Glenn Glazer ([email protected]) quoted [email protected]: > Just a note to let every one know that we are opening nominations for > the DUFF race for 2010. The information is attached.
Honest-to-Cthulhu plaintext[1] follows: DOWN UNDER FAN FUND 2010 Nominations are now open for the 2010 Down Under Fan Fund a.k.a. DUFF. Prospective candidates will have until January 31st, 2010 to file the documents required to have one's name placed in nomination and added to the ballot. The ballots will be published and distributed in early February, 2010. The voting period will run from February 10th through March 31st, 2010. Candidates should file the following documents: o A brief letter stating one's intent to run for DUFF 2010. o Five letters of nomination: three from North America and two from Australia or New Zealand. E-mailed letters are acceptable. o A 100-word-or-fewer platform statement specifying the candidate's reasons for running, and qualifications for becoming the 2010 DUFF delegate. o An entry fee of $25.00 USD (which will be added to the current DUFF account). The duties of the winning candidate will be as follows: o Travel to Australia and attend Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention on September 2-6, 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. o Visit and get to know as many Australian science fiction fans as time permits. o Become the DUFF administrator for the term running from Aussiecon 4 through the 51st Australian National Convention (NatCon) in 2012. o Raise funds and maintain an account to be used by the next southbound delegate(s) in 2012. o Publish a trip report covering the time of one's travels in Australia and attendance at the convention. Please send all documents and fees to the current DUFF administrators: Steve and Sue Francis PO Box 58009 Louisville KY 40268-0009 [email protected] [email protected] [1] From within typical MS-Word documents, brief ASCII documents can shamble forth, given modest assistance. _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
