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

[khrister]

Hmm....I should get a supporting membership so I can vote for Helsinki 2017. And vote down the damn puppies...

[lexin]

Thanks for reminding me; I've bought supporting membership for this year and next, partly in order to vote down the puppies, but also to see what current SF is like.

[doire]

I nominated this year, for the first time ever, so I think I ought to vote.

Pretty sure I already own anything nominated that I really want to read:(

[cunobaros]

I got a supporting membership last summer, shortly after LonCon, in order to be able to vote for Helsinki. I also nominated stories, films, and TV episodes I had enjoyed, and was looking forward to getting the voter packet and reading the nominees.

Not happy with the puppies, especially the rabid ones. Last year, I read the puppy stories and judged them on their merits, but this year I won't bother with the rabids at all. I'll vote for Noah where necessary, because VD is one activist who can't be reasoned with.

I liked Eric Flint's recent post on the historical and current importance of the awards, and I think he raises many good and valid points, but it is depressing to see a US civil war dominate what purports to be a /world/con, even though I am aware of the history.