1. Time

1.1 The awards will cover the preceding calendar year, with nominations accepted until March 31st of the present year.

1.2 Nominations are public, with call for nominating submissions to be made by each fan club (4.1) via word of mouth, publications and/or electronic means.

2. Judge

2.1 The awards will be judged by one non-interested party (3.1) appointed by each fan club (4.3).

2.2 In the event of a tie, the collator will hold the tie breaking vote, interested or not (3.1).

3. Interest

3.1 Interest is held be any person eligible for an award nomination; if any person is not eligible for an award by reason of no contribution then they will be deemed not-interested and eligible for nomination as a judge.

4. Clubs

4.1 The awards are to administered jointly by recognised (4.2) Australian clubs (4.3).

4.2 A club is deemed to be recognised if the balance (including tie breaker if need be) of existing clubs acknowledge them as a bona fide entity.

4.3 A club is to include any fan group, club (social or incorporated), collective or body as recognised (4.2).

5. Collator

5.1 In addition to a judge, one club will supply a collator.

5.2 The collator will present the judges with the voting options following March 31st (1.1), tally the votes, cast any tie breaking votes, resolve any differences, author/approve the certificates and present the certificates if possible.

6. Award

6.1 The Double Gamma Awards are to represented by a certificate, to be authored or approved by the collator.

Version 3.1.

2009 Double Gammas Collator's Report on Nominations

1. Collator's editorial
2. Nominations forms tally
3. Ballot paper example
4. Ballot paper candidates

1. Collator's editorial
Hello judges, and welcome to the report on nominations received for the 2009 Double Gammas awards. This is to be awarded at the SFSA Annual General meeting on June 20, 2009, they are for the output of Australian Doctor Who fandom for the calender year 2009 and nominations were open from January to May 2009.

I've made a dreadful mistake in designing the nomination form. And I've studied this too,
so I've got no excuse! With the categories open the punters had no direction as well as
open slather. Which may account for the presence of Dave Gibbons (the artist of Watchmen)
and Matt Smith (...) in categories. I was going to remove such obvious fail along the way,
but have decided to include them in both the tallying of nominations and the ultimate ballot
derived. Perhaps Smith or Gibbons won't be seen fit to win in Australian fan awards, then
again maybe even the nomination will find its way onto their resume. Whoo hoo for them.

I'd suggest less categories for next time. Historically it's been six, this time it's eight which seems excessive.

Apart from obvious spelling mistakes and removing an extra name added to a nomination
(which I removed as I perceived it as a personal attack on the named), it's all presented
pretty much as it came in. Even the really stupid ones.

Another problem (although not as serious) is lack of context, both on behalf of the
nominator and their intention in nomination. The example of the former I raise is a paper
nomination mailed to the SFSA post box, no return address and no indication where it has
come from, mistakenly delivered to the wrong address, apparently slit open by the recipient,
examined, sealed back with sticky tape and then redirected to the same address (ours) in
bolder text. What the mistaken recipient made of it I shudder to think. As it is, with
forms showing up like magical pixie dust on the wind it'd be more satisfying to have some
idea where it's originated even if nominations alone won't stack the ballot.

The second is more telling; I really have no idea what some of these nominators were
thinking of. While I was nominated twice for bringing the awards back, I was nominated once
simply as a name, presumably as I'm just a really great guy. Is Karen Carpenter nominated
for being the DWCA president, or has she saved the world and we should really know?

Candidates appear on ballot paper in surname alphabetical order where possible, and it's OK
for you to vote no candidate.

I'd like to have a show of hands from the judges on the home the collation of the award following my turn(s). My only proviso is DWCA go last, so we establish the legitimacy of the smaller clubs sharing the rotating position. That'd be DWCV or The West Lodge, then. And if you're collator, it works well if you're as connected with the club as possible; president, editor, or Machiavellian power behind the throne, as long as you have to resolve no tie breakers you can be as interested as much as the judges are not interested.

In closing I'd like to thank my co-conspirators who've given me a lot of support: Sian O'Neale and Paul Deuis.

