The GUFF newsletter is edited and published by
Paul Kincaid
60 Bournemouth Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5AZ, UK
guff@appomattox.demon.co.uk
October 2000
This year’s GUFF race is coming to an end - and if you haven’t already voted, it’s time to do so now.
To help you make up your mind, I’m delighted to introduce all four of the candidates in this special issue of GUFFaw. Each of them has produced an original article which should at least introduce them to those of you who may not have had the great good fortune of meeting any of the candidates.
Since I know all four. I can say with complete impartiality that either pair of candidates would make a wonderful GUFF delegate, and British fandom is certainly set for a treat whoever wins.
However, only one pair of candidates can win - and who that will be is up to you. So make sure you use your vote now.
This issue of GUFFaw contains a ballot paper, please use it wisely.
In the next issue, along with one article I already have on hand, and the next chapter of my own trip report, I’ll feature a complete breakdown of the results.
GUFF News
Last chance to vote...
The GUFF race ends soon.
We’ll soon know the result of the race to bring a GUFF delegate from Australasia to Paragon, the 2001 Eastercon. Voting ends at midnight on Monday 13th November, 2000, which means I’ll be able to collect votes at Novacon. But this is your last chance -- so vote now!
This issue of GUFFaw features articles by each of the four candidates, to help you make up your mind how to vote. You’ll find a ballot paper included with this issue, and as a reminder, here are their platforms:
Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber
Secret masters of getting someone else to run a WorldCon after we've successfully bid for it. Eric (Party Animal) and Jean (Project Manager) want to visit UK and other European fans in their native habitats. Jean has never been to the UK. and Eric hasn't visited since 1972. Now retired from the paid workforce, we have lots of time to travel, party, and produce fanzines and websites, but little income to support our habits. You probably know our fanzines Gegenschein and WeberWoman's Wrevenge. Our sf websites are at http://www.wrevenge.com.au/wrevenge/ and http://www.wrevenge.com.au/psiphi/ and our Australian travel website is at http://www.avalook.com.au
Nominators: Eve & John Harvey, Irwin Hirsh, Dave Langford, Perry Middlemiss and Lyn McConchie
Damien Warman and Juliette Woods
We've been fans all our adult lives – even if that is only the last ten years. We've edited fmz, organized relaxacons, run Adelaide's discussion group 'Critical Mass' and have now started the OzMemoryHole. We are eager to expand our fanning interstate and inter-State, strengthening ties within Australia and to Europe. We know that GUFF isn't all real beer and skiffy. We're dead keen to admin – this is our real chance to make connections. Barring acts of gods, we'll be fun and frolicsome at Paragon and travel hard in search of fans in the UK and on the Continent.
Nominators: Claire Brialey, John Foyster and Yvonne Rousseau, Roman Orszanski, Marc Ortlieb and Gregory Pickersgill
This issue of GUFFaw is dedicated to Eileen Costello, a vital part of my own trip to Australia.
The full text of this issue, a substantial genzine with other contributors, can be read at Fanac.org.