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NASFA 'Shuttle' Aug 2005 The SHUTTLE August 2005 The Next NASFA Meeting will be 20 August 2005 at the Regular Time and Location See Article Below for Concom Meeting Dates July Minutes { Oyez, Oyez { by Steve Sloan, Secretary and Disgruntled Batman Movie-Goer The next NASFA meeting will be 20 August 2005 at the regular time and location. The July meeting of the North Alabama Science Fiction The August program will be ÒWorldcon Show and TellÓ Association was called to order on Saturday, July 16, 2005 in by world traveler Sam Smith. the BookMark upstairs meeting room at 6:20:05P by President The August after-the-meeting meeting will be at Mike Mary Ortwerth. The Barney picture on the plinth got whacked Cothran and Marie McCormackÕs house. one last time before retirement. The wrapup of PieEyedDragonÕs current adventure will OLD BUSINESS have to wait a couple of issues, though it is possible it could run First up, we elected a Con Chair for Con Stellation XXV next month if NASFiC coverage runs short of expectations. A in 2006. Because she was a candidate with a possible conflict teaser for the next adventure will run next month if at all of interest, Mary turned the election proceedings over to Mike. possible. There were no further nominations this month, so there were three sets of nominees: Doug and Mary as co-chairs; Kevin Omel; and Anita and Marie as co-chairs. Mia called a point of order, asking if KO approved of being a candidate. Yes, he had Concom Meetings Set agreed to this earlier. There was a procedural question about voting by proxy, so Mary whipped out her trusty copy of All remaining concom meetings for Con Stellation XXIV RobertÕs Rules of Order, which she bought when she was first have been set. Meetings will take place at Marie McCormack elected President. After looking in the book, Mike saw no and Mike CothranÕs house on Thursdays 18 August, 1 Septem- reason to disallow it. ber, 15 September, and 29 September. All of these will start at After Mike chose a neutral corner where he could see 7:00P. In addition, there will be a final meeting on Thursday 6 everybody, we voted for Con Chair by a show of hands. Doug October at the convention hotel. and Mary got 7 votes, Anita and Marie got 5, and KO got 2. If thereÕs no majority in Con Chair elections, the bylaws require a runoff. [Actually, runoffs are more of a RobertÕs Rules thing and apply to any election. -ED] Doug and Mary didnÕt have a majority, so Mike held a runoff. Doug threatened to give positions to everybody who voted against him Ñ or was that everybody who voted for him? Ultimately, Doug and Mary won the election, to become Con Co-Chairs. (continued on page 2) Inside this issueÉ NASFA Calendar............................................................2 WSFS Business Meeting Coverage .......................10 Special Worldcon Coverage Masquerade Awards ..............................................11 Introduction .............................................................3 Miscellaneous Awards at Worldcon ......................11 Interaction at Interaction, by Grant Kruger .............3 Site Selection News ...............................................12 Worldcon, Day by Day, by Sam Smith ...................7 Hugo and Campbell Voting Statistics ...................12 Hugo and Campbell Award Winners.....................10 Hugo and Campbell Nomination Details...............15 Chesley Awards .....................................................10 Letter(s) of Comment ...................................................18 Worldcon Art Show Awards .................................10 Star Wars Redux ...........................................................18 Deadline for the September 2005 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Friday, 2 September 2005. th Our 25 Year of1 Publication! (Minutes Ñ continued from page 1) 05 Labor Day. Doug asked for volunteers to give a time and place for the 09 BD: Mike Cothran. club picnic. After some discussion, he announced that the 09Ð11 Outside Con 18 Ñ Dickson TN. picnic will be in September, at Mike and MarieÕs house, at a 11 GrandparentsÕ Day. time to be named later. There was more discussion about date 11 Patriot Day. and time. 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. NEW BUSINESS 12 BD: Pat Butler. We had a discussion about which upcoming cons we will 15 Concom Meeting: Marie McCormackÕs house. be attending. Worldcon, Conglomeration, and LibertyCon 17 Citizenship Day. were mentioned, among others. Kevin Pulliam may have a 17* NASFA Meeting Ñ Picnic at Marie McCormack and hotel room at LibertyCon that he wonÕt be using. Mike CothranÕs house; start time TBD. CONVENTION BUSINESS 22 First Day of Autumn. We have a Guest of Honor for the next Con Stellation. 23Ð25 Anime Weekend Atlanta Ñ Atlanta GA. Marie is waiting for final, final confirmation before announc- 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. ing it on the web site. [There is now a fairly full slate of guests 29 Concom Meeting: Marie McCormackÕs house. confirmed, see the web site for details. -ED] The meeting 29Ð02 Archon 29 Ñ St. Louis MO. adjourned at 6:40:04P. For the program, we auctioned off the rights to put the OCTOBER pictures of our choice on MaryÕs plinth, aka gavel plate. 