Difference between revisions of "GUFF"
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[[2013 GUFF Race|2013 South]] ||[[Mihaela Marija Perković]] ||[[Julie McMurray]] || || | [[2013 GUFF Race|2013 South]] ||[[Mihaela Marija Perković]] ||[[Julie McMurray]] || || | ||
[[2014 GUFF Race|2014 North]] ||[[Gillian Polack]] ||[[Alison Barton]], [[Samara Morgan]], [[Shay Telfer]] || ||''[[Gillian's Book of Lists]]'' | [[2014 GUFF Race|2014 North]] ||[[Gillian Polack]] ||[[Alison Barton]], [[Samara Morgan]], [[Shay Telfer]] || ||''[[Gillian's Book of Lists]]'' | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[2016 GUFF Race|2016 South]] ||[[Jukka Halme]] ||(none) || || |
[[2017 GUFF Race|2017 North]] ||[[Donna Maree Hanson]] ||[[Sam Hawke]], [[Belle McQuattie]], [[Alexandra Pierce]] ||originally [[Alexandra Pierce]] was running jointly with [[Alisa Krasnostein]]; the ballot was revised. ||{{link | website=https://donnamareehanson.com/guff-trip-report/ | text=Trip report}} | [[2017 GUFF Race|2017 North]] ||[[Donna Maree Hanson]] ||[[Sam Hawke]], [[Belle McQuattie]], [[Alexandra Pierce]] ||originally [[Alexandra Pierce]] was running jointly with [[Alisa Krasnostein]]; the ballot was revised. ||{{link | website=https://donnamareehanson.com/guff-trip-report/ | text=Trip report}} | ||
[[2018 GUFF Race|2018 South]] ||[[Marcin Klak]] ||[[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || || | [[2018 GUFF Race|2018 South]] ||[[Marcin Klak]] ||[[Steve Lawson|Steve]] & [[Alice Lawson]] (joint) || || | ||
Revision as of 00:57, 9 April 2020
GUFF (the Get Up-and-over Fan Fund, or the Going Under Fan Fund, depending on the direction of travel) was dreamed up by Chris Priest in 1977 to complete the triangle of fan funds and to bring an Australian fan to Britain for the 1979 Worldcon. Without the tiresome business of actually having a free trip anywhere, Dave Langford (UK) and Leigh Edmonds (in Australia) were the first administrators, and John Foyster was the first winner, and it seemed rather a nice idea to continue. The name DUFF being already taken, Chris imagined GUFF as standing for the Get Up-and-over Fan Fund, which didn't sound so brilliant when time came to do a southward trip, but as Don Marquis (who never stood for the fund either) so aptly put it, you can't have everything [This description mostly provided by Dave Langford with the admonition that it needs to be marked "Copyright (c) Astral Leauge 1979 do not impinge copyright or the Leauge will take MEASURES.")]
The fund continues to send fans between Australasia (mainly Australia and New Zealand) and the U.K. or Europe. Although trips alternate the the direction of travel, the intervals between trips vary.
GUFF is patterned after TAFF and DUFF, with fund winners being co-administrators of the fund until the next winner from their respective continent returns from a trip. GUFF winners, like winners of other fan funds, are expected to publish a trip report.
In 2017, the voting deadline was extended from 1 April 2017 to 17 April 2017; this change accompanied a change to the ballot mentioned in the table below.
In 2018, the target Australian convention is not the Australian Natcon for that year, a Swancon held at Easter, and the New Zealand Natcon is not being held on the Queen's Birthday weekend. Instead, the New Zealand Natcon is being held at Easter and the target Australian convention is a Continuum convention held on the Queen's Birthday weekend.
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