The World Science Fiction Society

Minutes of the Business Meeting at Bucconeer
Thursday 6th August 1998 to Saturday 8th August 1998
APPENDIX C - Site Selection Business Meeting Agenda

Return to 1998 Business Meeting Minutes

1. Committee Reports

1.1. Mark Protection Committee (and Elections for MPC)
See the World Science Fiction Society Constitution, Sections 4.4 and 4.5, and Standing Rule 12.
Mark Protection Committee report is still awaited. Tim Illingworth, Kevin Standlee and Ben Yalow were elected to the Mark Protection Committee vacancies.

1.2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee

This committee reported to the Preliminary Business Meeting.

1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee

This business was disposed of at the Preliminary Business Meeting

1.4. Extending Dramatic Presentation Eligibility to Entire Seasons

This business was disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.

2.Worldcon Reports

2.1.Past Worldcons
- 2.1.1.Magicon (1992)
- 2.1.2.ConAdian (1994)
- 2.1.3.Intersection (1995) [Final financial report was presented to the Main Business Meeting]
- 2.1.4.L.A.con Ill (1996) [Current financial report will be attached to the minutes of this meeting.]
- 2.1.5.LoneStarCon 2 (1997) [Current financial report presented to the Preliminary Business Meeting]
2.2.Reports of Seated Worldcons and NASFiCs
- 2.2.1.Bucconeer (1998)
- 2.2.2.Conucopia (1999 NASFIC) [Conucopia declined to report at this time.]
- 2.2.3.Aussiecon Three (1999 Worldcon) [Current financial report presented to the Preliminary Business Meeting]
- 2.2.4.Chicon 2000 (2000)

3.Business Passed On from LoneStarCon 2

3.1. Master in Our Own House [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.2. Polishing the Hugos [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.3. Committee Responsibility [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.4. Mark Protection Committee Clarifications [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.5. Eligibility [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.6. Yet More Business [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
3.7. Not Just Books [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]

4.New Business Part I

4.1 Petition to extend Susan Matthews' Campbell Award Eligibility
[This resolution was adopted by the Preliminary Business Meeting.]
4.2 Short Titles [This resolution was adopted by the Preliminary Business Meeting.]

5.New Business Part 11

5.1 Proposal to change the designation of the Hugo Awards from "Best" to "Most Popular" [This resolution was removed from the Agenda by "Object to Consideration"]
5.2 Tidying Site Selection [Business disposed of at the Main Business Meeting.]
5.3 No-Zone Rotation (30 minutes debate time allowed)
Consideration of this motion was postponed to the Site Selection Business Meeting by the Main Business Meeting with a motion pending "four hundred (400)" instead of "five hundred (500)".
It is the Chair's intention to take up Item 5.3 after Item 6.2 (Question Time for Seated Worldcons), and before Item 6.3 (Presentation by Bidders for 2002 Worldcon.)

6.Site-Selection Business

6.1. Report of the 2001 Site Selection and Presentation by Winner
6.2. Question Time for Seated Worldcons
6.3. Presentation by Bidders for 2002 Worldcon (time permitting)