WSFS Constitution

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governing document organizational constitution

The WSFS Constitution is the governing document of the World Science Fiction Society, defining the rules and procedures for Worldcon and the Hugo Awards.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
WSFS Business Meeting	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing document ⓘ organizational constitution ⓘ
appliesTo	World Science Fiction Society ⓘ surface form: Hugo Award administrators WSFS members ⓘ each Worldcon committee ⓘ
defines	Hugo Award ⓘ surface form: Hugo Award administration rules Hugo Award categories ⓘ Hugo Award category creation process ⓘ Hugo Award category format boundaries ⓘ Hugo Award category genre boundaries ⓘ Hugo Award category modification process ⓘ Hugo Award category professional vs fan distinctions ⓘ Hugo Award category removal process ⓘ Hugo Award category word-count limits ⓘ Hugo Award eligibility extensions ⓘ Hugo Award eligibility rules ⓘ Hugo Award final ballot counting method ⓘ Hugo Award nomination counting method ⓘ Hugo Award nomination rules ⓘ Hugo Award final ballot counting method ⓘ surface form: Hugo Award tie-breaking rules Hugo Award voting rules ⓘ WSFS ⓘ surface form: WSFS Mark Protection Committee WSFS business meeting agenda structure ⓘ WSFS business meeting debate rules ⓘ WSFS business meeting officers ⓘ WSFS business meeting quorum ⓘ WSFS business meeting voting procedures ⓘ WSFS membership categories ⓘ WSFS service marks usage ⓘ Worldcon bid requirements ⓘ Worldcon committee responsibilities ⓘ Worldcon financial reporting requirements ⓘ Worldcon guest of honor guidelines ⓘ Worldcon membership rights ⓘ Worldcon name and numbering rules ⓘ Worldcon reporting to WSFS business meeting ⓘ Worldcon site selection electorate ⓘ Worldcon site selection eligibility ⓘ Worldcon site selection timing ⓘ Worldcon site selection voting method ⓘ amendment procedures ⓘ business meeting procedures ⓘ constitutional amendment ratification process ⓘ retro-Hugo Award rules ⓘ rules for Hugo Awards ⓘ rules for Worldcon ⓘ site selection procedures ⓘ standing rules relationship to constitution ⓘ
governs	Hugo Award ⓘ surface form: Hugo Awards World Science Fiction Society ⓘ Worldcon ⓘ
isAdoptedBy	World Science Fiction Society ⓘ
isAmendedBy	WSFS business meeting ⓘ
isPublishedBy	each seated Worldcon ⓘ
isPublishedIn	Worldcon publications ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
requires	two-year ratification for constitutional amendments ⓘ
subjectOf	WSFS business meeting debates ⓘ Worldcon governance discussions ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Worldcon → governedBy → WSFS Constitution ⓘ

WSFS → governingBody → WSFS Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: World Science Fiction Society

this entity surface form: WSFS Business Meeting

World Science Fiction Society → governingDocument → WSFS Constitution ⓘ

WSFS → governingDocument → WSFS Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: World Science Fiction Society