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25 Aug, 2009

Video of the WSFS Business Meeting - Semiprozine Vote

Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Hugo Rules

From Kevin Standlee’s blog:
The video of the 2009 Main WSFS Business Meeting held Saturday, August 8, at Anticipation is now online. If you have difficulty viewing the video through Vimeo’s online viewer, you can download the video (WMV format) to your machine using the link in the lower right corner of the video’s web page.
Vimeo [...]

I would like to thank everyone who has supported our cause and especially everyone who showed up at today’s business meeting. Our supporters spoke eloquently and with conviction. When the vote was finally held, we won by an overwhelming majority. The Best Semiprozine Hugo will continue.
A new committee to help redefine the semiprozine and related [...]

05 Aug, 2009

The Semiprozine Hugo Vote - Be there!

Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Administrative| Hugo Rules

The final vote on the Semiprozine will take place at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon.
WSFS Business Meeting
Saturday, August 8th 10:00AM, P-518BC
The debate on the pending constitutional amendments, particularly the Semiprozine Hugo, will happen here. You must be present to vote.

21 May, 2009

Hugo Award Voting is Now Open

Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Hugo Rules| What you can do

Please remember to vote for the 2009 Hugo Awards!
Via the Hugo Website:
Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, has released the ballot for the 2009 Hugo Awards. Members of Anticipation can vote online at the convention web site. Paper ballots are included in the convention’s latest progress report, which the convention recently mailed to members. [...]

03 Apr, 2009

The Vote to Eliminate Semiprozine

Posted by: Neil Clarke In: Hugo Rules

The fate of the Best Semiprozine Hugo will be determined during the WSFS business meeting at Anticipation this August. I’ve invited Kevin Standlee, WSFS Business Meeting Chair, to give us an overview of how the process will work. Here’s his response:
Short Version
The proposal to eliminate the Semiprozine Hugo Award and make existing semiprozines ineligible passed [...]


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Semiprozine.org was originally founded as SaveSemiprozine.org when the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award was in danger of being eliminated. After successfully saving the category, it was decided that this site should continue to serve as a central point of communication from and about semiprozines. We will also be reporting on the efforts of the committee that has been charged with redefining the criteria for the Best Semiprozine Hugo.

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