World Science Fiction Society

• WSFS Business Meeting
• WSFS Constitution
• WSFS Standing Rules
• WSFS ROCE
• Guide to the Business Meeting
• 2016 Site Selection
• Bidder Filing

2016 Site Selection

Worldcon sites are selected two years in advance, by a secret ballot of WSFS members. All Attending Adult, Young Adult, and Supporting members of Loncon 3 are eligible to take part in the process. Ballots may be submitted by postal mail or in person at the convention, up to the close of voting on Saturday, August 16, 2014. All ballots must be accompanied by an Advance Membership (Voting) fee, which will automatically be converted to a Supporting membership in the 74th (2016) Worldcon.

Site Selection in the Constitution

The Site Selection process is governed by Article 4 of the WSFS Constitution. Section 4.6 defines the requirements for a bidder to be included on the Site Selection ballot. There are two key requirements:

• The bidding committee must submit file certain documents with the administering committee no later than 180 days before the start of the administering convention (in this case Loncon 3).
• The proposed site must be at least five hundred (500) miles or eight hundred (800) kilometres from the site at which selection occurs (in this case, London, UK).

Information for Bidders

The filing deadline for bidders is 11:59 am EST on Saturday, 15 February 2014 (4:59 am GMT on Sunday, 16 February 2014).