This meeting felt incredibly fast and quiet compared to every other meeting. We just ran right through things. A little over thirty minutes from start to adjourning sine die. Retrospective Improvement Part 1 is ratified without debate. Retrospective Improvement Part 2 is ratified without debate. Universal Suffrage is ratified without debate. What Our Marks Really ...

Usual rules apply! 1001: Meeting called to order. 1006: On to the ratification of constitutional amendments still remaining. 1006: Retrospective Improvement Part 1. This is a replacement for retro Hugos. This is to allow retro Hugos for the four year window between the third and fourth WorldCons because “there was a disruption.” “The late unpleasantness.” 1009: Retrospective ...

Summary for the rather short main business meeting, since I didn’t show up until after site selection and the WorldCon Chairs photo. Best Series is ratified. It will continue as a regular category. It will be up for re-ratification in 2021 and automatically added to the agenda. Three Stage Voting fails ratification. EPH+ fails ratification by ...

Sorry to be a few minutes late, everyone. What we missed: By unanimous consent, the word “volume” in Best Series was changed to “installment” to indicate it doesn’t necessarily have to be a full novel added. Now we join our meeting, already in progress. 1108: Dr Farah Mendelsohn for the ratification of Best Series. Basically ...

Summary for all the action on Friday! Kevin Standlee gives the report for the MPC and we re-elect the standing members. Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee report by Mr Eastlake. All members reappointed by the chair. FOLLE Committee continues with no objection. YA Award Committee officially sunsets this year and are thanked for their hard work. ...

Good morning everyone! I feel less like death today, so keep your fingers crossed for me. Liveblog will commence shortly, normal rules apply. Just waiting for the secretary of the meeting to arrive… 1004: Kevin Standlee calls the meeting to order. 1011: MPC report. Good news, marks were registered in the EU last year. 1013: ...

As usual for the Preliminary Business Meeting, today we were setting the agenda for the next three days of meetings, particularly agreeing upon debate times for the various items. Here is a link to the agenda, and my own thoughts on the new proposed amendments. Highlights: Big thank you here to Zalia and Corina for covering ...

Hello everyone! It’s Thursday at WorldCon 75, I’m sick with a cold, and it’s time for the Preliminary Business Meeting! Liveblog will commence when the meeting starts. As usual, updates will come every 5-ish minutes or so. Apologies for mis-spelling names and the like, please leave corrections in the comments and I will get them ...