The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) has officially announced that Katrina “Kat” Templeton is the 2026 TAFF delegate.
Kat will travel to MetropolCon, the 2026 Eurocon, in Berlin, Germany. The convention will take place from 2 to 5 July. The administrators of the fund and the Eurocon committee are looking forward to helping with travel arrangements to Eurocon and beyond.
Both candidates received at least 20% of the votes in North America and in Europe. In the final count, Kat received 44 votes. Lisa Hertel received 29 votes, and there were three votes for No Preference. There were 30 votes from Europe, 44 votes from North America, and two votes from the rest of the world.
The administrators thank the candidates, the voters, Eurocon, and everyone else who has supported TAFF in 2026. An auction will be held at LAcon V in Anaheim, CA (August 27-31) to benefit TAFF and other fan funds.
The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) was created in 1953 to provide funds to bring well-known and active fans familiar to those on both sides of the ocean across the Atlantic. Since that time, TAFF has regularly brought North American fans to European conventions and European fans to North American conventions. It exists solely through the support and continued generosity of fandom, which has sustained TAFF, our longest-running travel fund, for some 70 years.
Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund contact information:
Mikołaj Kowalewski, European TAFF Administrator
m.kowalewski@ava.waw.plSarah Gulde, North American TAFF Administrator
sarahmiyoko@gmail.com