San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.

SFSFC has filed formal bidding papers with Westercon 62 (Tempe AZ, 2009) for our bid to host Westercon 64 in 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. More details are in the press release issued yesterday and on the Westercon San Jose in 2011 web site.

The SFSFC Board of Directors will meet on March 28 and July 11, 2009, and at a date in November depending on the schedule for ConStruction 2009. Details have been posted to the Meetings Page. Note that meeting dates and locations are subject to change.

Minutes of the regular SFSFC board meeting of July 19, 2008 have been posted on the minutes page.

Heather Stern is the recipient of the 2008 SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarship. See the full announcement for details.

SFSFC announced today that the dates of the 2009 World Fantasy Convention have changed to October 29-November 1, 2009, rather than the following weekend as originally announced. Details of the announcement are in the press release and on the newly redesigned 2009 World Fantasy Convention website.

The deadline for applying for the 2008 SFSFC SMOFCon Scholarships has now passed and no further applications will be accepted. The Scholarship Committee is evaluating applications and will contact all applicants before announcing the results.

SFSFC has extended the deadline for applying for a $500 scholarship to attend the 2008 SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Columbus, Ohio. See our press release for more details. The application form is on our SMOFCon Scholarships page. We will also have paper application forms at the San Jose in 2011 Westercon Bid table at SiliCon October 3-5 at the Doubletree Hotel San Jose.

SFSFC will once again offer a scholarship of $500 to send a promising convention runner to SMOFCon. Details are in the press release, and you can find the application on our SMOFCon Scholarships page.

At their July 19, 2008 meeting, the SFSFC Board of Directors decided to not hold ConStruction, SFSFC’s series of convention-running conferences, in 2008. We now plan to hold one in 2009 and 2011, and are soliciting proposals from other groups to hold one in 2010 with our assistance.

Minutes of the regular SFSFC board meeting of March 15, 2008 and of special meetings held on June 18 and July 1, 2008 have been posted on the minutes page.