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Sunday, April 19th, 2009
9:52 am [johnnyeponymous]	West Bound 2009 TAFF Race is Over! And the Winner is... Thank you to all who have supported, nominated, voted, or stood in this TAFF race. This has been a fine race, with 175 votes cast. Steve Green (stevegreen) won on the first round with an absolute majority of the first-place preference votes cast and is declared the winner. Steve will travel to Anticipation, the Worldcon in Montréal, in August, and is planning the rest of his itinerary. Congratulations Steve, and commiserations Tom. Total of first place votes Candidate European votes North American votes Total Steve Green 89 61 150 Tom Womack 6 9 15 No Preference 4 6 10 Hold Over Funds 0 0 0 NB 5 Rest of World voters have been rolled up into the North America column to conceal their votes. This does not affect the result. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
12:50 am [dmw]	GUFF 2008   Barber and Clark Ding Krasnostein No preference Hold over Total Australasia 64 3 14 1 - 82 Europe 24 2 7 2 - 35 Rest of world - 1 - - - 1 Total 88 6 21 3 - 118=118 With more than 50% of the first preference votes, the GUFF administrators are happy to announce that barring force majeure Sue Ann Barber and Trevor Clark will attend Eastercon LX. The administrators thank all the candidates, their nominators, and more than 100 members of the various fannish communities, for participating, and in the process raising around AUD1400. It is possible that some of the regional attributions may be incorrect, and one or two votes may have been mislaid. Revised numbers may be published at a later date. Nonetheless, the administrators are confident that the decision of the voting populace is clear. In keeping with the traditions of the race, a list of voters names will be published in a paper fanzine... although obviously not how their votes were directed. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 24th, 2008
9:04 am [ang_grrr]	GUFF Voting ends 2008-November-24 23:59 UTC You've just over 12 hours to cast your vote and although it's too late to post a ballot you can still send an email vote. Details here: http://www.users.on.net/~juliettewoods/guff2008.html (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
10:19 am [ang_grrr]	GUFF Voting closes on the 24th November so you've less than two weeks left to vote and choose which antipodean you'd like to meet at Eastercon LX next year. Because of David Tennant's Hamlet I'll not be at Novacon but there will be ballots there. Alternatively you can download a voting form from here as well as a list of candidates: http://www.users.on.net/~juliettewoods/ballot2008.pdf Remember that if you are a nominator you are eligible to vote and if you have been active in fandom since June 2006 you are eligible to vote. From European fans all we need is a minimum donation of a fiver made payable to me (Angela Rosin) or sent via paypal to Damien: http://www.users.on.net/~juliettewoods/guff2008.html Please help if you can. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
5:49 pm [bugshaw]	TAFF 2009 Westbound Race Nominations are Open! Nominations are now open for the 2009 Europe-to-North America TAFF race. The winner will attend Anticipation, the Worldcon, being held on August 6-10, 2009, in Montréal, Canada. For convention details, see http://www.anticipationsf.ca/ ( More information ) (Comment on this)
Monday, August 25th, 2008
5:50 pm [dmw]	GUFF! The next Get-Up-and-over Fan Fund is now open for nominations. If you know what this means, are an Australasian fan, and have a desire to attend the sixtieth British Eastercon, LX, then you need to contact me. You'll need to find three nominators in Australasia, two nominators in Europe, and send me a 100 word platform and an AUD25 bond. Nominations will close on or around 8 September, and ballots will be immediately distributed. Voting will run until shortly after Novacon. Please disseminate widely. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
2:34 pm [flickgc]	Eastercon: Orbital 2008 With the addition of a last minute couple of quid donation, we made £900 for the LFF at Orbital and £50 for Match It For Pratchet. Thank you very much to everyone who donated money, donated stuff to sell, bought the stuff to sell, helped out with the selling of stuff and helped out with the collecting of money. (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
5:21 pm [mynxii]	Last call for NAFF Greetings all, Just a quick reminder that the voting for NAFF finishes tomorrow night! Your vote directly supports the fan fund and bringing someone to Perth for this year's Natcon. Votes cost $5, you can get details for payment here: www.swancon.com/naff Your candidates: Aimee Smith Edwina Harvey Paul Poulton Current Mood: tired Current Music: nil (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
8:58 am [mynxii]	Vote for NAFF! The deadline for voting for NAFF draws near! February 24th 2008 and it's done and dusted! Three worthy candidates: Aimee Smith Paul Poulton Edwina Harvey Votes cost $5 and go directly towards the funding of the delegate's trip to Perth. If you don't know the candidates, or aren't comfortable voting for them, but wish to support NAFF, a donation towards fundraising would be gratefully accepted. Further details on voting can be found here: www.swancon.com Comment if you have any questions or queries - feel free to email me also: transcendancing@gmail.com. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: nil (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
