention, either because of internal
collapse or misconduct, then, after investigations and due process,
the Board of Directors should have the right to remove the name
ìWorld Science Fiction Conventionî and the awarding of the Hugos,
site selection and the holding of the Society's Business Meeting
from the control of the guilty Committee and to award them to another
responsible group. |
| NOTE: |
As initially passed, this resolution also continued
a WSFS Constitution Drafting Committee that had been set up even
earlier. This committee existed for a number of years, being chaired
by various fans at various times. Ultimately it came up with a full
Draft Constitution, a large part of which were debated and perfected
at a WSFS Business Meeting. Finally, at the 1983 (??1982) WSFS Business
Meeting, a report of the committee was received and the committee
dismissed with thanks but no further steps were taken to perfect
or adopt the new Constitution. While no steps are being taken to
put the above resolution into effect, nothing has ever been done
to repeal or contradict it either. |
| NOTE: |
At the 1988 Business Meeting a motion to repeal resolution
BM-1978-1 was introduced and defeated. |
| NOTE: |
The 1978 Business Meeting was the one at which the
first set of permanent Standing Rules for the Governance of the
WSFS Business Meeting, as provided in the Constitution, were adopted. |
1977 Business Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida.
Bob Hillis, Presiding Officer
Larry Smith, Secretary
| CH-1977-1 |
The Convention Chairman asserted a right to co-preside
at the Business Meeting without replacing the Presiding Officer. |
| CH-1977-2 |
The chair ruled that an Objection to Consideration
could not be made unless good reasons for the objection were given.
The ruling of the chair was appealed and the chair was overruled. |
| NOTE: |
Minutes are not available for the 1977 Business Meeting.
The above is based on notes made by Bob Hillis after consultation
with Larry Smith |
1976 Business Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.
Bob Hillis, Presiding Officer
Larry Smith, Secretary
George Scithers, Parliamentarian
| CH-1976-1 |
Immediately after calling the meeting to order, the
Presiding Officer asked for and received a unanimous vote to the
effect that the Constitution printed in program book was invalid
and that a document distributed to the Business Meeting was the
valid current Constitution with a set of pending amendments as passed
in 1975 at Aussiecon. (A minor correction was later made, after
researching the original language passed in 1972 at LACon I, in
the wording of the separate eligibility of the English language
translation of a work originally published in a language other than
English.) |
| NOTE: |
Previous practice was to incorporate all changes in
the text with the understanding that the change was not binding
on the next Worldcon unless it wished to observe this. Considerable
confusion resulted. In addition there had been attempts to adopt
major changes at DisCon II in 1974 and Aussiecon in 1975 while bypassing
the one year delay. Bill Brown had ruled that changes made at DisCon
II needed to be ratified but changes at Aussiecon went into effect
immediately. |
| CH-1976-2 |
The chair ruled that amendments could be offered to
constitutional amendments pending ratification provided that the
proposed change would constitute a lesser change from the existing
Constitution than the original language passed the previous year. |
| NOTE: |
This Business Meeting adopted a set of Standing Rules,
asserting its authority over its own procedures, but these were
not yet provided for in the Constitution. |
| NOTE: |
Minutes are not available for the 1976 Business Meeting.
The above is based on notes made by Bob Hillis after consultation
with Larry Smith. |
Mark Protection Committee Members, 2002-2003
Elected Members
No more than three elected members can represent any single North American
region.
Elected 2000, term ending in 2003
Scott Dennis (Central), Donald Eastlake III (East), Ruth Sachter (West)
Elected 2001, term ending in 2004
Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW)
Elected 2002, term ending in 2005
Lynn Anderson (Central), Stephen Boucher (RotW), Sue Francis (Central)
Worldcon Representatives
Appointed until end of Business Meeting in Final Year stated.Worldcon
Year Representative Final Year
| Worldcon |
Year |
Representative |
Final Year |
| The Millennium Philcon |
2001 |
Todd Dashoff |
2003 |
| ConJosÈ |
2002 |
Cheryl Morgan |
2004 |
| Torcon 3 |
2003 |
Ken Smookler |
2005 |
| Noreascon 4 |
2004 |
George Flynn |
2006 |
| Interaction |
2005 |
Pat McMurray |
2007 |
|
