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[WorldCon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #2 Summary

Aug

21

2016

I am so very sorry that this is so late. It has been one hell of a day today and I only just got time to sit down and write this summary. Tomorrow might be a late as well depending on how things work out. Anyway, here is the summary of today’s liveblog. NOTE: I will ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Business Meeting #2 Liveblog 3

Aug

20

2016

AND WE ARE LIVE. I have tea. You can all stop worrying about me now. Same rules as usual apply. I am sorry in advance if I misspell or don’t catch a name. Newer stuff at the bottom, I’ll update about every five-ish minutes. 1002: The business meeting will be in order! Many thanks and ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Main Business Meeting #1 Summary 2

Aug

19

2016

Summary and highlights of today’s liveblog of the main business meeting, for those who prefer their business meetings to be low-sodium and use only fake sugar. Just remember, unlike Aaron Burr, everyone is welcome in the room where it happens. NOTE: I will be referring to all amendments by their working titles. If you want to ...

[WorldCon] Main Business Meeting #1 Liveblog 2

Aug

19

2016

AND WE ARE LIVE. Many thanks to Eric, for letting me use his phone hotspot while I’m waiting for my friend with the hotspot to arrive. Usual rules apply; I apologize in advance for all my misspellings. Do not be surprised if personal opinions show up. I will be summarizing at times. Newest items will ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Preliminary Meeting Summary 2

Aug

18

2016

For those to whom the liveblog is too long or too confusing, I shall summarize. The Preliminary business meeting is for setting the agenda for the main business meetings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I will be referring to all amendments by their working titles. If you want to know the substance of these, refer ...

[WorldCon] WSFS Preliminary Business Meeting Liveblog 7

Aug

18

2016

AND WE’RE LIVE. Thanks to Corina Stark for hotspotting her phone so I can use her data for this liveblog. Rules as usual: I will be updating this post every few minutes once the meeting starts. Newest things will be at the bottom so this will eventually be chronological. Don’t be surprised if I interject ...

T-minus one week till the WSFS business meeting 5

Aug

10

2016

I hope you kids are warming up your serpentine muscles AW YISS. @ForestofGlory on Twitter asked me what I thought about a few of the items on the WSFS agenda this year, and I realized that due diligence means I really ought to look at all the upcoming items before I get to the meeting ...

I wish I could trust you and I hate what we’ve become. 14

Mar

18

2016

File 770 posted the Sad Puppies list (slate? what? We’ll get in to that in a moment) last night, and here. My knee jerk reaction: Please, someone explain to me how I should see this as anything but transparently manipulative, wanky shit. https://t.co/lhWpa9mRpX — Rachael Acks (@katsudonburi) March 17, 2016 I’m not proud that this ...

With Regards to “No Award.” 4

Aug

24

2015

Edit at 0820 on 8/25: Due to writing this post at the end of an extremely long day, I misunderstood section 3.6 and got a few things wrong. It should be corrected now; thanks to Cheryl Morgan and Kendall for keeping me on the straight and narrow. This post is only intended to examine the potential ...

Brief(?) Summary and Commentary on Saturday and Sunday WSFS Meetings 15

Aug

23

2015

As before, here I’m going to be free with my commentary instead of limiting myself to mostly parenthetical statements. Amendments will be referred to by name. For details and summary, please see the Sasquan agenda. Liveblog for Saturday here. Liveblog for Sunday here. Playlist for all segments of the business meeting here. Saturday Meeting This ...