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Bylaws
The Anthony Boucher Memorial Mystery Convention:
the World Mystery Conference Bylaws
and Standing Rules
Last Updated at Bouchercon 35 in Toronto in October, 2004
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The Anthony Boucher Memorial Mystery Convention: the World Mystery Conference shall be held once a year to honor the memory of William Anthony Parker White. The purpose of the conference is to provide a place for fans and practitioners in the field of mystery fiction to gather. It will be commonly referred to as Bouchercon with the appropriate sequential number appended.
- A Standing Committee shall be established with the following purposes and responsibilities.
- A. to register the name "Bouchercon" and provide continuing trademark protection.
- B. to review all financial matters affected by the bylaws and standing rules.
- C. to insure the maintenance of the Bouchercon mailing list.
- D. to enter into a contractual agreement with each Conference Committee to provide a Bouchercon.
- E. to provide continuity and act in an advisory capacity to assist each of the Conference Committees.
- F. to run the business meeting at each Bouchercon.
- G. to run the site selection process at each Bouchercon.
- H. to act as an executive committee to represent the membership in emergency situations.
- I. to withdraw the accreditation of any site that threatens the integrity or future of Bouchercons.
- Each Bouchercon shall be a non-profit enterprise incorporated locally by each Conference Committee under these by-laws and standing rules.
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Current or future Bouchercons shall not be responsible for the debts of past Bouchercons.
- Dispensation of profits from each Bouchercon shall be the responsibility of the Conference Committee with the suggestion that proceeds be shared with future Bouchercons.
- Site selection.
- Bouchercon shall be held in any city on the North American continent so long as that city is more than 500 air miles from the city hosting the previous Bouchercon. In addition, Bouchercon can be held in any non-North American site in even years.
- Bids for future site selections shall be accepted up to five years in the future.
- Bouchercon shall be held in the fall, preferably in October.
- The Standing Committee will preview and approve bids prior to each Bouchercon in order to prepare a ballot for the vote of the membership.
- Bouchercon sites shall be determined by a vote of the membership at a Bouchercon in response to bids received and announced in advance.
- Each Bouchercon shall determine the Anthony Awards.
- Each Bouchercon shall have Guests of Honor.
- The membership of a Bouchercon shall be defined as the registration list of paid attendees and the feted Guests.
- The by-laws and standing rules shall be printed in each Bouchercon program book.
- The following process shall be used to amend the Bouchercon Bylaws:
- Initial presentation (year one).
- Changes shall be presented in writing to the membership through the Bouchercon updates and program packet.
- Changes shall be discussed at the Bouchercon business meeting.
- Adoption (year two).
- Changes shall be considered for adoption at the Bouchercon following the initial presentation.
- Changes shall be presented in writing to the membership through the updates and program packet.
- A written ballot shall be presented to the membership of the Bouchercon in the adoption year.
- Changes will be adopted if the written ballots show a two-thirds majority vote in favor of adoption.
Standing Rules
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Names of Note:
Allen J. Hubin
Ann & Jeff Smith
Art Scott
Bernard Cornwell
Beth Fedyn
Beverly De Weese
Bill Crider
Bill Pronzini
Bill S. Ballinger
Bruce Pelz
Bruce Taylor
Cap'n Bob Napier
Carl Hiaasen
Charlotte MacLeod
Chris Steinbrenner
Colin Dexter
Colin Wilcox
Dennis Lehane
Don Sandstrom
Donald A. Yates
Donald Westlake
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Ed McBain
Edward D. Hoch
Ellery Queen*
Elmore Leonard
Gary Warren Niebuhr
Geoff Bradley
George C. Chesbro
George Pelecanos
Gregory McDonald
Hal Rice
Hammond Innes
Harlan Coben
Helen McCloy
Ian Rankin
James Ellroy
James Lee Burke
Jane Langton
Janet Hutchings
Janwillem van de Wetering
Jeremiah Healy
Jim Huang
Joan Kahn
Joe Gores
John D. MacDonald
John Nieminski*
Jonathan Gash
Joseph Hansen
Julie Smith
June Moffatt
Lawrence Block
Lee Child
Len Moffatt
Lew Buckingham
Linda Toole
Lindsey Davis
M.C. Beaton
Maggie Mason
Marcia Muller
Margaret Millar
Marvin Lachman
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary S. Craig
Mary Willis Walker
Max Allan Collins
Michael Connelly
Michael Gilbert
Nancy Buckingham
Natasha Cooper
Nevada Barr
Ori Hardy-Sayles
Otto Penzler
P. D. James
Parnell Hall
Peter Lovesey
Peter Robinson
Ralph McInerny
Reginald Bretnor
Reginald Hill
Rev. Robert E. Washer
Robert Adey
Robert B. Parker
Robert Barnard
Robert Bloch
Robert L. Fish
Ruth Cavin
Ruth Rendell
Sara Paretsky
Simon Brett
Sparkle Hayter
Stanley Ellin
Steve Stilwell
Sue Grafton
Tom Fontana
Tony Hillerman
Val McDermid
Walter B. Gibson
William Campbell Gault
William F. Deeck
William Kent Krueger
William Link
* In abstentia
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