San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.

Minutes of the regular meeting of March 16, 2019 are now available on our meeting minutes page, along with all available past minutes.

SFSFC has filed a bid to host Westercon 74 in Tonopah, Nevada over the weekend of Friday, July 2 through Monday, July 5, 2021, at the Tonopah Convention Center and nearby hotels. The members of Westercon 72 (SpikeCon) will vote to select the site of Westercon 74. See the Tonopah Westercon Bid pages for additional information about the Tonopah in 2021 bid.

Minutes of the regular meeting of November 18, 2018 and the meeting of directors-elect to elect officers for 2019 are now available on our meeting minutes page, along with all available past minutes.

Incumbent directors Kevin Standlee, Cindy Scott, Bruce Farr, and Kevin Roche were re-elected to three-year terms commencing January 1, 2018. Incumbent officers David Gallaher (President), David W. Clark (Vice President), Kevin Standlee (Secretary), and Lisa Deutsch Harrigan (Treasurer) were re-elected to one-year terms commencing January 1, 2019. Updated director/officer information is posted on our Directors page. Meeting dates for 2019 were set and are published on the meeting information page.

Worldcon 76, organized by SFSFC, starts Thursday, August 16 and runs through Monday, August 20. Registration for the convention opens the previous evening. More details about the convention, including the detailed program information, are at the Worldcon 76 web site.

Minutes of the regular meeting of November 11, 2017 and the meeting of directors-elect to elect officers for 2018 are now available on our meeting minutes page, along with all available past minutes.

Incumbent directors David W. Clark, Cheryl Morgan, Andrew Trembley, and Lisa Deutsch Harrigan were re-elected to three-year terms commencing January 1, 2018. Incumbent officers David Gallaher (President), David W. Clark (Vice President), Kevin Standlee (Secretary), and Lisa Deutsch Harrigan (Treasurer) were re-elected to one-year terms commencing January 1, 2018. Updated director/officer information is posted on our Directors page. Meeting dates for 2018 were set and are published on the meeting information page.

Minutes of the regular meeting of July 15, 2017 are now available on our meeting minutes page, along with all available past minutes.

Minutes of the regular meeting of March 18, 2017 are now available on our meeting minutes page, along with all available past minutes.

San José will host Worldcon 76 after the members of the 2016 Worldcon in Kansas City, Missouri voted to select SFSFC’s bid. Worldcon 76 will be held Thursday, 16 August through Monday, 20 August, 2018 at the McEnery Convention Center in downtown San José, California. For more information about Worldcon 76, including how to join and attend the convention, see the Worldcon 76 website.

The San José in 2018 Worldcon bid is asking the science fiction & fantasy community’s assistance in ensuring worthy candidates are not overlooked as the bid considers its choices for Guests of Honor for the 76th World Science Fiction Convention.

Worldcon’s Guest of Honor appointments function as a sort of lifetime achievement award for contributors to SF & F literature, arts and the community. SJ in 2018 asks people to send guest recommendations to goh@sjin2018.org, and to include in their recommendation how the candidate meets the basic criteria for consideration and why they think the candidate should be honored.

Recommendations will be accepted through December 15, 2015.

See the press release for full details.

The San José in 2018 Worldcon Bid has announced that Kevin Roche will chair Worldcon 76 in San José, California should their bid to host the World Science Fiction Convention win.

The Board of Directors of SFSFC, San José in 2018 Worldcon bid’s parent non-profit corporation, unanimously voted to select Kevin Roche as the chair of the committee that will host Worldcon 76 should the San José in 2018 bid win the election to be held at the 2016 Worldcon, MidAmericon II. Members of the 2016 Worldcon will vote on where to hold the 2018 Worldcon.

See the press release for full details of the announcement.