11:31 am [mynxii]	NAFF Voting Open! Hi all, I would like to announce that the Voting for NAFF is now open! Votes must be received by the candidates or the administrators by Sunday 24th February. Any Australian fan can choose to vote for the NAFF nominee. The voting process contributes to the fundraising - so each vote costs $5. There is no limit to the number of times you may vote. Votes are being collected by Emma Hawkes (ehawkes@iinet.net.au), Grant Watson (fanboy@gmail.com), Sue Ann Barber (activeim@hotmail.com), Ju Landeesse (transcendancing@gmail.com). You can hand over cash or cheques to any of these people or pay by PayPal to Sue Ann Barber (activeim@hotmail.com). Please email if you would like details for direct deposit. Information on NAFF can be found: www.swancon.com/naff. Voting forms will be downloadable from the site this afternoon. ( Candidate information below ) Current Mood: excited Current Music: "The Weight of the World" - Roxette (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
7:59 pm [mynxii]	Last call for nominations to NAFF! Greetings all, Please note that this is the last call for nominations to NAFF for 2008. The original deadline was January 25th, this has been extended. Final nominations must be received by 7pm tomorrow evening (WST), and voting will be announced shortly after. I would like to thank WASFF for their generous donation to NAFF. If there are any other organisations or individuals interested in making a donation to NAFF, please contact me. Please distribute this notice widely, as there are a number of groups that I don't have access too. Any questions or queries please contact me. Crucial information below: The Natcon for this NAFF race is the 47th Australian Natcon, SwanCon 33 “The State of the Art” and will take place in Perth , Western Australia over the Easter weekend (20th – 24th March 2008). SwanCon 33 “The State of the Art” will feature Ken McLeod as International Guest of Honour alongside Glenda Larke as National Guest of Honour and Zara Baxter (former NAFF recipient) as Fan Guest of Honour. Fans residing in all states and territories except Western Australia are eligible to be nominated to be the recipient of this year's NAFF. To be on the ballot, each interested fan must be nominated by three fans, including at least one from their own state/territory and provide a bond of $20. In addition, each nominated fan is required to provide a 100 word (max.) description indicating what they could bring to interstate fans and a brief description of their fannish history. It is expected that the winner will produce a report of their trip and will engage in fundraising to support future NAFF races. Nominations can be sent to NAFF at PO BOX 249, Pascoe Vale South, VIC 3044 or given in person to one of the NAFF representatives at any one of the many functions you might find them. Representatives are Sue Ann Barber (VIC), Emma Hawkes and Ju Landeesse (WA). For more information please contact Ju Landeesse at transcendancing@gmail.com . Previous unsuccessful applicants are welcome to re-nominate. Please pass this information on to any friends who may be interested. If any nominees / nominators are unknown directly to the administrators we may contact you for further information. Nomination forms and information can be found on the Swancon website: www.swancon.com/naff Current Mood: hot Current Music: "Coin Operated Boy" - Dresden Dolls (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
10:30 pm [mynxii]	National Australian Fan Fund (NAFF) Nominations for 2008 open. NAFF – National Australian Fan Fund – 2008 Welcome to the NAFF race for 2008. NAFF is the National Australian Fan Fund and is designed to assist fans travelling across Australia to attend the National Science Fiction Convention. NAFF usually provides funds to cover part of the cost of airfare (or travelling expenses) and/or convention membership. The Natcon for this NAFF race is the 47th Australian Natcon, SwanCon 33 “The State of the Art” and will take place in Perth, Western Australia over the Easter weekend (20th – 24th March 2008). SwanCon 33 “The State of the Art” will feature Ken McLeod as International Guest of Honour alongside Glenda Larke as National Guest of Honour and Zara Baxter (former NAFF recipient) as Fan Guest of Honour. Fans residing in all states and territories except Western Australia are eligible to be nominated to be the recipient of this year's NAFF. ( Details below the cut ) Cross posted widely. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: nil (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
5:45 pm [bugshaw]	2008 TAFF Winner Announced Chris Garcia has won the 2008 TransAtlantic Fan Fund race by a clear majority of the 174 votes cast. Further details of voting will be announced shortly. We would like to thank the other TAFF candidates - Linda Deneroff, Chris Barkley, and Christian McGuire for standing for TAFF this year and making it a real race. Chris will be attending Orbital, the 2008 Eastercon, next March as part of his trip. Details of his TAFF itinerary will be announced when they are available. [cross-posted] (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
