PRELIMINARY DUFF TRIP REPORT April 6, 2008
We have just completed our trip to Australia as DUFF 2008
representatives.
New friendships were made with fans from Perth, Sydney, Hobart,
Adelaide
and Melbourne. We also visited with people that we knew from our
previous
trip to Australia in 1999. One of the requirements of the DUFF
representatives
is to attend a major Australian convention during their trip Down
Under. This
year it was the Australian NatCon/Swancon 33 in Perth.
The second task that falls to the current DUFF representative is to
prepare
and distribute a trip report for the year in which travel is
completed. That
report is now a work in progress. We hope to have it finished before
the
end of the year. Copies will be available for $5.00 wherever you find
us or
by mail.
The third task we will be undertaking is to raise funds during the
next two
years thru auctions, table sales and by collecting any donations from
fans
who are willing to support the DUFF fund. To that end we will be
attending
the following conventions in the U.S.:
ConGlomeration Louisville KY April 18-20
MidWestCon Cincinnati OH June 26-29
WesterCon Las Vegas NV July 3-6
Denvention Denver CO Aug 6-10
ArmadilloCon Austin TX Aug 15-17
The FranHurst Family Reunion Relaxacon Louisville KY Oct 3-5
SmofCon 26 Columbus OH Dec 5-7
ConCave 29.5 (New Year's Eve Party) Horse Cave KY Dec 26-28
There will be a DUFF table at Denvention next to the Australia in 2010
bid
table and the Xerps in 2010 table. You might hear some tall tales of
our
Australian fannish tour at the table, so come by and say G'day Y'all.
Sue and Steve Francis 2008 DUFF Representatives
