Moved, To amend portions of Article III of the WSFS Constitution
to have the effect of splitting the existing Best Dramatic Presentation
category into two categories, Long Form and Short Form, to regulate the
administration of such categories, and for other purposes, as follows.
1. Strike out existing Section 3.3.6, "Best Dramatic Presentation."
3.3.6: Best Dramatic Presentation. Any production in any medium of
dramatized science fiction, fantasy or related subjects which has been
publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during
the previous calendar year.
2. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.3.5:
3.3.x: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. Any production in
any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that
has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form
during the previous calendar year, with a complete running time of more than
100 minutes.
3. Insert the following section before existing Section 3.3.7
3.3.x: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Any production in
any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that
has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form
during the previous calendar year, with a complete running time of 100
minutes or less.
4. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.2.5:
3.2.x: The Worldcon Committee shall not consider previews,
promotional trailers, commercials, public service announcements, or other
extraneous material when determining the length of a work.
5. Insert the following section after existing Section 3.2.6:
3.2.x: The Worldcon Committee may relocate a dramatic presentation
work into a more appropriate category if it feels that it is necessary,
provided that the length of the work is within the lesser of twenty (20)
minutes or twenty percent (20%) of the new category
limits.
