Worldcon supporting membership bought

[julesjones]

Having achieved updating my accounts at the weekend, in pursuit of a completed tax return, I discovered that I had Worldcon supporting membership for 2016 but not for this year. There were so many opportunities to buy supporting, voting, pre-supporting etc etc at LonCon that I lost track of which bids and cons had actually got my money. :-)

I have now remedied that lack. I'd been intending to vote on the Hugos anyway, having discovered the joy of the Voting Packet a few years ago as a way to make sure I'd actually read anything recent enough to be eligible, but there's an added incentive to make sure I've got my voting PIN this year.

For anyone else who had the same problem as me at Worldcon of spending more time volunteering than going around the tents, the link is

https://sasquan.swoc.us/sasquan/reg.php

Comments

[vatine]

I have an attending membership, so I can vote for Helsinki 2017 (and I figured out this year's secret incantation for cheap-ish BA 1st class flights, so it's not even all that expensive).

That reminds me, need to book tickets between Seattle and Spokane (yep, taking a couple of days in Seattle, to chat to assorted peeps).

[khrister]

Just out of interest, how cheap are the cheap-ish tickets?

[julesjones]

Not that I'm going to use it, but yes, also interested to know.

[vatine]

I think I paid £2900 for a first class. That's on-par with BA's premium economy price, normally (cattle class tends to land at around £1800).

[julesjones]

Ah yes, I wanted a membership anyway, for Helsinki voting purposes - I believe from some commentary I've seen that it is now possible to vote for site selection even if not physically present. Must go and look into that. :-)

I doubt I will get to Helsinki, but it's still a lot more likely than anything in the US, for logistical reasons.