TAFF Progress Report #6

June 1964

Published in the interests of the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund by Wally Weber, PO Box 267, 507 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, and Ethel Lindsay, Courage House, Six Langley Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain.

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The recent TAFF race, complete at midnight on 31 May 1964, elected Arthur Thomson to travel to the 22nd World Science Fiction Convention in Oakland this coming Labor Day weekend. Total votes were

England U.S. Total
Phil Rogers 28 13 41
Arthur Thomson 32 63 95

A total of 136 valid ballots were counted by (in England) Ethel Lindsay with a double-check by Charles Smith and (in America) Ron Ellik with a double-check by Al Lewis. The fund now has $944 total both parts of the treasury – Atom will be given $600 to help with his trip, and the remainder will be held over for the next trip.

The next trip is for an American to go to the second World Convention to be held in London. The London group will bid this Labor Day for the 1965 convention, to be held the weekend of 28-29 August 1965 in the British Isles, and nominations are now open. To appear on the ballot, an American fan must meet the following four qualifications:

(a) He must be nominated by three American fans and two overseas fans.

(b) He must submit a one hundred word nominating platform to be published on the reverse of the ballot. It's customary for a nominator to take care of this.

(c) A five dollar bond of good faith must accompany the nomination – the five signers ought to scrape this up, too.

(d) The candidate must sign a statement of willingness to travel to the 1965 World Convention in London if elected.

There is naturally a possibility that the 1965 Worldcon will not be in London – the Administrators expect London to receive the bid, but are prepared to re-arrange matters if things fall otherwise. All persons nominating or nominated will be notified if such a thing happens.

Send the four nomination requirements to either Administrator (see above for addresses) before 31 August 1964. if you have any questions, please feel free to write to either – we will be glad to help you nominate your favorite fan for TAFF.

To joing this year's convention, send $2 (US registration fee) to The Pacificon II Committee, P O Box 261, Fairmont Station, El Carrito, California. Overseas, send $1 only. Voting for the annual Hugo awards is now underway.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE 1964 TAFF RACE

G Adams
K A Alberg
Dan Alderson
B Allport
Al Andrews
Fred Arnold
Phillip Balin
T Ball
R G Bannister
Dave Barber
Ron Bennett
E Bentcliffe
Ruth Berman
J Boardman
J B Bogert
Redd Boggs
D Boothroyd
I Boothroyd
N A Bratman
Bob P Brown
L D Broyles
E Busby
F M Busby
Gregg Calkins
J R Campbell
K M Carlson
Phil Castors
J Cawthorn
J Chalker
L R Chauvenet
Ken Cheslin
Sid Coleman
A J Cox
Sandy Cutrell
F M Dietz
Bill Donaho
F H Eney
Jean Engel
Ted Engel
D M Faulkner
Don Fitch
K Forsyth
D Franson
C Freeman
K Freeman
W Freeman
Wally Gonser
Jom Groves
Clay Hamlin
O Hannifen
Jack Harness
B Harrison
Alma Hill
J Holmberg
Dave Hulan
J Humphries
T Jeeves
Will F Jenkins
Tad Johnstone
Eric Jones
Langdon Jones
D Kaiser
Len Kaye
J K Klein
Dave Kyle
Ruth Kyle
Al Lewis
Alan Lewis
Bob Lichtman
Jim Linwood
P Lupoff
R Lupoff
Ian McAulay
Ken McIntyre
F B McKnight
Peter Mabey
Bill Mallardi
A Mercer
Ed Meskys
F Milnes
P Milnes
Len Moffatt
Mike Moorcock
Carol Murray
J Navin
M Buttall
S Nuttal
Keith Otter
J Owen
Mark Owings
W D Pardoe
Ella Parker
Fred Patten
Bruce Pelz
B Peters
I Peters
C Platt
Andrew Porter
Phil Rogers
John Roles
Jock Root
Wm Rotsler
Vic Ryan
Leland Sapiro
Tom Schlueck
S F Schultheis
V Schultheis
D Schultz
Bob Shaw
Larry Shaw
Noreen Shaw
Ina Shorrock
N Shorrock
Pete Singleton
Bob Silverberg*
Don Simpson*
S F Small
Beresford Smith
Charles Smith
Rick Sneary
Paul Stanbery
W Thadewald
Art Thomson
B R Toskey
Bjo Trimble
John Trimble
E Turner
Paul Turner
W W Weber
N Wedall
Pete Weston
James White
Paul Williams
M Willis
W Willis
Richard Wilson
Don Wilson
Don Wolheim
Elsie Wollheim
Ed Wood
Ed Wyman
Roger Zelazny

This list includes persons who did not vote, but contributed, as well as one mathematician who voted for Christine Keeler.

Planning to go to London in 1965? Talk somebody into putting your name up for the next TAFF race.