Difference between revisions of "DUFF"
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[[1990 DUFF Race|1990 North]] ||'''[[Greg Turkich]]''', ([[Roger Weddall]]) || | [[1990 DUFF Race|1990 North]] ||'''[[Greg Turkich]]''', ([[Roger Weddall]]) || | ||
[[1991 DUFF Race|1991 South]] ||'''[[Art Widner]]''', ([[Janice Murray]]) || | [[1991 DUFF Race|1991 South]] ||'''[[Art Widner]]''', ([[Janice Murray]]) || | ||
| − | [[1992 DUFF Race|1992 North]] ||'''[[Roger Weddall]]''', ([[Greg Hills]]) ||''[[Lhyfe Thyme]]'' and half of an issue of ''[[Anvil]]''. Roger was diagnosed with lymphoma shortly before leaving for North America, and ended up cutting short his trip after attending [[Magicon]]. He died a few months later. Funds in his possession at his death were lost. [[Phil Ware]] served as Australian Administrator in his stead. | + | [[1992 DUFF Race|1992 North]] ||'''[[Roger Weddall]]''', ([[Greg Hills]]) ||''[[Lhyfe Thyme]]'' and half of an issue of ''[[Anvil]]''. Roger was diagnosed with lymphoma shortly before leaving for [[North America]], and ended up cutting short his trip after attending [[Magicon]]. He died a few months later. Funds in his possession at his death were lost. [[Phil Ware]] served as Australian Administrator in his stead. |
[[1993 DUFF Race|1993 South]] ||'''[[Dick Smith|Dick]] & [[Leah (Zeldes) Smith|Leah Smith]]''', ([[Richard Brandt]], [[Charlotte Proctor]]) ||The Smiths came back from their DUFF trip as the [[North American]] [[agents]] of the [[Australia in 1999]] [[Worldcon]] [[bid]], spending the next three years throwing scores of [[bid parties]] where they discussed their trip and talked up [[Australian]] [[fandom]] which greatly helped cause [[Aussiecon Three]], meanwhile working to restore the funds lost through [[Roger Weddall]]’s death. | [[1993 DUFF Race|1993 South]] ||'''[[Dick Smith|Dick]] & [[Leah (Zeldes) Smith|Leah Smith]]''', ([[Richard Brandt]], [[Charlotte Proctor]]) ||The Smiths came back from their DUFF trip as the [[North American]] [[agents]] of the [[Australia in 1999]] [[Worldcon]] [[bid]], spending the next three years throwing scores of [[bid parties]] where they discussed their trip and talked up [[Australian]] [[fandom]] which greatly helped cause [[Aussiecon Three]], meanwhile working to restore the funds lost through [[Roger Weddall]]’s death. | ||
[[1994 DUFF Race|1994 North]] ||'''[[Alan Stewart]]''', ([[Ron Clarke]], [[Donna Heenan]], [[Lucy Sussex]] & [[Julian Warner]]) || | [[1994 DUFF Race|1994 North]] ||'''[[Alan Stewart]]''', ([[Ron Clarke]], [[Donna Heenan]], [[Lucy Sussex]] & [[Julian Warner]]) || | ||
Revision as of 03:40, 27 August 2020
DUFF (the Down Under Fan Fund) helps Australasian fans to visit North American fans and Worldcons, and, on alternate trips, North American fans to return the favor. The fund was started in 1972 and continues on an approximately annual basis. Winners have come from, or visited, both Australia and New Zealand. DUFF is patterned after TAFF, with fund winners being co-administrators of the fund until the next winner on their respective continent returns from a trip. DUFF winners, like winners of other fan funds, are expected to publish a trip report.
There are fan funds that require candidates to pledge that if elected they will, barring force majeure attend the target convention. DUFF, as of 2012, appears not to be such a fund, Murray Moore that year having pledged that if elected he would not attend the Australian Natcon.
The most unusual candidate ever to be nominated for DUFF was probably the Rogers Street Laundry Door (the laundry door of a Melbourne slanshack at 3 Rogers Street). There was a write-in campaign in support of the Door for the 1988 DUFF Race. The Door was ruled ineligible.
See also Fan Funds.
| Fanfund | Website | 1972— |
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