Press Release 2005-1 SFSFC ANNOUNCES 2005 SMOFCON SCHOLARSHIPS SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC. A California Non-Profit Corporation PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.sfsfc.org/
For immediate release: April 28, 2005 SFSFC Announces SMOFCon Scholarships The Board of Directors of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (SFSFC) have voted to award two scholarships of $300 to help convention runners in training attend the SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Portland OR this year over the weekend of December 2-4, 2005. SMOFCon (http://www.smofcon.org/) is an annual convention about organizing science fiction conventions. Subject matter ranges from managing small conventions up to the unique challenges of World Science Fiction Conventions. The convention is held in a different city each year. The 2005 SMOFCon will be in Portland OR at the Red Lion Convention Center Hotel, December 2-4, 2005. More information about this year's SMOFCon is available on their web site, http://www.osfci.org/smofcon/. The scholarships are open to anyone involved in running science fiction conventions, regardless of their place of residence. However, applicants must be able to demonstrate that their attendance at SMOFCon will benefit San Francisco Bay Area conventions. Applications will be judged by the scholarship administrators, who for 2005 are the three directors of SFSFC who have chaired Worldcons: David W. Clark, Kevin Standlee, and Tom Whitmore. An application form is available at http://www.sfsfc.org/smof-scholarship/ or by writing to SFSFC at PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363. Applicants are encouraged to submit their forms quickly as the time scale for awarding this year's grants is quite short. SFSFC must receive (postmark date does not count) applications by July 5, 2005. This is the second year that SFSFC has issued scholarships to allow promising convention runners to attend SMOFCon. SFSFC issued two SMOFCon scholarships in 2004, helping send two people to SMOFCon 22 in Washington DC. The name "SMOF" stands for "Secret Masters Of Fandom," and is a humorous reference to the people who organize and manage science fiction conventions. Another term sometimes used for such people is "conrunner." SFSFC was the parent non-profit corporation of ConJosé, the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention, and ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon. Contact: SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] SMOFCon 23: http://www.osfci.org/smofcon/ San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. is a California non-profit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). "ConJose" and "ConFrancisco" are service marks of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit corporation. "Worldcon" and "World Science Fiction Convention" are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.
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