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| − | '''''WSFS Committees''''' refers to various permanent or temporary [[committees]] appointed by the [[WSFS Business Meeting]] to transact [[World Science Fiction Society]] business or research while [[Worldcon]] is not in session. The phrase does ''not'' describe [[concom|Worldcon committees]].
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| − | While [[WSFS]] has no continuing existence, the Business Meeting creates a number of committees which carry on work during the interim between Worldcons. These are sometimes referred to as "standing committees," but in fact replaced the [[Standing Committee]].
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| − | The [[Mark Protection Committee]] is mandated by the [[WSFS Constitution]] and hence exists permanently, but is under the jurisdiction of the WSFS Business Meeting. Its mandate is to preserve the [[WSFS]] trademarks, and its membership is selected by the WSFS Business Meeting and the active [[Worldcons]].
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| − | A number of committees are annually re-created by the [[WSFS Business Meeting]]. (The Business Meeting has no authority to create permanent committees except by amending the [[WSFS Constitution]], so technically each year's committee is entirely new. In practice there is considerable continuity of membership and purpose.
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| − | [[WSFS]] committees of long standing:
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| − | * The [[Long List Committee]] (aka "Formalization of Long List Entries Committee (FOLLE)" was created by [[Noreascon 4]] to standardize the [[Long List of Worldcons]]. Its work has been annually endorsed by the [[WSFS Business meeting]].
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| − | * [[Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee]] -- a committee to codify rulings from the chair of continuing effect and to propose wording improvements (but not substantive changes) to the [[WSFS Constitution]] and [[WSFS Standing Rules]].
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| − | * [[Worldcon Runners Guide Editorial Committee]] -- a committee to create a guide for running [[Worldcons]].
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| − | * Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World Committee ([[HEROW]]) -- a committee to recommend works or categories first published overseas for extra-long [[Hugo]] eligibility.
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| − | Additionally, the Business Meeting will appoint temporary committees to consider specific questions with instructions to report back at the following year's meeting. Such committees are usually not continued and exist for s single year.
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| − | Membership in all of the annually appointed committees is at the discretion of the presiding officer of the Business Meeting, though it is generally open to anyone who volunteers.
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