Outcome of the 2023 European Fan Fund Race
It is my pleasure and duty to announce the results of the first ever EFF race.
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Outcome of the 2023 European Fan Fund Race
It is my pleasure and duty to announce the results of the first ever EFF race.
The EFF nomination period ended on 25th January. Two candidates provided all the required nominators as well as the bond and the platform. They are (in alphabetical order) Matylda Naczyńska from Poland and James Shields from Ireland. The winner of the race will travel to the Eurocon in Uppsala (8th-11th June).
EFF is the European Fan Fund which transports European SF fans to Eurocons.
The purpose of the fan fund is to create and strengthen bonds between European fans and fandoms. Currently in almost every country there is a fandom that quite often has little or no connection to the broader European fandom. Most fans do concentrate on the “here and now” and are not looking for friends in other countries.
Continue reading “2023 EFF Call for Nominations for the First Race”
Almost one year ago, I wrote a post about the idea for the European Fan Fund. Since then, we received a few comments about the idea and we were able to move forward a little bit. We are much closer to starting the fund then a year ago, but we are not there yet.
I was thinking about creating a small Fan Fund to allow people from different countries to attend Eurocon. My dream is to have fandom more internationally connected (well, this is one of the reasons I started blogging). I think that allowing people to travel to other countries is a good step forward.
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