BUSINESS MEETING

      The Natcon Gavel

A Business Meeting will be held at Convergence 2 for the purpose of voting on future bids for holding the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (or 'Natcon') and to consider any business brought before the meeting. Such business may include proposed changes to the rules for running the 'Ditmar' Awards or proposed changes to the Natcon Constitution. The texts of the Ditmar Award rules and the Natcon Constitution are included in this souvenir book.

The Business Meeting will be held on Monday morning, 11 June 2007 at 10.00am - at the venue indicated in the program.

The meeting will be chaired by Julian Warner. The Standing Committee of the Natcon will be expected to report on its activities of the past year. The rules for the Standing Committee and other texts related to the running of Natcons may be found at the website at http://sf.org.au/natconcom/

It is hoped that any proposed changes to the rules for running the Ditmar Awards or the Natcon Constitution will have been circulated and discussed prior to Convergence 2 - usually on the various internet mailing lists used for discussion of such issues. This is particularly the case if you wish to propose any major change to the constitution or the awards. This would ordinarily require that you put forward a motion on notice, which you can do by sending and e-mail to the general contact address (convergence at natcon dot org dot au). If you do wish to propose any changes and are unsure of whether these may be considered by the Business Meeting, please contact Julian Warner at the Convention.

Any group wishing to make a presentation at the Business Meeting in order to bid for the forthcoming Natcon (in two years' time) should also contact Julian Warner. Groups bidding for Natcons may also be allocated other opportunities to present their bids at the discretion of the Convergence 2 committee.

Our Business Meeting is scheduled to last one hour and we would like to finalise all of our business within that time. If you have arguments to present to the meeting, please sharpen them well first! Any questions regarding the Business Meeting should be directed to convergence at natcon dot org dot au - or approach Julian during the convention.