The Get Up-and-over Fan Fund first was founded in 1977 by Christopher Priest, initially as a one-off to bring an Australian to the 1979 British Worldcon. The fund continued, completing the triangle whose existing sides were TAFF and DUFF by raising funds to exchange further delegates between Europe and Australasia. The details of how GUFF actually works are enshrined in the ballot form, where candidates' names vary but the rules remain substantially the same -- deadline dates, of course, excepted.
GUFF's first administrators were Leigh Edmonds (Australia) and Dave Langford (Europe), with Rob Jackson taking over the European end when Langford found himself administering TAFF in 1980. Dave Langford produced six GUFF newsletters under the title The Northern GUFFblower, which Jackson continued with issues 7 and 8. In Australia, Leigh Edmonds published six issues of GUFF Fundies.
This listing was compiled by Dave Langford and corrected with the help of Irwin Hirsh's "A GUFF Record", November 1999. GUFF winners are listed chronologically as making northbound (N) or southbound (S) trips. With one short exception that happens to be on the Ansible site, only completed trip reports rather than individual chapters are recorded: Irwin Hirsh has a vastly more detailed list at his Australian Fan Funds Page. Many thanks to Irwin for allowing me to pillage his records of voting figures.
1979 (N) John Foyster
Other candidates: John Alderson, Eric Lindsay (who later asked fans not to vote for him). Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe* Austr Total John Alderson 6 38 44 John Foyster 8 57 66 Eric Lindsay 9 9 18 Totals 23 104 127 * Included US votes received by the European administrator.
Report: Stranger in Stranger Lands, published 1996.
Newsletter: Guffawe 1-3; GUFF News (1 issue); GUFF 1984 (1 issue).
Notes: John Foyster attended Seacon '79 in Brighton, England, the 1979 Worldcon. He died in 2003.
1981 (S) Joseph Nicholas
Other candidate: Malcolm Edwards. Platforms. [Ballots enclosed with Ansible 12, September 1980.]
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Malcolm Edwards 16 8 24 Joseph Nicholas 35 12 47 Hold Over Funds 2 2 Write-in 3 3 Totals 56 20 76 Report: immense 500,000-word record reportedly drafted but lost during house move. A condensed account appeared as "The Dreamtime" in Ansible 19, July 1981, and another chapter elsewhere.
Newsletter: The Northern GUFFblower (continuing the numbering) 9-12.
Notes: Joseph Nicholas attended Advention '81 (the Australian NatCon) in Adelaide, June 1981.
1984 (N) Justin Ackroyd
Other candidates: Shayne McCormack, Jean Weber, Roger Weddall. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Round 2 Justin Ackroyd 6 58 64 71 Shayne McCormack 3 15 *18 Jean Weber 17 11 28 37 Roger Weddall 7 16 23 24 Hold Over Funds 3 *3 Totals 33 103 136 132 * Eliminated as trailing candidates, and second preferences redistributed. 4 ballots had no second preferences: hence the reduced Round 2 total.
Report: two chapters published in fanzines.
Newsletter: Australian GUFF Newsletter (1 issue).
Notes: Justin Ackroyd attended Seacon '84 in Brighton, Easter 1981.
1985 (S) Eve Harvey
Other candidate: John Jarrold. Platforms. [Ballots enclosed with Ansible 42, March 1985.]
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Eve Harvey 42 25 67 John Jarrold 22 1 23 Write-in 1 4 5 Spoilt ballots 4 4 Totals 69 30 99 Report: A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy, published 1999.
Newsletter: Guffstuff 1-6. This was when GUFF in Europe broke with the Northern GUFFblower title.
Notes: Eve Harvey attended Aussiecon II, the 1985 Worldcon in Melbourne.
1987 (N) Irwin Hirsh
Other candidates: Valma Brown, Jean Weber. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Total Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Valma Brown 23 18 41 41 57 63 Irwin Hirsh 44 25 69 76 91 120 Jean Weber 25 12 37 *39 Hold Over Funds 2 *2 Write-in: Tim Jones 38 2 40 43 *46 Other Write-ins 9 *9 No Preference 3 2 5 Totals 144 59 203 199 194 183 * Eliminated as trailing candidate(s), and next preferences redistributed.
Report: in progress -- laudably many chapters published in fanzines, readable on the Australian Fan Funds Page.
Newsletter: Guffawe 4-9, continuing the numbering from John Foyster.
Notes: Irwin Hirsh attended Conspiracy '87, the 1987 Worldcon in Brighton, England.
