2015 WSFS BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA SASQUAN, THE 73RD WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Thursday, August 20; Friday, August 21; Saturday, August 22, 2015; and Sunday, August 23, 2015 PRELIMINARY BUSINESS MEETING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015 ..................6 B. NEW BUSINESS ........................................................................................................6 B.2 Resolutions..........................................................................................................6 B.2.6 Short Title: PI Scope...............................................................................6 A. BUSINESS PASSED ON FROM LONCON 3 ..........................................................7 A.1 Short Title: Popular Ratification (“2 plus 1”) .....................................................7 A.2 Short Title: A Story by Any Other Name ...........................................................9 A.3 Short Title: Hugo Finalists................................................................................10 A.4 Short Title: WSFS Membership Types and Rates ............................................11 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................12 B.1 Constitutional Amendments..............................................................................12 B.1.2 Short Title: The Five Percent Solution .................................................13 B.1.5 Short Title: Multiple Nominations .......................................................13 B.1.6 Short Title: Nominee Diversity ............................................................14 B.1.7 Two-Year Eligibility.............................................................................15 B.1.3 Short Title: Best Series .........................................................................17 B.1.8 Electronic Signatures............................................................................20 B.1.1 Short Title: 4 and 6 ...............................................................................23 B.1.4 Short Title: E Pluribus Hugo (Out of the Many, a Hugo) ....................26 B.2 Resolutions........................................................................................................37 B.2.1 Short Title: I Remember the Future......................................................37 B.2.2 Short Title: Hugo Eligibility Extension for Predestination ..................37 B.2.3 Short Title: Hugo Nominating Data Request .......................................38 B.2.4 Short Title: Open Source Software.......................................................38 B.2.5 Short Title: MPC Funding ....................................................................39 WSFS Business Meeting Minutes Sasquan 2015 Page 1 of 134 C. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MOTIONS............................................................40 C.1 Standing Committees of WSFS ........................................................................40 C.1.1 Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC) .........40 BUSINESS MEETING, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 ...................................................44 C. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MOTIONS (continued) ........................................44 C.1 Standing Committees of WSFS ........................................................................44 C.1.1 Mark Protection Committee .................................................................44 C.2 Standing Committees of the Business Meeting ................................................44 C.2.1 Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee..................................................45 C.2.2 Worldcon Runners Guide Editorial Committee ...................................45 C.3 Special Committees...........................................................................................46 C.3.1 Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee ...................46 C.3.2 YA Hugo Award Study Committee .....................................................46 C.3.3 WSFS Membership Types and Rates Committee ................................48 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................48 B.2 Resolutions........................................................................................................48 B.2.1 Short Title: I Remember the Future......................................................48 B.2.2 Short Title: Hugo Eligibility Extension for Predestination ..................49 B.2.3 Short Title: Hugo Nominating Data Request .......................................49 B.2.7. FOLLE Committee.................................................................................51 B.2.8. YA Award Committee............................................................................51 B.2.9. Membership Rates & Types Committee ................................................51 C.1 Standing Committees of WSFS ........................................................................52 C.1.1 Mark Protection Committee (Election Results) ...................................52 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................54 B.2 Resolutions........................................................................................................54 B.2.5 Short Title: MPC Funding ....................................................................54 C. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MOTIONS............................................................54 D. WORLDCON REPORTS .........................................................................................54 D.1 Past Worldcons & NASFiC ..............................................................................54 D.1.1 Millennium Philcon (2001) ..................................................................54 WSFS Business Meeting Minutes Sasquan 2015 Page 2 of 134 A. BUSINESS PASSED ON FROM LONCON 3 ........................................................55 A.1 Short Title: Popular Ratification (“2 plus 1”) ...................................................55 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................58 B.2 Resolutions........................................................................................................58 B.2.4 Short Title: Open Source Software.......................................................58 BUSINESS MEETING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2015 ............................................61 E. SITE SELECTION BUSINESS................................................................................61 E.2 Question time for the Seated Worldcons ..........................................................61 E.2.1 MidAmeriCon II (Worldcon in 2016) ..................................................61 E.1 Report of the 2017 Worldcon Site Selection and Presentation by Winners .....61 E.2 Question time for the Seated Worldcons (continued).......................................63 E.2.2 Worldcon 75 (Worldcon in 2017) ........................................................63 A. BUSINESS PASSED ON FROM LONCON 3 (continued) .....................................63 A.2 Short Title: A Story by Any Other Name .........................................................63 A.3 Short Title: Hugo Finalists................................................................................66 A.4 Short Title: WSFS Membership Types and Rates ............................................66 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................67 B.1 Constitutional Amendments..............................................................................67 B.1.2 Short Title: The Five Percent Solution .................................................67 B.1.5 Short Title: Multiple Nominations .......................................................69 B.1.6 Short Title: Nominee Diversity ............................................................70 BUSINESS MEETING, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015 .................................................72 B. NEW BUSINESS ......................................................................................................72 B.1 Constitutional Amendments..............................................................................72 B.1.5 Short Title: Multiple Nominations .......................................................72 B.1.4 Short Title: E Pluribus Hugo (Out of the Many, a Hugo) ....................73 B.1.1 Short Title: 4 and 6 ...............................................................................78 B.1.3 Short Title: Best Series .........................................................................82 B.1.6 Short Title: Nominee Diversity ............................................................82 B.1.8 Electronic Signatures............................................................................84 WSFS Business Meeting Minutes Sasquan 2015 Page 3 of 134 E. ADJOURNMENT .....................................................................................................86 E.1 Adjournment Sine Die.......................................................................................86 D. WORLDCON REPORTS .........................................................................................87 D.1.2 Anticipation (2009)...............................................................................87 D.1.3 Chicon 7................................................................................................88