... is available. Check out the details at http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff. Okay, this email is Off Topic, but hopefully of interest. - Irwin Hirsh...
The Ditmar sub-committee is very pleased to release the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards ballot for 2009, and declare voting open. Only members of the 2008...
Hi All, [This is being widely cross-posted. Apologies for the duplication.] If you haven't done it already, you've got until midnight tomorrow to nominate for...
... It depends to which of the four mailing lists this conversation has been occurring across you are subscribed. Might I suggest that everyone interested in...
Nominations for theAustralian SF ("Ditmar") Awards, are currently open and close on the 4th of May. The current Ditmar rules including award categories are ...
... That is correct, and yes, it is a historic change. It was not made lightly. ... And of course fanzines, including those via ANZAPA and electronic fanzines...
Dear, Bill If this is what you believe, then I would encourage the "older fans" to do something, such as by becoming active participants again in these things....
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The Natcon standing committee was tasked last year with creating draft rules for an ongoing committee to oversee the Ditmars (rather than putting that...
Greetings all, This is just a reminder that the voting for Ditmars closes 6pm (AWST) on Friday 21st March. All postal votes must be postmarked 17th of March...
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... Why? (Anyone else: feel free to chip in here.) a. Novel, Short Story and Novella _are also_ Publications, thus you need to specifically _exclude them_ if...
Hi All, Russell has chosen to close the google groups discussion because he hasn't been keeping up and now wants to do so at his leisure. As such, that list...
... No need--really! I almost never take anything said online personally. (In fact, I'd already entirely forgotten you'd said that.) ... Thank you. I still...
Hi All, There seems to be some confusion about what section 8.3 of the Ditmar rules--deleted by last year's churlish and shortsighted BM--was actually ...
Hi All, Is it _just_ me, or is it in fact not possible to subscribe a non-gmail address to a google group? I have now added yet another address to my google...
Hi All, I notice a lot of uncorrected misunderstandings and inaccurate information circulating on the groups.google.com "facilitated discussion". For the...
There is a brief guide to the process of running the Ditmars avaialble on the sf.org.au fandom wiki. at http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_running_guide Members of...
Hi All, I note with some amusement and a little annoyance the calls on the google group for the provision of a list of eligible works (as well as a way to view...
Greetings all, Thank you to all of you who nominated for this year's Ditmar Awards, I had approximately 67 people send in nominations, which I'm exceedingly...
Following recent discussions on the Natcon mailing list I would like to make a couple of points about the ASFF. First the ASFF ' s main aim is to promote...
Hi all, I would like to announce that the Voting for NAFF is now open! Votes must be received by the candidates or the administrators by Sunday 24th February. ...
Hi all, This is the last call for nominations for the Ditmars 2008! Nominations need to be emailed to me by COB today, or be postmarked today to be counted. ...
Alex has just let me know that Marea Ozanne passed on Sunday. Her funeral will be held tomorrow at John Price Funeral Home, Penrith at 2 pm. We hadn't seen...
Hi all, Below is the information for the NAFF race for 2008, please distribute widely to the other lists, particularly the non WA-centric ones. Apologies to...
Dear All Nice to see that the Ditmar Awards have their own entry in Wikipedia - and that the incomparable Best Fannish Cat Ditmar in 1991 gets a mention (along...
Sorry to hijack a Natcon list but we're trying to get the word out to Australian fans about the current DUFF race, which has a tighter than usual deadline of ...
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