1989 (S) Roelof Goudriaan
Other candidate: Linda Pickersgill. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Roelof Goudriaan 16 34 50 Linda Pickersgill 31 11 42 No Preference 3 3 Totals 47 48 97 Report: ?
Newsletter: The Guffiate 1-??.
Notes: Roelof Goudriaan attended Swancon 14 in Perth, the 1989 Australian NatCon.
1990 (N) Roman Orszanski
Other candidates: Larry Dunning, Mark Loney & Michelle Muijsert. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Total Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Larry Dunning 6 27 33 *34 Mark Loney &
Michelle Muijsert4 36 40 40 58 Roman Orszanski 6 40 46 46 59 Hold Over Funds 2 *2 Write-in 1 *1 No Preference 1 1 3 6 Totals 16 107 123 123 123 * Eliminated as trailing candidate(s), and next preferences redistributed.
Report: three chapters published in fanzines.
Newsletter: Guff Stuff 1-??.
Notes: Roman Orszanski attended Confiction in The Hague, Netherlands, the 1990 Worldcon.
1992 (S) Eva Hauser
Other candidate: Bridget Wilkinson. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Eva Hauser 29 22 51 Bridget Wilkinson 21 6 27 Write-in 2 4 6 Totals 52 32 84 Report: Australsky Denik, published in Interkon, 1992.
Newsletter:
Notes: Eva Hauser attended the Syncon '92, the Australian NatCon in Sydney. Since she had difficulties in handling hard-currency donations from Czechoslovakia, Joseph Nicholas acted as British agent during her administration.
1995 (N) Ian Gunn and Karen Pender-Gunn
Other candidates: LynC, Kim Huett. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total LynC 4 Ian Gunn and Karen Pender-Gunn 87 Kim Huett 19 Hold Over Funds 4 No Preference 1 Totals 115 Report: Oh to be in England, In the summertime, With my love, published by Karen in 1999.
Newsletter:
Notes: Ian Gunn and Karen Pender-Gunn attended Intersection in Glasgow, Scotland, the 1995 Worldcon. Ian died in 1998. Karen has changed her forename to KRin.
1999 (S) Paul Kincaid
Other candidate: Steve Davies, Julian Headlong. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Round 2 Steve Davies 29 2 31 41 Julian Headlong 20 6 *26 Paul Kincaid 20 7 27 43 Hold Over Funds 0 No Preference 2 0 2 Totals 71 15 86 84 * Eliminated as trailing candidate, and second preferences redistributed.
Report: in progress in GUFFaw, with some instalments readable on the Australian Fan Funds Page.
Newsletter: actually a substantial promotional fanzine, GUFFaw 1-7.
Notes: Paul Kincaid attended Aussiecon 3, the 1999 Worldcon held in Melbourne, Australia.
2001 (N) Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber
Other candidates: Damien Warman & Juliette Woods (joint). Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber 17 22 10 49 Damien Warman & Juliette Woods 19 12 3 34 No Preference 3 1 4 Totals 39 34 14 87 Report: see Eric Lindsay's and Jean Weber's 2001 Trip Report Site
Notes: Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber attended Paragon, the 2001 British Eastercon in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
2004 (S) Pat McMurray
Other candidate: Doug Bell. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Doug Bell 25 8 33 Pat McMurray 22 13 35 No Preference 6 2 8 Totals 53 23 76 Report: Pat McMurray's 2004 trip notes
Notes: Pat attended Continuum (Melbourne 11-14 June) owing to unexpected difficulty in making it to the national Australian convention in April.
2005 (N) Damien Warman and Juliette Woods
Other candidates: Sue Ann Barber, Alison Barton, David Cake. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Sue Ann Barber 8 Alison Barton 7 David Cake 8 Damien Warman &
Juliette Woods37 No Preference etc 7 Totals 36 22 9 67 From preliminary e-mail announcement by Eric Lindsay, 7 May 2005. 31 fans voted through the European administrator and 36 through the Australian administrators. All electronic votes went to Australia; the detailed geographical breakdown is awaited.
Notes: Damien and Juliette attended Interaction, the Glasgow Worldcon, in August 2005.
2007 (S) Ang Rosin
Other candidates: Johan Anglemark, Steve Davies, Anna Davour. Ballot. Platforms.
Voting Europe Austr Other Total Johan Anglemark 15 Steve Davies 18 Anna Davour 10 Ang Rosin 49 Hold Over Funds 0 No Preference 3 Totals 95 From on-line announcement by Damien Warman, 18 April 2007.
Notes: Ang Rosin will attend the Australian National Convention in Melbourne: Convergence 2, 8-11 June 2007.