The National Fantasy Fan Cras ad Stellas— Tomorrow to the Stars Volume 79 Number 10 October 2020 Joe Siclari writes: Thanks for sending the latest We Have a Treasurer! Tightbeam. We have been adding a bunch of old N3F zines to FANAC.org. See our directories for: Long-time member Kevin Trainor of Tonapah, Nevada, who is an accountant, has volunteered to become our Tightbeam - http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Tightbeam/ - newTreasurer, and as your President I have appointed We now have 141 issues there. Recently we added a him. We will for a while be doing changeover, but bunch of the Tightbeam predecessor zine, Postwarp expect regular Treasurer’s reports soon. and TNFF - http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/TNFF/ - where we Elections! have 83 issues going back to 1945. Our directory for Bonfire - http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/TNFF/ - TNFF's Elections for the Directorate and the post of President predecessor zine starts with #1 in 1941. will soon take place. We also have other N3F publications online like the For the office of President, we have one candidate, Fandbooks - http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fandbook/ George Phillies. and the 1950 Fan Directory - http://www.fanac.org/ Fannish_Reference_Works/WhosWho/WhosWho03.pdf For the Directorate (five to be elected) we have five can- didates, who are Proposed Constitutional Amendment Kevin Trainor The President has proposed to amend our N3F Constitu- John Thiel tion. To be enacted, the proposal must first be approved Jefferson Swycaffer by the Directorate and then be approved by a membership Heath Row vote: Judy Carroll Remark: The Constitution and Bylaws are inconsistent Final election statements and the ballot will appear in the with each other. The Constitution should be changed, not next issue. the Bylaws. The main change is that the Constitution failed to notice that fen can have children who are also Archives fen. The change follows. If the Directorate approves, the proposal then goes to the membership for the deciding vote. We make a serious effort to have N3F publications dis- tributed in multiple places. One of these places is The Directorate presents to the members a motion to FANAC.org. Continued on Page 2, Top Right Art 3 — Kylo Ren — Jose Sanchez 7 — The Last Jedi Trio Collage — Jose Sanchez 7 — The Sea Steed — Angela K. Scott 10 — The Voyage — Angela K. Scott TNFF Page 2 Your Volunteer Team amend the Constitution, to replace: Directors: "3. Joint memberships are available to two persons resid- Heath Row— [email protected] (Chair) ing in the same household. A joint membership will in- Judy Carroll - [email protected] clude The National Fantasy Fan Federation (TNFF) and Jefferson Swycaffer - [email protected] all rights such as voting and club activities. The dues John Thiel - [email protected] shall be more than a single membership but less than a R-Laurraine Tutihasi - laurraine@ mac.com double, to be set by the Directorate." Officers with President George Phillies - [email protected] Treasurer David Speakman - [email protected] "Household memberships are available to several persons Editorial Cabal living in the same household. Dues for the first member of the household are at the rate set for a single member- Editor, TNFF George Phillies [email protected] Contributing Artists: Jose A. Sanchez, Angela K. Walker ship. Dues for additional persons living in the same N’APA Collator Jefferson Swycaffer [email protected] household, these being the 'household members', are set Editors, Tightbeam George Phillies [email protected], at rates fixed by the Directorate. 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TNFF Page 3 George, Proposed Bylaws Change Thank you very much for the Neffy Award Certificate! I never thought I'd see this day. I'm very elated that I was Colleagues: chosen as best fan artist and I still feel like I'm in a Some years ago, we merged the offices of Secretary "dream state". What an honor this is. and Treasurer. This process, through the fault of no one Thanks again, in particular, has not eventuated as well as might have Jose Sanchez been hoped. The more tasks that are piled on the poor Treasurer, the harder it is to find a new Treasurer to replace our current Treasurer, who has repeatedly asked to be replaced. I am therefore requesting that we amend the Bylaws by inserting a new Section IV, as shown below, with all other Sections being renumbered to match. Please act promptly on my request. George IV. The Secretary. 1. The Secretary maintains the membership roster of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, in the form of an electronic spreadsheet. A copy of the spreadsheet shall be sent monthly to the President, Treasurer, and each member of the Directorate. 2. The Secretary is appointed by the President. The Di- 1706-24 Eva Rd. rectorate may by majority vote disapprove of a Presi- Etobicoke, ON dential appointment, in which case the President must CANADA M9C 2B2 appoint a different person as Secretary. October 6, 2020 3. The Secretary may serve as a member of the Direc- Dear Neffers: torate. I hope I can get this in on time! Might already be late! But, try I shall. I have the September National Fantasy 4. The President and Treasurer shall ensure that the Fan here, Volume 79, Number 9, and a fast loc will issue Secretary is promptly notified of each new member, forth. change of address, and membership renewal, notifica- tion being in no case less often than once a month. Some of your newest members are among some of the oldest current fanzine fans I know, so I hope you can wel- Letters of Comment come them with that proviso. Perhaps I should just an- nounce my own membership so I can continue to receive Editor, this issues without missing anything. If there’s any paper- I wanted to offer a correction to a statement in TNFF -- work, please do let me know what to do. “...the Cincinnati Fantasy Group, which apparently started meeting in 1935, making it the oldest extant Reminders about kindness, disagreements, credit for art- stfnal fan club” The Los Angeles Science Fiction Soci- ists, no promotions, spam or porn…in some ways I am a ety was founded in October 1934, and still meets. little surprised that we still have to be reminded about that. I have witnessed some much newer fandoms go Best wishes, through such warnings, which are often ignored by many, Mike Glyer and the description of fandom being toxic is seen in many places.