Don't miss the WSFS Virtual Town Hall this Sunday, May 4th at Noon PDT!
Curious about the WSFS Business Meeting? Wondering how to submit a proposal or what types of changes you can suggest? Get your questions answered!
RSVP here: https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/business-meeting/town-hall/
Can’t make it this time? You can also RSVP now for the next Town Hall on May 25th!
Hugo Awards Voting is NOW OPEN!
All WSFS members can now cast their votes and access the Hugo Packet — packed with finalist works across all categories!
Voting closes July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, so don’t wait too long!
Learn more here: https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/general-voting-information/
#HugoAwards #SeattleWorldcon2025 #SciFiFans #HugoVoting #WSFS
🚨 Attention Glasgow WSFS members! 🚨
Want to nominate for the upcoming awards? Make sure you checked the box to pass your information along! If you missed it, reach out to Glasgow 2024 registration ASAP to get it sorted. ✅ #WSFS #Glasgow2024 #SciFiAwards
🚨 Attention Glasgow WSFS members! 🚨
Want to nominate for the upcoming awards? Make sure you checked the box to pass your information along! If you missed it, reach out to Glasgow 2024 registration ASAP to get it sorted. ✅ #WSFS #Glasgow2024 #SciFiAwards
Have you ever wondered about or wanted to participate in how the rules that govern the Worldcon, the Hugo Awards, and other aspects of WSFS get made? We do this at the business meeting. However: have you ever been unable to attend a business meeting session because your favorite author or panel is happening at the same time during the convention? Have you ever been unable to attend the convention, but still wanted to participate in the business meeting?
Fear not! We are excited to announce that this year we have developed a new process for the business meeting: a series of pre-convention, virtual meetings! Seattle Worldcon 2025 will host the business meeting virtually on four different dates prior to the convention: July 4, July 13, July 19, and July 25. These dates were chosen in order to accommodate as best as possible religious observance, work commitments, and time zone differences. Viewing of the meeting will be open to all; however, to participate in the meeting and vote on business will require an attending membership or virtual attending membership in the convention. Our business meeting chair, Jesi Lipp, has experience with hosting virtual business meetings and is excited to bring that wealth of knowledge to WSFS and Seattle Worldcon 2025 in order to expand access and to enfranchise groups historically unable to participate.
To help prepare everyone for this new step forward, Seattle Worldcon 2025’s WSFS team has planned additional events. If you are intimidated by the thought of the business meeting or you’ve wanted to propose a change but are not sure how, you can learn the ropes at one or both of the informational town halls we have lined up. The business meeting chair and WSFS division also anticipate having at least one practice session prior to the virtual meeting using the virtual meeting platform.
Please note that voting for site selection for the 2027 Worldcon will include in-person voting at the convention, and that the announcement of the site selection winner will be done in person at Seattle Worldcon 2025.
Any questions – please reach out to business-meeting-help@seattlein2025.org.
Stay tuned for further details on this exciting new step into the future of the Business Meeting!
Announcement: Building the Business Meeting’s Future–For Everyone!: Have you ever wondered about or wanted to participate in how the rules that govern the Worldcon, the Hugo Awards, and other aspects of WSFS get made? We are excited to announce that this year we have developed a new process for the business meeting: a series of pre-convention, virtual meetings!< … (#BusinessMeeting #SeattleWorldcon2025 #Worldcon #WSFS)
As part of his follow-ups from the #Glasgow2024 #HugoAwards and #WSFS admin roles, @nwhyte wrote up a piece on the consultative vote taken on one of the constitutional amendments proposed at that Worldcon: https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-2024-consultative-vote-on-two-new-hugo-categories/
Aside from the nod to me (thanks!) I really like the nuanced examination of when these might be a good idea and not.
ANYONE can watch the Hugo Awards ceremony that just started, on YouTube! You do NOT have to be a member of #WSFS, or #Glasgow2024 #WorldCon !
https://www.youtube.com/live/evGAZXdHH6Y?si=KM9ytf9pPT8SlhZH
The #WSFS business meeting rejected the “let’s not let any new people participate in choosing where #worldcon is held” rule change proposal in today’s meeting. 👍
#worldcon #glasgow2024 #WSFSBM
John is a busy bee, something’s bugging Alison, and Liz meets a wasp. We spend our episode this week digging into the WSFS Business Meeting in unprecedented detail, but hopefully we make it more transparent and at least somewhat funny. Let us know if you have any questions before the convention, and listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/115-i-like-the-way-glasgow-did-it/
#ScienceFiction #Podcast #Glasgow2024 #Worldcon #Worldcon2024 #WSFS
Been browsing the Glasgow Worldcon programme. 8-12 August 2024. Sadly I can't attend in person as hoped. I'm too ill now with my progressive neurological disease. But going to use my paid membership's online viewing options to watch dozens of events. Recordings up till 31 Dec. https://guide.glasgow2024.org #Glasgow #Scotland #Worldcon #Worldcon2024 #GlasgowWorldcon #Scifi #Fantasy #Horror #Fandom #Conventions #WSFS #streaming
I voted NO on the #Glasgow2024 #worldcon2024 #WSFS advisory vote to create new Independent Film categories for the #hugoawards , mostly for reasons stated on the ballot by @HugoBookClub 's Olav and Amanda, but also because there's a weird gap (under 45 minutes or over 61), AND why have special indie movies awards if no indie book publishers awards?
However, whether you favor or oppose the proposal, I hope #WSFS members will participate in this online advisory vote. More:
https://whatsthewordnow.blogspot.com/2023/12/worldcon-trying-consultative-online-vote.html
@octothorpecast everyone needs to attend the next #wsfs meeting and propose rule changes. #glasgow2024
A discord where every channel has at least one instance of someone redirecting the conversation in that channel to another one because they've decided that it's off-topic, and multiple meta channels about rules is the perfect synecdoche for the #WSFS business meeting, and is therefore the ideal place for it to be discussed.
Well, can't say I'm surprised in the slightest. If anything I'm surprised there weren't more stories like this sooner.
WSFS, like FIFA and the Olympics, need to take a country's record into consideration before awarding events.
#WorldCon #WorldCon2023 #WSFS #Hugos #HugoAwards #HugoAwards2023 #Hugos2023
https://file770.com/if-you-love-the-nasfic-set-it-free/
This is a fascinating conversation ( to me as a US fan). I joined the discussion group to see where it goes and help out where I'm able.
At this year’s Worldcon, the two Hugo changes that were approved last year were ratified/re-approved this year.
Specifically:
1. There’s now a new Hugo category! It’s called Best Game or Interactive Work. For more, see (https://www.gameshugo.com).
2. The rule that said categories with too few votes would get No Awarded has now been removed.
Here’s the #WSFS Business Meeting agenda; the items in question are labeled as E.1 and E.2.
https://en.chengduworldcon.com/uploads/ueditor/file/20231009/1696816411519061.pdf
The 2023 WSFS Business Meeting
The agenda is out for the WSFS Business Meeting to be held in Chengdu. A lot of amendments to the rules and the constitution are proposed; some of them are good; some of them are pointless; and some of them are wrong.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-2023-wsfs-business-meeting/
#Uncategorized #wsfs
