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Don't Miss the Deadline

A reminder: The ballots for the SFWA presidential election must be received by 19 April 2008. Mail early! And weigh...

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #1 from John Scalzi

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:47:00 -0500

Mailed mine weeks ago. And had it weighed at the post office.

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Posted April 9, 2008 7:47 PM by John Scalzi

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #2 from Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:00:00 -0500

How long is this ballot? Why does it weigh so much? Is there a
lengthy list of offices and candidates? Or did they just print it on
heavy card stock?

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Posted April 9, 2008 8:00 PM by Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #3 from Mary Dell

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:06:00 -0500

John Scalzi @#1:

Can't you mail a few more for good measure?

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Posted April 9, 2008 8:06 PM by Mary Dell

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #4 from Jennifer Pelland

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:13:00 -0500

Mine went in the mail last week. And I too was concerned about the
weight, but it came in under an ounce, so I was good. WTF do they need
so much paper for? And why did they make that little second envelope
such an inconvenient size?

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Posted April 9, 2008 8:13 PM by Jennifer Pelland

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #5 from Stephen Granade

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:38:00 -0500

Mary Dell @3:

Greetings, gentlebeing! Vote early and also often!

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Posted April 9, 2008 9:38 PM by Stephen Granade

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #6 from John Scalzi

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:43:00 -0500

Mary Dell @3:

Oh, I only need one vote to make it count. It's a good vote, you see.

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Posted April 9, 2008 10:43 PM by John Scalzi

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #7 from Ken Houghton

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:44:00 -0500

You know how to vote, please do so, so that, next time, my better
half can vote again. (Which does leave me asking: who is or will be the
Canadian Regional Director?)

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Posted April 9, 2008 10:44 PM by Ken Houghton

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #8 from xeger

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:56:00 -0500

Ahh... it's a bad sign when "Mail early" is automatically followed by a mental "Mail often".

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Posted April 9, 2008 10:56 PM by xeger

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #9 from Madeleine Robins

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:06:00 -0500

Mailed weeks ago--with two stamps just to be sure.

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Posted April 9, 2008 11:06 PM by Madeleine Robins

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #10 from Jim

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:16:00 -0500

If it's ok, I'd like to ask you guys, as members and cogs in the
machine, a bit about the SFWA. I am curious as someone who might, one
day, hopefully, be eligible to become a member....

Who's on the ballot? And what differences, if any, do you all feel
the candidates can make for the members and beneficiaries of the SFWA?

As it is, do you feel that membership in the organization is actually beneficial to you?

I hope I'm not prying, I certainly don't mean to. I've just got this
weird fascination with the idea of a writer's union; I grew up in an
UMWA household, and to me, Unions save lives and protect health. The
situation is surely a little different for writers, I'm just curious
how.

Thanks.

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Posted April 10, 2008 12:16 AM by Jim

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #11 from Mary Dell

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:16:00 -0500

Jim @#10: John Scalzi's post about this election will give you a good idea what's at stake for the organization.

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Posted April 10, 2008 1:16 AM by Mary Dell

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #12 from Kelly McCullough

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:31:00 -0500

Mine went back out weeks ago, the day after it came in.

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Posted April 10, 2008 9:31 AM by Kelly McCullough

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #13 from Ken Houghton

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:30:00 -0500

Scalzi gives a good idea about the Presidency.

By contrast, Secretary has two qualified candidates.

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Posted April 10, 2008 11:30 AM by Ken Houghton

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #14 from Charlie Stross

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:11:00 -0500

Mailed mine on Tuesday ...

... because I was in DC, and thought to ask Jane Jewell to send a
spare ballot to my hotel. The one that's supposed to come to my home
address (in the UK) still hasn't arrived.

I don't know whether this is just a one off (it wouldn't be the
first time the post office have lost of a piece of mail I was waiting
for), but if it isn't, it may be indicative of a procedural problem
that needs fixing, namely not enough time for overseas members to
receive their ballots and vote.