04 Rosh Hashanah. Members brought in several different candidate pictures to bid 06 Final Con Stellation XXIV Concom Meeting at the on: the existing Barney picture; the existing Ewoks picture; hotel. two pictures of Jar-Jar Binks, one of them with better resolu- 07Ð09 Con Stellation XXIV: Lepus Ñ Huntsville AL. tion and a better pose/facial expression (surrender); a Ring 10 Columbus Day (Observed). Wraith; Joel Schumacher, director of two widely panned 12 Columbus Day (Traditional). Batman movies; a Martha Stewart picture to be named later; a 13 Yom Kippur. Demon Bunny picture to be named later; the ÒG. D. CricketsÓ 14Ð16 Capclave 2005 Ñ Silver Spring MD. weÕve been using to call meetings for so long; and a late entry, 15* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at MiaÕs ex, picture to be named later. A few of the pictures did BookMark. Program: Con Stellation Postmortem. very well for most of the auction, but ultimately, there can be ATMM: TBD. only two (two sides). So, starting at the next meeting, the plinth 21Ð23 PhreakNIC 9 Ñ Nashville TN. will have Jar-Jar Binks on one side, and a Demon Bunny on the 24 United Nations Day. other. The auction was a smashing success (yes, the pun was 25 BD: Marie McCormack. intended). We had a lot of fun, and the club earned a grand total 28Ð30 HallowCon Õ05 Ñ Chattanooga TN. of $54.35. 28Ð30 Necronomicon Õ05 Ñ Tampa FL. The After-the-Meeting Meeting was held at Kevin and 30 Daylight Savings Time ends. Dawn PulliamÕs house. Their house is nice and big, and they 31 Halloween. did an excellent job of hosting their first ATMM. NOVEMBER 04Ð06 Esotericon Ñ Atlanta GA (CANCELED). 08 Election Day. NASFA Calendar 11 VeteransÕ Day. 11Ð13 AfterLife 2005 Ñ Atlanta GA. AUGUST 11Ð13 Novacon Ñ Huntsville AL. 04Ð08 Interaction (63rd Worldcon) Ñ Glasgow Scotland. 19* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at 04 Concom Meeting: Marie McCormackÕs house. BookMark. Program: NASFA Auction. ATMM: 05Ð07 Crescent City Con XX Ñ Metairie (New Orleans) LA. Mike KennedyÕs house. 08 BD: Jim Woosley. 22 BD: Nancy Peters. 11Ð15 Tolkien 2005 Conference Ñ Birmingham England. 23 BD: Wilson ÒBobÓ Tucker . 12Ð14 ConGlomeration 2005 Ñ Louisville KY. 23 BD: Mike Kennedy. 14 BD: Edward Kenny. 24 Thanksgiving Day. 18 Concom Meeting: Marie McCormackÕs house. 29 BD: Howard Camp. 19Ð21 Armadillocon 27 Ñ Austin TX. 30 BD: Joshua Kennedy. 19 BD: Kehn Moore 30 BD: Richard Gilliam. 20* NASFA Meeting Ñ 6P Business, 7P Program, at OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO BookMark. Program: Worldcon Show and Tell. ATMM: Mike Cothran and Marie McCormackÕs The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on house. the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large 21 BD: Deborah Denton. nearby convention being held that weekend Ñ in which case we often move the meeting to the second or fourth weekend.) SEPTEMBER The regular meeting location is the upstairs meeting room at 01 Concom Meeting: Marie McCormackÕs house. BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. The Executive 01Ð05 Cascadia Con (8th NASFiC) Ñ Seattle WA. Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. The business 02 BD: David K. Robinson. meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Anyone is welcome to 02Ð04 Mephit Furmeet 9 Ñ Memphis TN. attend any of the meetings. There is usually an after-the- 02Ð05 Dragon*Con 2005 Ñ Atlanta GA. meeting meeting with directions available at the program. 2 Worldcon Visits Glasgow Interaction <www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk>, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), was held in Glasgow Scotland 4Ð8 August 2005 at the Scottish Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC), the nearby Moat House hotel, and other hotels scattered around the city. This was the second Worldcon held in Glasgow. Guests of Honour were Greg Pickersgill, Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg, and Jane Yolen, with Special Guest Alan Lee and Professor David Southwood. Mr. Sheckley was unable to attend due to illness. The adult at the door membership was £120/$225, though of course most memberships were sold long before the convention at various lower rates. Worldcon is run each year by a separate committee. Selection of that committee and voting for the Hugo Awards are governed by the constitution of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). Members of a given yearÕs Worldcon also comprise the membership of WSFS during that year. This issue of the Shuttle contains two first-hand reports on the convention Ñ from Sam Smith and Grant Kruger. Of chat. I got to introduce the co-chairman and secretary of course, no Worldcon report can cover the complete conven- Science Fiction South Africa to many fans, including the bid tion. Heck, the preliminary schedule published on Interac- members from the Kansas bid, one that holds many lessons for tionÕs web site listed 693 separate program items Ñ including us in South Africa.
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