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Talk about going from one extreme to the other. This morning, we had one candidate for the 2011 westward TAFF race to the Reno Worldcon; as of midnight, we have three, plus a possible fourth. Those who have publically thrown their hats into the ring are John Coxon (
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johncoxon), Paul Treadaway (unwholesome_fen) and Graham Charnock; I'll hold off announcing the other name until it becomes public knowledge. If all of them go ahead, it would be the first four-way race since 2008 and the first such featuring European candidates since 1993.Edit: As of 3:15am, both John and Graham had all five nominations in place, whilst Paul had two of his (with the offer of a third).
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I was under the impression this was it: http://taff.org.uk
I'm overlooking a set of links there to all the *other* places announcements are apparently being made, which also seem to lack crosslinks, but I'm doubtless being too hasty.
Neither do I mean to imply any failure on anyone's part if it turns out that things are simply scattershot. That happens, and is utterly understandable. It's just a question, which might or might wind up with a suggestion, or possibly a bit of useful discussion.
If I'm supposed to be bookmarking and reading *this* page, though, that would be quite useful information I was not previously aware of, and if it's the case, would find it useful to know. And bookmark and act accordingly.
Thanks!
Official announcements will still be made first using the TAFF website, only the next official statement isn't due until Sunday.
Much the same information appears on TAFF's Facebook page.
This is an unsolicited opinion, but am I the only person who, in the context of knowing a considerable amount about every race until a few years ago (obviously rather less on those before I was alive, but nonetheless), thinks that going from "[t]his morning, we had one candidate for the 2011 westward TAFF race to the Reno Worldcon; as of midnight, we have three, plus a possible fourth" within 24 hours of the deadline is not a sign of health for TAFF?
I could elaborate upon what strikes me as problematic about this, but it's perhaps just me, in which case not.