Jun 6, 2006: SFSFC Announces 2005 SMOFCon Scholarships
Press Release 2006-1
SFSFC CONTINUES 2006 SMOFCON SCHOLARSHIPS
SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC.
A California Non-Profit Corporation
PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA
info@sfsfc.org; http://www.sfsfc.org/
For immediate release: June 6, 2006
SFSFC Continues SMOFCon Scholarships
At their Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, March 18, 2006, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (SFSFC) voted to continue two scholarships of $500 to help convention runners in training attend the SMOFCon convention-runners convention in Kansas City MO this year over the weekend of December 1-3, 2006.
SMOFCon is an annual convention about organizing science fiction conventions. Subject matter ranges from managing small conventions up to the unique challenges of World Science Fiction Conventions. The convention is held in a different city each year. The 2006 SMOFCon will be in Kansas City MO at the Hotel Phillips, December 1-3, 2006. More information about this year’s SMOFCon is available on their web site.
The scholarships are open to anyone involved in running science fiction conventions, regardless of their place of residence. However, applicants must be able to demonstrate that their attendance at SMOFCon will benefit San Francisco Bay Area conventions. Applications will be judged by the scholarship administrators, who for 2006 are the three directors of SFSFC who have chaired Worldcons: David W. Clark, Kevin Standlee, and Tom Whitmore.
An application form is available at here or by writing to SFSFC at PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363. SFSFC must receive (postmark date does not count) applications by September 10, 2006.
This is the third year that SFSFC has issued scholarships to allow promising convention runners to attend SMOFCon. SFSFC issued two SMOFCon scholarships in 2005, helping send two fans to SMOFCon 23 in Portland OR.
The name “SMOF” stands for “Secret Masters Of Fandom,” and is a humorous reference to the people who organize and manage science fiction conventions. Another term sometimes used for such people is “conrunner.”
SFSFC was the parent non-profit corporation of ConJosé, the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention, and ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon.
Contact:
SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee info@sfsfc.org
SMOFCon 24: http://www.midamericon.org/smofcon/
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. is a California non-profit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).
“ConJose” and “ConFrancisco” are service marks of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit corporation.
“Worldcon” and “World Science Fiction Convention” are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.