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Posted April 10, 2008 5:11 PM by Charlie Stross

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #15 from Xopher

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:57:00 -0500

Charlie 14: Or perhaps what's-his-ass managed to "lose" the ballots
of people he's pretty sure will vote against him. I wouldn't put it
past him.

It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

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Posted April 10, 2008 5:57 PM by Xopher

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #16 from Andrhia

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:40:00 -0500

Jim @ #10: Here's a link to the SFWA telling you what it does to help its members: http://sfwa.org/org/services.htm

It's not so much different, really, than the work of other unions.

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Posted April 10, 2008 7:40 PM by Andrhia

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #17 from Jason B

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:28:00 -0500

Holy moley! I've never read a John Scalzi novel before, but I'm
putting it on my "Urgent To Do" list, because if his novels are
anywhere near as competent and eloquent as that post, I'll enjoy every
moment.

I'm going to direct my Comp students to that post and say, "This! Like this! Write like this!"

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Posted April 10, 2008 8:28 PM by Jason B

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #18 from Glenn Hauman

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:24:00 -0500

#14 & #15: Or if Charlie was actually a science fiction writer of America, it wouldn't get lost in international mail.

OTOH, there are lots of Americans in SFWA who aren't science fiction
writers, so we need Charlie to balance things out. I'd much rather have
writers than Americans in SFWA.

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Posted April 10, 2008 9:24 PM by Glenn Hauman

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #19 from Paula Helm Murray

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:28:00 -0500

I turned it around in 24 hours.

Then again, When I learned the candidates I did a cheezburger poster suggestion on my LJ. My Siegfried is the cat...

http://dragonet2.livejournal.com/125893.html

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Posted April 10, 2008 11:28 PM by Paula Helm Murray

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #20 from Charlie Stross

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:23:00 -0500

Charlie 14: Or perhaps what's-his-ass managed to "lose" the ballots of people he's pretty sure will vote against him.

The person in question has nothing whatsoever to do with the election process. Trust me on this. The royal mail screwing up is much more plausible.

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Posted April 11, 2008 7:23 AM by Charlie Stross

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #21 from Terry Karney

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:21:00 -0500

Ok, I have an interest in the outcome, but I have no dog in this fight.

It's indicative of what ML is like that I am reading this (a get out
the vote post, for an organization of localised interest) with
anticipation of great entertainment value.

What's with you people?

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Posted April 11, 2008 11:21 AM by Terry Karney

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #22 from Steve Zillwood

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:42:00 -0500

Jason B #17: Do so, now. If you like Heinlein, you'll love Scalzi's Old Man's War series, and his homage to Dickean surreality - The Android's Dream - has comparable degrees of awesomeness. For homework, read all the past archives at Whatever. Report due in the morning!

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Posted April 11, 2008 2:42 PM by Steve Zillwood

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #23 from Linkmeister

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:12:00 -0500

Terry, I think we feel "involved" with the event in question. The
question for me is, how is that involvement engendered and can it be
bottled for use in other circs?

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Posted April 11, 2008 7:12 PM by Linkmeister

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #24 from Terry Karney

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:10:00 -0500

Linkmeister: I screwed that up. I wasn't trying to say what's with you people (us people) caring, I was making
a point that something so, apparently, limited in appeal as this get
out the vote plea to SFWA members was likely to drift into topics which
I would be annoyed at missing.

It was meant as a compliment, not a slam.

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Posted April 11, 2008 8:10 PM by Terry Karney

Don't Miss the Deadline -- comment #25 from Greg London

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:13:00 -0500

Terry@21, yeah. me too. I sort of feel like Eliza Doolittle at the
Ascot Racecourse, dressed up in fancy clothes and put among the fancy
poeple, completely out of her element, and over her head, cheering for
a horse only because Freddy said he had a bet on it.

Come on, Davis! Move your bloomin' ass!

;)

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Posted April 11, 2008 11:13 PM by Greg London

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Thu, 24 Jul 2014 05:38:24 -0500

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