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2009 CSFFA Business Meeting Minutes
For Canvention 29 held in conjunction with Anticipation / WorldCon in Montreal on August 9 th , 2009.
In Attendance: Clint Budd, Cathy Palmer-Lister, Andrew Gurudata, Dawn Baker, Lydie Bright, Linda Ross-Mansfield, Peter Jarvis, Murray Moore, Fran Skene, Diane L Walton, LeAmber Kensley, Iain MacNair, Brian A Davis, Jean-Louis Trudel, Christian Sauve (Chair) , Clifford Samuels (Recording Secretary).
Meeting called to Order at 12:45 pm.
Minutes of the previous meeting: read and considered. Acceptance of the minutes were moved by LeAmber and seconded by Linda. Carried (12+, 0-, 2 Abstain)
Old Business:
Business Agenda motion : To deal with items as one motion:
Clint, Brian second: Carried (14+, 0-, 0 Abstain)
2007 minutes ratified : Clint brings up Rene's request to change the long form award to only include novels.
Ratification of 2008 minutes:
Added to bylaws.
Linda, LeAmber second, Carried (14+, 0-, 0 Abstain)
Reopen 2008 business meeting minutes
LeAmber, Iain second, Carried (14+, 0-, 0 Abstain)
Errors in minutes :
1) "Not" removed from Article II Section 5 Fan Achivement second to last line:
Last two lines to read:
Club publication such as clubzines are eligible for this award. The award is open to a wide range of fannish publications in all media.
Linda, Cathy second, Carried (14+, 0-, 0 Abstain)
2) Article II Section 8:
Propose ratify all carried amendments from 2008 minutes and do house keeping to clean up contradiction on Article II Section 9.
LeAmber, Iain second, Carried (13+, 0-, 1 Abstain)
2009 Agenda
Motion 1 : to transfer the administration of the French language Auroras to SFSF Boreal Inc to be combined with the Prix Boreal as the Prix Aurora/Boreal as well as the creation of new French Categories.
Jean-Louis, LeAmber second, Carried (13+, 0-, 1 abstain)
Resolution : At the next Canvention to consult with Boreal that the process to transfer awards is acceptable, Carried (14+, 0-, 0 abstain)
Motion 2 : Creation of new English categories to match those created in Motion 1 for French language awards.
LeAmber, Brian second, Carried (14+, 0-, 0 abstain) - as ammended
Amendment to first Category to read "Novel" rather than "Book"
LeAmber, Iain second
Amendment to add: "single author collection" to the Best Critical Work category and to use the same wording for the related French categories.
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy literary criticism, book reviewing, critical editions, anthology or a single author collection, by a Canadian, published within that year.
Clint, LeAmber second
Amendment to add "first published within that year" to all professional categories
Iain, LeAmber second
Reopen Motion 1 for further discussion and amendments.
Iain, Jean-Louis second, Carried (13+, 0-, 1 abstain)
Add "first published within that year" to all French professional categories.
Jean-Louis, Iain second, Carried (11+, 0-, 0 abstain)
Close Motion 1
Clint, Iain second, Carried (11+, 0-, 0 abstain)
Motion 3 : Add new Fan Achievement (Filk) category
Clint, Cathy second
Amendment : the motion to add this new category would be section "C" and the current section "C" would become section "D"
Clint, Cathy second, Carried (9+, 1-, 1 abstain)
Motion 4 : Register the society with the Federal government.
Clint, Cathy second, Carried (10+, 0-, 0 abstain)
Motion 5 : Bids for the 2010 Canvention. One bid presented by Keycon 27, May 14-16 in Winnipeg. No other bids put forward.
Iain, Clint, carried (11+, 0-, 0 abstain)
New Business:
Amendment to the following articles:
Article II section 8. Remove the sentence "No nominee shall appear on the final ballot if they receive fewer than five (5) nominations.
Article II section 9. Sentence 3: "No nominee shall appear on the final award ballot if it received fewer than two (2) nominations."
To be amended to: "No nominee shall appear on the final ballot if it received fewer than five (5) nominations.
Iain, Fran second, Carried (11+, 0-, 0 abstain)
World Fantasy 2008 donated $1,000 to the Auroras for the creation of awards and the maintenance of the website.
Adjourn : Iain (10+, 0-, 0 abstain)
Time : 15:05 ...