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One of the great honours of being Fan Fund Delegate was being invited to present one of the Hugo Awards.  I've been very excited about it all weekend.

I popped into the rehearsal during the afternoon, where I was briefed on what to do. I made sure I knew how to pronounce all ( Read more... )

Originally published at James's GUFF Trip. Please leave any comments there.

Aussiecon day 1 was excellent. A more detailed report will follow soon, but here are the highlights.

In the morning I bump into some people who are panicking over the Hugo award ceremony preparations, so offer to give them a hand. We get that sorted, then collect membership ( Read more... )

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The Aussiecon Four Programme is now online, and I have to admit there are some excellent items on it. I'm looking forward to quite a few items, though I already know I won't be able to get to everything I want to. The programme can be found here.

I'm on a total of seven items ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted anything under this topic, but I've been busy. I guess part of the reason for this is that I've reached the point where there's not a lot to say about GUFF in general terms, and it's getting into the specifics of my trip. It's also hard to comment on the plans I'm making when it could all turn pear shaped when ( Read more... )

After a bit of a frantic rush to get at least a representative proportion of the Hugo material read, I voted in the Hugos last night. I will admit that my voting was not entirely unbiased as there are a number of people I know in the running. They're all very deserving, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them ( Read more... )