(I'm looking for new Worldcon updates and found this.)
The Worldcon date restriction proposal - someone mentioned on Facebook:
F.1 "Convention Time Bracket" was amended to replace “preferably between 1 August and 30 September” with “shall consult with the following Worldcon if held after 30 September” and passed as amended
So it's not "there is a hard restriction" but "if you hold it late enough in the year to disrupt the next Worldcon's plans, you have to discuss it with them," which sounds fine to me.
The bilingual debate one also seems fine - if the concom wants to allow it, they have to provide resources for it. (It also passed.) I'm not surprised it lacks details; the tech for that kind of thing is changing fast, and there's no point in codifying what kind of translation services or equipment are required, only to have them be obsolete in five years.
The biggest hassle I can see with that one, is that it could play havoc with the time limits. When you're only allowed 4 minutes to discuss a topic, translation time really cuts into that.
About the new Hugo proposals: Best Young Author and Best Game did not pass (...we got Best Game or Interactive Work, though, from last year, which was ratified. We suspect the authors of the new "best game" proposal were not aware there was a best-game option already in process.)
The "best indie film" awards were bumped to the next day, and I haven't been able to find results of the meeting - but I expect them not to pass. Aside from the issue of "do we actually need more Hugos/these Hugos," they're very badly written; they don't define "major studio."
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Date: 2023-10-21 10:22 pm (UTC)The Worldcon date restriction proposal - someone mentioned on Facebook:
F.1 "Convention Time Bracket" was amended to replace “preferably between 1 August and 30 September” with “shall consult with the following Worldcon if held after 30 September” and passed as amended
So it's not "there is a hard restriction" but "if you hold it late enough in the year to disrupt the next Worldcon's plans, you have to discuss it with them," which sounds fine to me.
The bilingual debate one also seems fine - if the concom wants to allow it, they have to provide resources for it. (It also passed.) I'm not surprised it lacks details; the tech for that kind of thing is changing fast, and there's no point in codifying what kind of translation services or equipment are required, only to have them be obsolete in five years.
The biggest hassle I can see with that one, is that it could play havoc with the time limits. When you're only allowed 4 minutes to discuss a topic, translation time really cuts into that.
About the new Hugo proposals: Best Young Author and Best Game did not pass (...we got Best Game or Interactive Work, though, from last year, which was ratified. We suspect the authors of the new "best game" proposal were not aware there was a best-game option already in process.)
The "best indie film" awards were bumped to the next day, and I haven't been able to find results of the meeting - but I expect them not to pass. Aside from the issue of "do we actually need more Hugos/these Hugos," they're very badly written; they don't define "major studio."