2024 TAFF Race
The 2024 TAFF race selected a North American to travel to the Glasgow 2024. The administrators were Mike Lowrey (US; 2020 winner) and Sandra Bond (UK, 2023 winner). The newsletter, produced by Bond, was Taffluorescence! (#1, November 2023; #2, January 2024; #3, April 2024).
The administrators announced the race on November 28, 2003, with nominations period from December 1 to January 7, after which two candidates were announced, with platforms and nominators being:
- Vanessa Applegate: Vanessa Applegate has been around fandom for more than twenty years, mostly attending and occasionally running logistics for cons in Northern California. Mostly, she arts, has had art in various zines, co-edited The Drink Tank for a year, was nominated for the Hugo for her work on Journey Planet, and has been known to throw on a costume from time to time. Vanessa lives among the redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her husband, a pair of clingy cats, and two miniature fans-in-training. You will know her by her hair flowers!
— John Coxon, Alissa Wales (Europe); Francesca Myman, Dave O’Neill, Chuck Serface - Sarah Gulde: This isn't my first time standing for TAFF... maybe the third time's the charm? But the nice thing about throwing your hat in the TAFF ring is that even when you lose, you make some great new friends along the way! (Hi friends I made along the way!) I'm a two-time Hugo Finalist, and 2024 will be the 10th anniversary of my first Worldcon (Loncon 3). I've kept in touch with folks I met there, but I would love to attend Glasgow 2024 as the TAFF delegate and make even more fannish friends across the pond!
— Johan Anglemark, James Bacon (Europe); Chris Garcia, Seanan McGuire, Kevin Roche
Gulde had been 3rd out of 3 in the 2017 TAFF Race and 2nd of 4 in the 2019 TAFF Race.
The voting took place from January 14 to April 2, 2024, the Tuesday just after the Levitation (Eastercon). 20 ballots had to be disallowed for failure to include a voting fee.
| Candidate | NAm | Eur* | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Gulde | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| Vanessa Applegate | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| Hold Over Funds | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| No Preference | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| Total Votes | 61 | 57 | 118 |
* Europe includes 1 Australian vote for privacy.
Since Gulde won 62 % of first place votes (with preference), no run-offs were needed. (Both candidates got more than 20% of the vote on both sides of the ocean.)
| 2023 | TAFF | 2025 | 2024 |
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