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Standing Committee of the
Business Meeting of the
Australian National Science Fiction Convention


Ditmar Rules Changes (suggested):

  • Best New Talent allow non-professional works to be considered
  • Wording referring to "finalists" be changed to "nominees"
  • Timeliness wording be changed to consider performances/speeches
  • Australianness wording be changed to consider co-authorship and large productions involving Australians and non-Australians
  • Best Artwork wording be replaced with "Artwork" and "Performance/Production" definitions, as per 3.4-3.7
  • Performances be eligible for consideration as Professional Achievement or Fan Production/Achievement, but not Artwork
  • Reference to websites (as Productions) and ezines (as Fanzines) be made specific
  • A decision be made and included in the awards about which categories are for "works" (which need to be specified in nominations) and which for "authors"
  • A new category of Best Dramatic Presentation or Best Professional Production/Performance be reconsidered
  • Nominees be offered the choice to withdraw particular works from consideration during the ballot-generation process, to avoid self-competition
  • All the Appendix of "Possible Future Changes" be dealt with




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