Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 20:36:29 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: Question about Long Form Drama, AKA Movies
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Suspect you meant "WSFS" constitution and rules?

Barry

Interestingly, Keith F. Lynch said:
>Nicki asked:
>
> > One of the people there had looked up the movies and was wondering
> > why "28 Days Later" was a valid nomination as it had opened in
> > England in 2002 and the rest of the world in 2003.  I looked it up
> > on IMDB and, yes, "28 Days Later" did open in England in Nov. 2002
> > and is listed as a 2002 movie.  It opened in the rest of the world
> > in 2003.
>
>I don't know.  Have you asked the Hugo administrators?  Maybe they
>made a mistake.  Or maybe the 2002 version was not "its present
>dramatic form," if there was a difference between the US and UK
>versions.  Or maybe it's IMDB that's mistaken, and the movie really
>didn't open in Engand until 2003.
>
>The WSFA constitution says:
>
>   3.2.3: The Business Meeting may by a 3/4 vote provide that works
>   originally published outside the United States of America and first
>   published in the United States of America in the current year shall
>   also be eligible for Hugo Awards given in the following year.
>
>However, there's no mention of this movie in the Torcon 3 WSFA
>business meeting minutes, so if I'm reading this rule correctly,
>since the rule wasn't explicitly applied to this movie at Torcon,
>it's too late.
>
>I suggest you bring this to the attention of the Hugo administrators.
>--
>Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
>Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

Barry