1983 TAFF Race

The 1983 TAFF race to send a North American fan to the UK for Albacon II, the 1983 Eastercon in Glasgow, was four-way, between:

• Avedon Carol (nominators: Malcolm Edwards & Chris Atkinson, Hazel & Dave Langford, Terry Carr, Gary Farber, D. Potter)
• Larry Carmody (nom. Bill & Mary Burns, Teresa Miñambres, Linda Pickersgill, David Stever, James White)
• Grant Canfield (nom. Jim Barker, Harry Bell, Alexis Gilliland, Bill Rotsler, Dan Steffan)
• Taral Wayne (nom. John Berry, Linda Bushyager, Moshe Feder, Marc Schirmeister, Bob Shaw).

Voting ran until December 18, 1982, with the voting fee 50p/$1. Administrators were Stu Shiffman and Kevin Smith.

Candidate	UK vote	North American vote	Total
Avedon Carol	34	25	69
Larry Carmody	4	28	32
Grant Canfield	7	10	17
Taral Wayne	2	12	14
Total	47	75	132

Avedon Carol needed 67 votes to win and, just barely, got them on the first round. Only fragments of trip report were published due to the TAFF Wars breaking out.

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