5:09 pm [flickgc]	Money for filkers The UK Filk Convention Management Fund[1] (FCMF) committee have decided that it would be a good idea if some of the upcoming talented European Filkers were able to come to the British Filk Convention so that they could benefit from exposure to the wider circle of filkers present at the UK con and also for UK filk fandom to get to meet some of the newer talent coming out of Europe. To make this possible The FCMF and the League of Fan Funds have got together and decided to offer a grant/bursary to one or two such "Footloose Filkers" as such are identified and decided upon by the FCMF committee. The grant is intended to cover the cost of travel to the convention and the majority of the accommodation costs. Next years convention organising committee have also allocated a free membership and a short performance spot as part of the award. Footloose Filkers will *not* be guests of the convention, rather they will be there to learn more about filking and to gain experience in a convention environment that is different from their home convention. For the 20th British Filk Convention (2T0nic) to be held in Grantham from February 1st to 3rd 2008 we are pleased to announce that Steffi Zurek has been invited to be our first "Footloose Filker". Steffi is from Essen in Germany, in her mid-twenties, and is currently studying for an MA degree in British & German studies. For fun she enjoys music (!) and writing and also loves books, movies, drawing and taking pictures. We hope you will enjoy meeting and listening to her and we look forward to seeing Steffi at 2T0nic. The FCMF Committee Lissa Allcock, Colin Tuckley, Annie Walker and Teddy [1] For those unfamiliar with the FCMF this came into being this year when the accounts of Obliter-8, Didgeri-Douze and Decadence were rolled up into a single account. It is open to contributions from any convention which has funds left over after the con ends and one person from any convention so contributing can join the FCMF committee which decides on uses to which the fund will be put. This is drawn more widely than the Filk Fund and the monies can be used for anything of benefit to UK filk fandom. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
5:48 pm [dmw]	GUFF results Candidate Johan Steve Anna Ang H/O no pref TOTAL No of first prefs 15 18 10 49 0 3 95 So with a simple majority, Ang is elected and will, barring force majeure, attend Convergence 2. Current Mood: guff! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
12:06 am [dmw]	guff! You still have around 10 and a half hours to vote in the current GUFF race! (The webpage says voting closes at midnight: this is British Summer Time midnight, which is (I think) 10:30am Tuesday, Adelaide time.) Realistically, this means you will need to exercise the email/paypal option. Site with details, including candidate platforms. PDF fanzine with short interviews. Our operators are standing by. Current Mood: vote! (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
6:57 pm [flickgc]	JETS results We now have a winner! Congratulations to Chris O'Shea, who is off to JAPAN! More info and vote breakdown here! Thank you to all of the candidates for a great race, and to everyone who voted. (Comment on this)
12:50 pm [dalmeny]	Reminder: GUFF voting deadline is midnight on Monday This is to remind those who have not yet voted that the deadline for GUFF votes is midnight (GMT+1) on Monday, 16 April 2007 (9:30 am Tuesday here in Adelaide). The candidates for the Europe-to-Australasia race are: Johan Anglemark, Anna Davour, Steve Davies, and Ang Rosin. The winning fan will attend Convergence 2 in Melbourne. Details are here. A fanzine about the candidates is here (pdf). Pay by PayPal or, if you can get a paper copy to the administrators in time, you can download a pdf of the ballot here. Voting is open to anyone who was active in fandom prior to June 2004, and who contributes at least GBP5 or AUD10 (or the equivalent in other currencies) to the fund. If you think your name may not be known to the administrators, please include with your vote the name and address of an active fan (not a fan group, a candidate or one of their nominators) to whom you are known and who is known to (one of) the administrators. Apologies for cross-posting. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 30th, 2007
1:39 am [dmw]	GUFF! Candidates are Ang Rosin, Anna Davour, Johan Anglemark and Steve Davies. Ballot is available from http://www.users.on.net/~juliettewoods/guff.html or from the candidates or maybe in a fanzine near you. Voting deadline is really soon, April 16. You can vote via an email/paypal combination. A fanzine extolling the virtues of the candidates will be available for download before Easter, if you want to make a leisurely and considered decision. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
5:38 pm [the_magician]	JETS voting forms While the LFF site is down, you can still vote for any of the JETS candidates by downloading the voting forms from: http://www.smof.com/jets.html Current Mood: accomplished (1 Comment |Comment on this)