TAFF PROGRESS REPORT: 1961 [#1]

January 1962

Published in the interests of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund by Ron Ellik, 127. Bennett Avenue, Long Beach 3, Calif. Please note that 1825 Greenfield Ave., Los Angeles 25, Calif., is a currently good address – but the Long Beach address is a permanent family home, and should be used for anything except fanzines and personal correspondence; all mail sent there will reach me fairly swiftly, and all TAFF business will be conducted as if from there.


Before beginning the duties I've assumed as US administrator of the Fund, I'd like to use this public space to thank everyone who contributed to and voted in TAFF last year to mark me out for the nonpareil honor of representing American fandom at the British National Convention this Easter. In the several fannish competitions I've entered, it has never fallen my lot to face a more formidable opponent. Many of you know the feeling of running for a job because the only candidates are obviously incompetent; how often, in fandom, do you find yourself facing a candidate with the experience and qualifications of Dick Eney? For this reassuring climax to a long, tense campaign, and for the many offers of aid and hospitality received lately, thank you; my aim in repayment is to be continually at your service during my term as administrator.

In this light I am beginning a wide-circulation TAFF flyer, to inform you at strategic intervals of the state of the Fund, to encourage you to contribute, and to persuade you to vote. This first experimental flyer is to distribute ballots in the race between Eddie Jones and Ethel Lindsay, and to inform you of the final results of the past campaign, based on reports from Eric Bentcliffe and Don Ford. It is being distributed to approximately eight hundred fans all over the world, in hope of attaining a goal of half again as many ballots as came in last year; as this is a short campaign, you've got to get off the dime as soon as you read this to help us reach our goal. Three hundred ballots – it can be done if you decide now to ensure that your candidate comes to the 20th World Convention in Chicago this Labor Day.

FINANCES

Dollars Sterling
Funds held by Ford on 8Oct61 $827.50 293.00
     "     "      Bentcliffe " 29Sep61 150.95 53-11-0
Subtotal 978.45 346-11-0
Less 2 tickets for 1962 924.00 327-10-0
Balance estimated Sep62 54.45 19-1-0

As you can see, a weak year for the Fund will leave the next American candidate to hitchhike from Greenland on. Dollars are changed to sterling as an approximation based on $2.82 to the Pound and are presented only for convenience, as the International Exchange Rate is subject to change.

Don Ford breaks down all non-individual contributions as follows: 1961 Registration fees, $20.00; Pittcon Auction Bloch, 99.00; Pittcon Committee donation, 200.00; Atom Antho, 2.00; St. Fantony costume, 10.00; Seacon Auction Bloch, 94.00; Seacon Committee donation, 200.00. Eric Bentcliffe credits non-individual monies from the LXICon TAFF Auction, 18-0-0; LXICon Musquite Kid collection, 3-13-6.

RESULTS OF LAST ELECTION

Ellik Eney
British votes 33 25
U.S. votes 98 49
Sum 131 74

VOTING

You can help elect your choice of the two candidates (or a write-in) by contributing 50 or 2/6d to the Fund if you were an active fan before January 1961. The people who took advantage of these lenient requirements last time were:

(Asterisk indicates I lack address)

FJAckerman
Jill Adams
Don Anderson
Dirce Archer
FWArnold
Ed J Baker
Wrai Ballard
CLBarrett
MDBarrett
Ray Barto
Ray Beam
Susie Beam
Claire Beck
Ron Bennett
RBergeron
RBerman
KBernstein
DBisenieks
DWBoggs
MZBradley
PNBridges
Bob P Brown
BBurgess
BBurn
FMBusby
*John Campbell
GCharters
KCheslin
MSCohen
*Jeff Collins
JWCoulson
RSCoulson
MCurtis
SCutrell
GDaniels
BDonaho
PHEconomou
WBEllern
RHEney
*AEverfield
RFaulkner
EFirestone
Don Fitch
Don Ford
MFord
TForsyth
Dave Fox
DFranson
DGeldart
JGibson
RGibson
RBindorf
PGraham
LJGrant
EEGreenleaf
DAGrennell
JGrennell
Bill Grey
RWGrey
JGroves
LGurney
JHarness
PHarrell
WmHarrison
Art Hayes
M Helgesen
BHenstell
*JHerzog
CHickman
LHickman
FHiller
RHolland
SHoffman
*Alice Hyde
*CBHyde
LIvie
JJacobs
WJJenkins
MJohnson
SAJohnson
Eddie Jones
Eric Jones
MJones
BJordan
LKaye
*BKeifer
Dave Kyle
Ruth Kyle
*DLacey
JLamb
FLeiber
AJLewis (WC)
ELindsay
JLinwood
GLocke
DLupoff
PLupoff
Hal Lynch
IRMcCaulay
LMcCombs
MIMcInerney
KMcIntyre
BMcKnight
PRMcKnight
Bob Madle
Andy Main
*PMabey
AMercer
Ed Meskys
NMetcalf
WJMallardi
Chris Miller
PSMiller
*FMilnes
*PMilnes
*MEMoeller
*OMoeller
ASMoffatt
LJMoffatt
*JNevin
*JNewman
LJNirenberg
HSNuttall
MDNuttall
JO'Meara
EParker
*EParkes
*KCParkes
JPatrizio
FPattern
RKPavlat
BEPelz
KPotter
*JPrice
AReiss
BRichardson
ERichardson
ARispin
Alva Rogers
Sid Rogers
JRoles
FRolfe
WmRotsler
Vic Ryan
LSapiro
SSchultheis
VSchultheis
RPSchultz
Bob Shaw
LTShaw
NKShaw
Sadie Shaw
*RTShea
IShorrock
NShorrock
BSilverberg
JSkirvin
SSkirvin
Bob Smith
Ila Smith
Ray Smith
RSneary
Jack Speer
GWSpencer
Bob Stewart
SStiles
*LTabakow
Roy Tackett
*Dale Tarr
DAThompson
AThomson
STolliver
BRToskey
Bjo Trimble
John Trimble
Bob Tucker
ETurner
PTurner
HMUrban
LVintus
*F von Bernewitz
TWalsh
NGWansborough
HBWarner
RWatts
WWWeber
NWeedall
CWells
EAWheatley
JWhite
TWhite
MWillis
WAWillis
MWillits
Art Wilson
*Dic Wilson
DWollheim
EWollheim
Ed Wood
*MJWulf
Ed Wyman
BZuber

EPITAFF, Eric Bentcliffe's account of his 1960 TAFF trip to Pittsburgh, illustrated by Eddie Jones, is available from either administrator for $1.00.

from Ron Ellik
127 Bennett Avenue
Long Beach 3, Calif., USA

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