Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: SFSFC Establishes SMOFCon Scholarships
Cc: peggyrae at worldnet.att.net, mike.nelson at seahunt.org
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 16:30:01 -0700
From: "Standlee, Kevin - MLG" <Standlee.Kevin at menlolog.com>

Press Release 2004-3
SFSFC ESTABLISHES SMOFCON SCHOLARSHIPS

SAN FRANCISCO SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS, INC.
A California Non-Profit Corporation
PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA
info at sfsfc.org; http://www.sfsfc.org/

For immediate release: April 7, 2004

SFSFC Establishes SMOFCon Scholarships

At their Board of Directors meeting on Sunday, March 14,
2004, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc.
(SFSFC) established two scholarships of $500 to help
convention runners in training get to the SMOFCon
convention-runners convention in Washington DC this year
over the weekend of December 3-5, 2004.

SMOFCon <http://www.smofcon.org/> is an annual convention
about organizing science fiction conventions. Subject
matter ranges from managing small conventions up to the
unique challenges of World Science Fiction Conventions. The
convention is held in a different city each year. The 2004
SMOFCon will be in Washington DC at the Wyndham Hotel
Washington, December 3-5, 2004. More information about this
year's SMOFCon is available on their web site at
<http://www.smofcon22.org/>.

The scholarships are open to anyone involved in running
science fiction conventions, regardless of their place of
residence. However, applicants must be able to demonstrate
that their attendance at SMOFCon will benefit Bay Area
conventions. Applications will be judged by the scholarship
administrators, who for 2004 are the three directors of
SFSFC who have chaired Worldcons: David W. Clark, Kevin
Standlee, and Tom Whitmore.

An application form is available at
<http://www.sfsfc.org/smof-scholarship/> or by writing to
SFSFC at PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363. Applicants
are encouraged to submit their forms quickly as the time
scale for awarding this year's grants is quite short.

The name "SMOF" stands for "Secret Masters Of Fandom," and
is a humorous reference to the people who organize and
manage science fiction conventions. Another term sometimes
used for such people is "conrunner."

Contact:

SFSFC Inc.: Kevin Standlee info at sfsfc.org
SMOFCon 22: http://www.smofcon22.org/

San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. is a
California non-profit corporation recognized as tax-exempt
under US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).

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