WeberWoman’s Wrevenge

This is the new home of Jean Weber’s fanzine, WeberWoman’s Wrevenge, last published in March 2001.

I have scanned all the back issues of WeberWoman’s Wrevenge to PDF and made them available through several websites, including this one (links page here), efanzines and fanac.org.

GUFF 2010 candidates

James Shields and Douglas Spencer are the GUFF candidates for the race to bring a fan from the UK to Australia to attend Aussiecon 4 in 2010. Voting ends 5th April 2010. A PDF of the ballot is here:
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/guff2009.pdf

Or you can vote online: http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/guff_form.htm

Payment can be by cheque (details on the ballot) or by Paypal (buttons and other info on the website).

DUFF 2010 candidates

Voting is now open for DUFF 2010, to bring a fan from North Americato Aussiecon 4. The voting period ends at 11:59:59PM EST on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. You can vote online or download a PDF ballot here.

Candidates are Jeffrey Boman (Montreal), Terry Fong (Montreal) & Jannie Shea (Tulsa, OK), John Hertz (Los Angeles), and Melanie Herz (Palm Bay, FL).

Aussiecon 4: the 68th World Science Fiction Convention (2010)

This is the fourth worldcon to be held in Australia, and our previous conventions (1975, 1985, 1999) have been widely acclaimed. Aussiecon4 is shaping up to be the best yet! The convention location again is Melbourne. Find all the details on the Aussiecon 4 website.

Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention (2011)

I am the Australian agent for Renovation, the 69th WorldCon, to be held August 17-21, 2011 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. If you want to become a member, and you want to pay in Australian dollars, I can take cheques, PayPal, or cash (in person only; I’ll be at Conflux in Canberra, 2-5 October). See the Renovations website for more info. or contact me for rates in Australian dollars.

DUFF 2009 results

The winner of DUFF 2009, travelling from Australasia to Canada, was Emma Hawkes. A total of 85 votes were cast. The DUFF website hasn’t been updated, so I’m including the voting details below.

Emma Hawkes won with 45 votes out of 83 total votes. Here are the details.

Round	1	2	3
Emma Hawkes	37	37	45
Chris Nelson	17	18	20
David Cake & Grant Watson	17	17	17
Alison Barton	12	12	x
Hold Over	2	x	x
No Pref	0	x	x
Write In	0	x	x

Votes were received from:
North America: 34
Australasia: 48
Rest of the world: 1

Votes received through online voting form: 36. Paper ballots: 47.