L.A.con IV: Site Selection

Jeff Orth, siteselection

Mail-in Ballot

See sidebar for PDF files and deadlines.

Voter Eligibility

L.A.con IV will be administering the site selection to determine the host of the 2008 Worldcon.

IF you are at least a supporting member of L.A.con IV you are eligible to vote for the 2008 Worldcon site.

IF you were at least a supporting member of Interaction in Glasgow, 2005 you are eligible to vote for the 2008 Worldcon site.

You may only vote once. (What this means, for all you barracks house lawyers, is that if you were a member of Interaction and are a member of L.A.con IV, you still only get one vote. Sorry, no exceptions.)

Site Selection for the 2008 Worldcon: So You Want to Hold a Worldcon!

Groups interested in bidding to run the 66th Worldcon in 2008 need to file with L.A.con IV no later than 180 days before the official opening ceremony of L.A.con IV. Therefore, the required paperwork must be received by L.A.con IV on or before Friday, 24-Feb-2006.

Section 4.6 of the WSFS constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for bids. The following documents all have to be submitted as the bid filing:

an announcement of intent to bid;
adequate evidence of an agreement with its proposed site's facilities, such as a conditional contract or a letter of agreement;
the rules under which the Worldcon Committee will operate, including a specification of the term of office of their chief executive officer or officers and the conditions and procedures for the selection and replacement of such officer or officers.

The bidding committee must supply written copies of these documents to any member of WSFS (i.e., until the end of L.A.con IV, any L.A.con IV member) on request.

Any site which is greater than 500 miles from the site of L.A.con IV, defined as the Anaheim Convention Center, is eligible to bid. Bid filings will only be accepted by mail to the following address:

L.A.con IV Site Selection Administrator
P.O. Box 8442
Van Nuys, CA 91409
USA
Or e-mail to siteselection.

Worldcon bidders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the WSFS constitution. Voters for the 2008 Worldcon will be required to pay a voting fee. The voting fee will be determined by L.A.con IV after consultation with all the committees bidding for the right to hold the 2008 Worldcon. Details of how to vote and the voting fee will be distributed with the site selection ballots. Any interested party with concerns or questions regarding the 2008 Worldcon Site Selection process may email siteselection.

Site Selection Results for the 64th Worldcon

Votes for the site of the 2006 Worldcon were tallied at Torcon 3, the 2003 Worldcon, held in Toronto, Ontario.

Bid                      Mail-In    Thur        Fri        Sat       Total

KC in 2006                 110        68        154        348         680
LA in 2006                 156       139        179        280         754 winner

Rottnest Island                                              1           1
Both                         1                               5           6
Monkey's Elbow               1                                           1
Minneapolis                  1                                           1
Spuzzum                                1                                 1
Malfeas                                           1                      1
None of the Above                                 1          3           4

Total With Preference      269       208        335        637        1449
# Needed to Win                                                        725

No Preference                6         3          6         17          32

Total Valid Ballots        275       211        341        654        1481

Note: As a first round majority was obtained, the None of the Above Showdown was ruled to be moot.

Site Selection

Mail-in Ballots, PDF format

Mail-in Ballot

Voter Eligibility

Site Selection for the 2008 Worldcon: So You Want to Hold a Worldcon!

Site Selection Results for the 64th Worldcon

Rev. 10-Aug-2006