From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15316 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, January 3 2025 Volume 14 : Number 15316 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Be Ready: Essential Emergency Kit Inside ["Life Saving Essentials" Subject: Be Ready: Essential Emergency Kit Inside Be Ready: Essential Emergency Kit Inside http://herpesyl.ru.com/6IA2OZcjHOZBC736cI0DJAQSMJBFtm2RoaUS3ihuIBXfdo6vHg http://herpesyl.ru.com/DQTWjmGPxL4Tml-VpDJ2k-p13XEQK067wz5XtBGq06DWPrYCrA xcluded due to self-censorship by the Hugo Award administrators in order to appease the Chinese government, known to have a strict censorship regime. Additionally, an unknown number of ballots from Chinese voters were rejected because an award administrator considered them to be similar to a recommendations list published by the Chinese SF magazine Science Fiction World, and thus equivalent to a slate, even though there was no rule against slates. Based on complaints about the 2023 Hugo award process and official statements made about those complaints, Worldcon Intellectual Property (WIP), the non-profit organization that holds the service marks for the World Science Fiction Society, censured the director of WIP and two individuals who presided over the Hugo Administration Committee of the Chengdu Worldcon, and reprimanded the chair of the WIP board of directors. Both the director of WIP and chair of the WIP board of directors resigned. Glasgow 2024 Chairperson Esther MacCallum-Stewart announced in February 2024 that to ensure transparency in the awards sel ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15316 ***********************************************