David Brin Visits WSFA

There are no minutes for the 4/5/13 April First Friday meeting since it was short to allow time for David Brin’s talk.

The April 19, 2013 opened without a president. Instead Steve Smith presided. “Yo, let’s have a meeting!” said the President Pro Temp. Someone yelled, “Why?” Madeleine moved to adjourn the meeting which at first was ruled as failed due to lack of a second. Motion failed 2 to everyone else. What time? A waste of time. Sam L. asked who took minutes at the last meeting. Bryan said it was Paul. Sam said it was never sent to him. Candy said that we had an abbreviated meeting because David Brin was coming. It was mainly the reading of the slate. Brian said that was as long as slated to be. Candy said President Barry is on his way. Treasurer’s report was emailed. There was a call for a party. The secretary said there was a transfer of bank accounts from Citi to M&T. He cleared out a few issues. He filed forms with the Feds so we are legal. He has not yet filed the Maryland personal property tax because his computer died and he is waiting for lightning to revive it. We may have to pay an extra 3% of 0. Virginia taxes are not due until September. Cathy asked about the transfer of WSFA to being a C3; Being a C3 will lead to some savings on our hotel bill. The Secretary admitted he did not do the Journal because he spent the whole weekend reading Girl Genius instead. The club understood about priorities.

Click the link for the full text of the May/June WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the April 19 2013/ May 3, 17 2013 meetings (There were no minutes taken for the April 5th meeting).

WSFA Journal May-June 2013

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

The First Friday meeting of February, 2-1-13 was called to order 21:18 by Prez Barry. John brought out the Diet Crystal Pepsi. Sam L read the minutes. The BSFS contest is for writers 18 and older, live in MD or go to school in MD. Steve sent in about money. Last remaining CD coming due, will drop money into checking account until I can find a place to put it that pays more than the 0.X% that we’re getting now. New person said does financials so can help. Cathy said as a 501c3 there may be limits in what we can invest. Trustee Bob said elections are in May. Let a trustee know if you want to run. There are three slots for award committee. The club discussed the trustees’ role. And that they approve the hotel contract.

Click the link for the full text of the March/April WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the February 1, 15 2013/ March 15 2013 meetings (There were no minutes taken for the March 1st meeting).

WSFA Journal March-April 2013

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

Due to the meeting swap in March, we will be discussing the Jan/Feb issue of F&SF in MD. The Pod Cast discussion will be third Friday in NOVA.

In March, we’ve swapped the meetings. The first friday meeting will be in Maryland at the Madigan’s on March 1st. The third friday meeting will be in Virginia at the Scheiner’s.

See the WSFA Calendar for details on time and how to get there.

In the absence of the secretary, notes were taken by Sam Scheiner. Meeting called to order at 9:16 PM by Barry Newton.

Reports:
Secretary: MIA, no reading of the minutes. Treasurer: Our account has >$$. Trustees: Does anyone want to run for (or from) office? WSFA Press: Borderlands Bookstore in San Francisco has ordered several sets of books; overall the books are still selling. Web & Social Media: Stuff is happening. Steve sent via email, “Remember that all WSFA memberships have to be renewed at the beginning of the year. As an experiment, I’m going to take memberships in December. This year, we can accept memberships with credit cards and through PayPal, as well as the old familiar cash, checks, and gold coins.

Click the link for the full text of the January/February WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the December 7, 21 2013/ January 4, 18 2013 meetings.

WSFA Journal January-February 2013

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

First, Third, and Fifth Friday meetings in November are all at our Maryland location, the home of John & Candy Madigan – Thanks John & Candy! See Calendar for directions.

The 10/5/12 October 2012 First Friday opened with an “Okay troops let’s have a meeting,” said Prez Barry. “We have a quorum,” said the VP. The meeting was called to order at 21:08. “It’s early,” said Bob. “Some of us have been here 2 hours already,” said Barry, referring to an earlier Capclave meeting.

Minutes were waived. There was no treasurer, but assume we still have some amount. “Let’s have a Capclave,” said Brian. Current small press award people retiring after Capclave, but successors are already determined. First Friday in November will not be at the Scheiners. We can’t do a swap. We need an alternative site. Candy checked her schedule. “I’m free, not vending,” she said. “If people want to do first and third at our house, it’s okay. But I’m doing Sugarloaf third weekend so John will need do it alone or with Shirl.” Motion made and seconded. Passed. Thank you. The webmasters were asked to update website. Paul said, “I believe you forgot the magic word.” “Now!” said Bill.

Click the link for the full text of the November/December WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the October 5,19 /November 2,16 2012 meetings.

WSFA Journal November/December 2012

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

The 2012 WSFA Small Press Award was presented by WSFA Small Press Award Committee Chair Cathy Green, during the Capclave 2012 Convention in Gaithersburg Maryland. The winner of the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award was “The Patrician” by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published in Love and Romanpunk, by Twelfth Planet Press, May 2011, edited by Alisa Krasnostein

Full details on the WSFA Small Press Award website.

The Capclave 2012 Draft program, including roundtables and readings, is now up on line. Check it out:
http://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave12/programming.php

WSFA Small Press Award – 2012 Nominees
The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2011). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction Association and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave, held this year on October 12-14th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The complete list of the finalists for the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award is:

“A Militant Peace” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, November 2011.
“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden” by Joanne Anderton in Hope, edited by Sasha Beattie, published by Kayelle Press, October 2011.
“Lessons from a Clockwork Queen” by Megan Arkenberg, published in Fantasy Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, September 2011.
“Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz, published in GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Ann Leckie, November 2011.
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, April 2011.
“The Patrician” by Tansy Rayner Roberts in Love and Romanpunk, edited by Alisa Krasnostein, published by Twelfth Planet Press, May 2011.
“What Ho, Automaton!” by Chris Dolley, in Shadow Conspiracy, Volume II, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, published by Book View Cafe, February 2011.
“Yesterday’s Taste” by Lawrence M. Schoen in Transtories, edited by Colin Harvey and published by Aeon Press, October 2011.

The first award was presented at the 2007 Capclave in Rockville Maryland and WSFA looks forward to continuing this tradition for many years to come. See our Past Winners page for full details of the winner and the other finalists.