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AUSTIN
MINUTES
BOUCHERCON BUSINESS MEETING
AUSTIN, TX
OCTOBER 19, 2002
8:00 a. m.

Standing Committee members present: Al Abramson; Howard Block; Bryan Barrett; Ted Hertel; Deen Kogan; Maggie Mason; Al Navis; Gary Warren Niebuhr; Enid Schantz; Tom Schantz; Thom Walls;

Chair Maggie Mason welcomed everyone to the Business Meeting. Chair Mason announced that the meeting would last 55 minutes so the dealers could get to the dealer room by the time it opened, and to save time the Standing Committee members would not be introduced.

Chair Mason recognized Karen Meschke for a report on the Austin Bouchercon.
Chair Mason recognized Deen Kogan for a report on the Las Vegas Bouchercon.
Chair Mason recognized Al Navis for a report on the Toronto Bouchercon.
Chair Mason recognized Deen Kogan for a report on the Chicago Bouchercon.

Chair Mason recognized Gary Warren Niebuhr for the following standing rule changes:

Standing Rule II, A:
Add: A conference represented by Co-chairs shall have one vote on the Standing Committee.
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Thom Walls.
Approved unanimously.

Standing Rule II, A, 3:
Delete: the word three
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Bryan Barrett.
Approved unanimously.

Standing Rule II, 2, B, 5, a.
Delete: To initiate this process, three members-at-large shall be elected in the first year, with one serving one year, a second serving two years, and the last serving a full three year term
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Bryan Barrett.
Approved unanimously.

Standing Rule IV, C, 2:
Add: If no bid is awarded four years in advance at a Bouchercon that bid year becomes available for bid by any North American or non-North American site at the next Bouchercon per the process outlined in this section of the standing rules.
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Bryan Barrett.
Ayes: 30; Nays: 1.

Standing Rule IV, C, 3:
Add: If no bid is awarded three years in advance at a Bouchercon the Standing Committee shall have the authority to award acceptance of a bid based on a majority vote of the Standing Committee.
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Bryan Barrett.
Approved unanimously.

Standing Rule VI, B, 5:
Delete: Mrs. Phyllis White, widow and lifetime helpmate of Anthony Boucher, shall be given membership No. 000 at each renewal and a place of honor at all BoucherCon program events, including the banquet if one is held, all at no cost to her.
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Ted Hertel.
Ayes: 16; Nays: 12. Motion failed.

Standing Rule VII, B, 8:
Add: The “Phyllis” to honor children’s and young adult fiction in the memory of Phyllis White, wife of Anthony Boucher.
No motion was made.

Standing Rule VII, B, 8:
Add: Best Film
Standing Rule VII, B, 9:
Add: Best Television Series
Motion: Jim Doherty. Second: Becky Doherty.
Ayes: 10; Nays: 17. Motion failed.

Standing Rule IX. Dealer Room.
IX. Each Bouchercon shall provide a vendors room large enough to accommodate the needs of the membership. Space in the room is to be allocated in the following order:
  1. Dealers who have been vendors at seven of the last ten Bouchercons held within the contiguous 48 states shall be designated as Legacy Dealers and shall be given the best locations in the Dealers Room.
  2. Fans promoting non-profit mystery conventions.
  3. Dealers who have been vendors at more than three but fewer than seven of the last ten Bouchercons held within the contiguous 48 states.
  4. Local dealers who live within 50 miles of the host convention site and who have helped promote or produce the Bouchercon to the satisfaction of the host Bouchercon committee.
  5. Any other dealers deemed worthy of inclusion by the host committee.
Motion: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Second: Bryan Barrett.
Ayes: 12; Nays: 13. Motion failed.

Chair Mason recognized Deen Kogan who reported that she trademarked the name BOUCHERCON in 1989 and renewed the trademark in 1999. Bryan Barrett suggested that we trademark the phrase “The World Mystery Convention.” Incoming Chair Howard Block said his committee would study this issue.

Chair Mason recognized Thom Walls to report on the maintenance of the mailing list. Thom prefers the files in the Excel format. Al Navis asked that the list include e-mail addresses.

New Business

Chair Mason reported the results of the election of the member at large for 2003-2005: Gary Warren Niebuhr. Only 63 ballots were cast and they were counted by Al Hubin.

Chair Mason recognized the efforts of the Austin Committee.

Chair Mason called on Larry Gandle who expressed an interest in bringing Bouchercon to Florida in either 2008 or 2009.

Chair Mason adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a. m. and passed the Chair to Howard Bloch.
Names of Note:
Allen J. Hubin
Ann & Jeff Smith
Art Scott
Barbara Peters
Bernard Cornwell
Beth Fedyn
Beverly De Weese
Bill Crider
Bill Pronzini
Bill S. Ballinger
Bruce Pelz
Bruce Taylor
Cap'n Bob Napier
Carl Hiaasen
Charlotte MacLeod
Chris Steinbrenner
Colin Dexter
Colin Wilcox
Dennis Lehane
Diana Gabaldon
Don Sandstrom
Donald A. Yates
Donald Westlake
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Ed McBain
Edward D. Hoch
Ellery Queen*
Elmore Leonard
Gary Warren Niebuhr
Geoff Bradley
George C. Chesbro
George Pelecanos
Gregory McDonald
Hal Rice
Hammond Innes
Harlan Coben
Helen McCloy
Ian Rankin
James Ellroy
James Lee Burke
James Sallis
Jane Langton
Janet Hutchings
Janwillem van de Wetering
Jeremiah Healy
Jim Huang
Joan Kahn
Joe Gores
John D. MacDonald
John Nieminski*
Jonathan Gash
Joseph Hansen
Julie Smith
June Moffatt
Lawrence Block
Lee Child
Len Moffatt
Lew Buckingham
Linda Toole
Lindsey Davis
M.C. Beaton
Maggie Mason
Marcia Muller
Margaret Millar
Marvin Lachman
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary S. Craig
Mary Willis Walker
Max Allan Collins
Michael Connelly
Michael Gilbert
Nancy Buckingham
Natasha Cooper
Nevada Barr
Ori Hardy-Sayles
Otto Penzler
P. D. James
Parnell Hall
Peter Lovesey
Peter Robinson
Ralph McInerny
Reginald Bretnor
Reginald Hill
Rev. Robert E. Washer
Robert Adey
Robert B. Parker
Robert Barnard
Robert Bloch
Robert L. Fish
Ruth Cavin
Ruth Rendell
Sara Paretsky
Simon Brett
Sparkle Hayter
Stanley Ellin
Steve Stilwell
Sue Grafton
Thomas Perry
Tom Fontana
Tony Hillerman
Val McDermid
Walter B. Gibson
William Campbell Gault
William F. Deeck
William Kent Krueger
William Link


* In abstentia