SFSFC Announces 2009 SMOFCon Scholarship
Standlee, Kevin
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Press Release 2009-1
SFSFC CONTINUES SMOFCON SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2009
SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC.
A California Non-Profit Corporation
PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA
in...@sfsfc.org; http://www.sfsfc.org/=20
For release: September 7, 2009
SFSFC Offers SMOFCon Scholarship for 2009
San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (SFSFC) has voted to offer =
a scholarship of $500 to help convention runners in training attend the SMO=
FCon convention-runners convention in Austin TX this year over the weekend =
of December 4-6, 2009.
SMOFCon is an annual convention about organizing science fiction convention=
s. Subject matter ranges from managing small conventions up to the unique c=
hallenges of World Science Fiction Conventions. The convention is held in a=
different city each year. The 2009 SMOFCon will be in Austin TX at the Hil=
ton Garden Inn Austin Downtown. More information about this year's SMOFCon =
is available on their web site http://www.alamo-sf.org/smofcon27/index.html=
.
The scholarship is open to anyone involved in running science fiction conve=
ntions, regardless of their place of residence. However, applicants must be=
able to demonstrate that their attendance at SMOFCon will benefit San Fran=
cisco Bay Area conventions. Applications will be judged by the scholarship =
administrators, who for 2009 are once again the three directors of SFSFC wh=
o have chaired Worldcons: David W. Clark, Kevin Standlee, and Tom Whitmore.
An application form is available on the SFSFC web site at http://sfsfc.org/=
?page_id=3D93 or by writing to SFSFC at PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-13=
63. SFSFC must receive (postmark date does not count) applications by Octob=
er 15, 2009. Application forms will also be available at the Westercon 64 i=
nformation table at SiliCon 2009 in San Jose, October 2-4.
This is the sixth year that SFSFC has issued a scholarship to allow a promi=
sing convention runner to attend SMOFCon.
The name "SMOF" stands for "Secret Masters Of Fandom," and is a humorous re=
ference to the people who organize and manage science fiction conventions. =
Another term sometimes used for such people is "conrunner."
SFSFC is the parent non-profit corporation of the 2009 World Fantasy Conven=
tion, Westercon 64, and was the parent non-profit corporation of ConJos=E8,=
the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention, ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon=
, and several other conventions.
Contact:
SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee in...@sfsfc.org
SMOFCon 27: http://www.alamo-sf.org/smofcon27/index.html
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 Fic=
tion Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit corporation.
"Westercon" is a service mark of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, I=
nc. "Worldcon" and "World Science Fiction Convention" are service marks of =
the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.=
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