AGENDA FOR AUSSIECON 4

Including Business Passed On from Anticipation

1. Committee Reports

Committee reports may include motions. Motions made by committees consisting of more than one person need not be seconded.

1.1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)

The Mark Protection Committee will meet, normally sometime on Thursday evening of the convention. A formal report is unlikely to be available until the Saturday Business Meeting at the earliest.

Nominations for the WSFS Mark Protection Committee are in order at the Preliminary Business Meeting. Nominees must submit to the Secretary their written acceptance of their nomination and indicate their current residence zone within one hour of the end of the Preliminary Business Meeting.

The members whose terms of office expire at this Worldcon are: Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (Previously elected from RotW; now living in Central). Due to zone residency restrictions, we can elect at most one person from the Western zone, two from the Central zone, one person from the Eastern zone, and three people from the Rest of the World, but not more than three people overall. Write-in votes are allowed, but write-in candidates must submit their consent to election by the close of balloting. (See the head table staff for a nomination acceptance form.)

Mark Protection Committee members are

Elected 2007, term ending in 2010: Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW);

Elected 2008, term ending in 2011: Stephen Boucher (RoTW), Mark Olson (East), Linda Deneroff (West).

Elected 2009, term ending in 2012: Scott Dennis (Central), Donald Eastlake III (East), Ruth Sachter (West);

Worldcon Representatives: Kent Bloom (Denvention 3), Adrienne Seal (Anticipation), Mark Linneman (Aussiecon 4), Dina Krause (ReConstruction), Ian Stockdale (Renovation).

The Hugo Awards Marketing Committee (HAMC) members are Kevin Standlee (Chair), Grant Kruger, Craig Miller, and Cheryl Morgan. As this is a sub-committee of the MPC their report is made to the MPC Committee.

1.2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee

The Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee members are Don Eastlake, Tim Illingworth, and Kevin Standlee

1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee

The Worldcon Runners’ Guide Editorial Committee members are Bill Taylor (Chair), Sharon Sbarsky and any others appointed by the Chair of the committee.

1.4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) Committee

The HEROW Committee members are Tim Illingworth (chair), Todd Dashoff, Paul Haggerty, Colin Harris, Saul Jaffe, Perianne Lurie, Jim Mann, Cheryl Morgan , Mark Olson, Kevin Standlee, Gayle Surette, and Ben Yalow.

1.5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee

The FOLLE Committee members are Mark Olson (Chair), Kent Bloom, Dave Grubbs, Colin Harris, Richard Lynch, Craig Miller, Joe Siclari, Kevin Standlee, and Ben Yalow.

2. Worldcon Reports

2.1 Past Conventions

2.1.1. The Millennium Philcon (2001 Worldcon)

2.1.2. L.A. con IV (2006 Worldcon)

2.1.3. Nippon 2007 (2007 Worldcon)

Nippon 2007 reported a net loss to the 2009 WSFS Business Meeting and is therefore not required to submit further reports to WSFS; however, the Chairman of Nippon 2007 stated at the 2009 Business Meeting that Nippon 2007 may wish to present further reports to WSFS.

2.1.4. Denvention 3 (2008 Worldcon)

2.1.5. Anticipation (2009 Worldcon)

2.2. Seated Conventions

2.1.1. ReConstruction (2010 NASFiC)

2.2.2. Aussiecon 4 (2010 Worldcon)

2.2.3. Renovation (2011 Worldcon)

3. Business Passed On from Anticipation

No Constitutional Amendments were approved at Anticipation

4. New Business

4.1. Resolutions

Items under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting.

4.2. Standing Rules Amendments

Items under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting. Standing rules amendments take effect at the conclusion of the 2010 Business Meeting unless given earlier effect by specific provision and a two-thirds vote. In all amendments, new text is shown in underline type and stricken text is shown in ~~strikethru type~~.

4.3. Constitutional Amendments

Items under this heading have not yet received first passage, and will become part of the constitution only if passed at Aussiecon 4 and ratified at Renovation. The Preliminary Business Meeting may amend items under this heading, set debate time limits, refer them to committee, and take other action as permitted under the Standing Rules.