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[WorldCon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #2 Liveblog 2

Aug

12

2017

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 ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #1 Summary 1

Aug

11

2017

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. ...

[Worldcon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #1 Liveblog 8

Aug

11

2017

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: ...

[WorldCon] A brief look at the proposed new constitutional amendments 1

Aug

10

2017

Shame on me for not looking at these earlier. But I will be prepared as we move forward. From the agenda here. D.1 What Our Marks Really Are: This is basically a maintenance thing for mark protection that allows faster response times by the MPC for what notices it includes in its publications. Considering right now ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Preliminary Business Meeting Summary 3

Aug

10

2017

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 ...

[Worldcon] WSFS Preliminary Business Meeting Liveblog 11

Aug

10

2017

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 ...

WorldCon Schedule

Aug

8

2017

A little late, but here it is! Wednesday, August 9, 1500-1600 – Global Warming and the Gaia Concept. Is Global Consciousness already here, and doesn’t have a clue? (Room 205) Is there global self-regulation? Could the world as a whole, in some ways, be consideredto have thought processes, emotions, and/or intentions? Where does humanity come in to ...

Falling Out of Love With EPH 19

Aug

23

2016

In 2015, I was pretty clearly on the EPH train. I sure did vote for its passage. And now it’s 2016, and I’m tweeting out stuff like this: EPH passes. I have a bad feeling about this. — Rachael Acks (@katsudonburi) August 21, 2016 So yeah, I am not surprised that got some confused reactions. ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Business Meeting #3 Summary 4

Aug

21

2016

Greetings from the McDonald’s in Russell, Kansas. Writing a summary whilst eating chicken mcnuggets. As you do. Today was the final business meeting, which was one hell of a ride. You can get granular detail of The Amazing Adventures of the Committee of the Whole from the liveblog. NOTE: I will be referring to all amendments ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #3 Liveblog 15

Aug

21

2016

WE ARE LIVE. Liveblog will begin shortly. As usual, apologies in advance for missing/misspelled names. I will do my best to keep up! And we have tea and coffee thanks to generous donation of lots of people. YAAAAAAAY. 1009: Business meeting is in order. 1009: Starting with Three Stage Voting and the committee report to amend. ...