Now is this a question of changing the rules for the Hugos and Site Selection or changing the process for determining the rules?
As far as the rules for the Hugos go, I don't think that there's anything that can be done there other than tweaking around the edges.
Site selection is a different problem. I'm still convinced that the current exclusion zone is way too big, but I grew up fannishly in the Midwest where physical distances between different fannish groups are smaller. Things may look different from either edge of the North American continent.
I also think -- contrary to the view of those who believe that Worldcon should spend more of its time out of the U.S. -- that sending the Worldcon out of the country as often as has happened lately is bad for the long-term viability of Worldcon. I understand that this may be a minority view on my part.
If the question is about the governance process itself, then the biggest single change that could be made would be to allow for a member at the Business Meeting to carry proxies, either for Supporting Members (who can't attend the meeting) or for any member who cannot / chooses not to be there for one reason or another.
Obviously, this would complicate the counting of votes. :)
There's a secondary problem with allowing a single member to be swinging too many proxies. Limiting the number of proxies that a single person could carry to, say, ten would help reduce that problem.
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As far as the rules for the Hugos go, I don't think that there's anything that can be done there other than tweaking around the edges.
Site selection is a different problem. I'm still convinced that the current exclusion zone is way too big, but I grew up fannishly in the Midwest where physical distances between different fannish groups are smaller. Things may look different from either edge of the North American continent.
I also think -- contrary to the view of those who believe that Worldcon should spend more of its time out of the U.S. -- that sending the Worldcon out of the country as often as has happened lately is bad for the long-term viability of Worldcon. I understand that this may be a minority view on my part.
If the question is about the governance process itself, then the biggest single change that could be made would be to allow for a member at the Business Meeting to carry proxies, either for Supporting Members (who can't attend the meeting) or for any member who cannot / chooses not to be there for one reason or another.
Obviously, this would complicate the counting of votes. :)
There's a secondary problem with allowing a single member to be swinging too many proxies. Limiting the number of proxies that a single person could carry to, say, ten would help reduce that problem.