Martin Dunne

2. Nominations forms tally

2009 Double Gammas nomination forms: 10 received

~ Best Artist ~

Hartley Anderson II

Hartley Anderson -- SFSA 23 II

Manuel Bouw -- comic SS 168 I

Anthony Daly I

Dave Gibbons I

Chris Hale II

Neal Powell I

No Candidate -

~ Best Editor ~

Paul Denis II

Martin Dunne I

Martin Dunne -- The Wall of Lies I

Sian O'Neale I

Tammy Vogel IV

Tammy Vogel -- SFSA 23 I

No Candidate -

~ Best Fanzine ~

Data Extract II

Jehtryk I

SFSA II

SFSA 23 II

Sonic Screwdriver I

Strange Matter I

No Candidate I

~ Best Newsletter ~

Data Extract I

Sonic Screwdriver I

The Wall of Lies VII

No Candidate I

~ Best Website ~

dwca II

DWCV I

sfsa.org.au VI

Hun's Yellow Pages I

~ Best Writer ~

Jamie Boyd I

Martin Dunne -- The Wall of Lies I

Moystyn Floyd Jr III

Andrew Saunders -- Sonic Screwdriver 168 I

Jamie Stidiford I

Phyllis Uppalot I

Uma Uppalot I

Tai Wong I

No Candidate -

~ Special Achievement ~

Karen Carpenter I

Paul Deuis -- Morton's Fork I

Martin Dunne -- Resurrecting DG II

Martin Dunne I

Anthony Daly I

Mostyn Floyd Jr I

Matt Smith I

No Candidate II

~ Write in category ~

Phillip Edney -- David Banks interview I

Ray Martin -- Best Hair I

Steven Moffat I

Podcasts I

Neal Powell -- Best Proof Reading I

No Candidate V

3. Ballot paper example

~ Best Artist ~

Hartley Anderson
Manuel Bouw
Anthony Daly
Dave Gibbons
Chris Hale
Neal Powell

No Candidate

~ Best Editor ~

Paul Deuis
Martin Dunne
Sian O'Neale
Tammy Vogel

No Candidate

~ Best Fanzine ~

Data Extract
Jethryk
SFSA 23
Sonic Screwdriver
Strange Matter

No Candidate

~ Best Newsletter ~

Data Extract
Sonic Screwdriver
The Wall of Lies

No Candidate

~ Best Website ~

dwca
DWCV
Hun's Yellow Pages
sfsa.org.au

No Candidate

~ Best Writer ~

Jamie Boyd
Martin Dunne
Mostyn Floyd Jr
Andrew Saunders
Jamie Stidiford
Phyllis Uppalot
Uma Uppalot
Tai Wong

No Candidate

~ Special Achievement ~

Karen Carpenter
Paul Deuis -- Morton's Fork
Martin Dunne -- Resurrecting DG
Anthony Daly
Mostyn Floyd Jr
Matt Smith

No Candidate

~ Write in category ~

Phillip Edney -- David Banks interview
Ray Martin -- Best Hair
Steven Moffat
Podcasts
Neal Powell -- Best Proof Reading

No Candidate

4. Ballot paper candidates

~ Best Artist ~

.Hartley Anderson
Hartley Anderson contributed the image Dalek Bump (p. 24) to SFSA 23.

.Manuel Bouw
Manuel Bouw is nominated for his comic strip in Sonic Screwdriver 168,  The Stone of Xonios.

.Anthony Daly
Anthony Daly contributed the comic strips on page four of The Wall of Lies 114 and 115.

.Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons is the artist of Watchmen and drew the Doctor Who comic in Doctor Who Monthly
(now Doctor Who Magazine) in the mid-eighties.

.Chris Hale
Chris Hale is the regular artist of Data Extract, contributing cover and other art.

.Neal Powell
Neal Powell has contributed to SFSA, Chameleon Factor, Jethrik, Gallifrey Graffiti and Time
Space Visualizer. His art published in 2008 includes the cover of SFSA 23 and various items
for Jethryk.

~ Best Editor ~

.Paul Deuis
Paul Deuis is the editor of Data Extract.

.Martin Dunne
Martin Dunne is the editor of The Wall of Lies.

.Sian O'Neale
Sian O'Neale is the editor of Strange Matter, and the former Double Gammas administrator.

.Tammy Vogel
Tammy Vogel is the editor of SFSA magazine.

~ Best Fanzine ~

.Data Extract
Data Extract is the regular fanzine of DWCA.

.Jehtryk
Jethryk (also speled Jethrik) is an occasional fanzine published by SFSA.

.SFSA 23
SFSA magazine is the regular fanzine of SFSA (club).

.Sonic Screwdriver
Sonic Screwdriver is the regular publication of DWCV.

.Strange Matter
Strange Matter is a Victorian based fanzine, celebrating its twentieth year.

~ Best Newsletter ~

.Data Extract
Data Extract is also nominated as a newsletter.

.Sonic Screwdriver
Sonic Screwdriver is also nominated as a newsletter.

.The Wall of Lies
The Wall of Lies is the regular newsletter of SFSA.

~ Best Website ~

.dwca
The Doctor Who Club of Australia's website, found at http://dwca.org.au.

.DWCV
The Doctor Who Club of Victoria's website, found at http://www.dwcv.org.au.

.Hun's Yellow Pages
A pornographic site at www.thehun.net. I don't recommend going there.

.sfsa.org.au
The South Australian Doctor Who Club Inc.'s website, found at http://www.sfsa.org.au.

~ Best Writer ~

.Jamie Boyd
Jamie Boyd is a regular contributor to Data  Extract. He has no known contributions for the calender year 2008.

.Martin Dunne
Martin Dunne is the author or The Wall of Lies, except where marked. His article Watchdog
Satellites appeared in SFSA 23.

.Mostyn Floyd Jr
Mostyn's articles Marching in Adelaide and Mid Year Movie Review appeared in SFSA 23.

.Jamie Stidiford
Jamie Stidiford is the president of SFSA. He has no known contributions for the calender
year 2008.

.Andrew Saunders
Andrew Saunders is the former editor of Sonic Screwdriver and is nominated for his departure column Ode to an Ice Cream Cart.

.Phyllis Uppalot
Phyllis Uppalot writes reviews for SFSA. She has no known contributions for the calender
year 2008.

.Uma Uppalot
Uma Uppalot contributed to Marching in Adelaide in SFSA 23.

.Tai Wong
Tai Wong writes the regular merchandise column for Data Extract.

~ Special Achievement ~

.Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter is the president of DWCA.

.Paul Deuis -- Morton's Fork
Morton's Fork is a game Paul Deuis hosts at DWCA events.
Paul: "Basically, it's a panel/opinion type thing where I ask a question and give two (and
very rarely three) possible answers, and the audience moves to one side of the room or the
other (voting with their feet) and then I ask for a few opinions as to why people chose the
option they did. I normally do about 4 questions at each event, and it goes for about 10 -
20 minutes, depending on how popular it is on the day, how far behind we're running, how
long I feel like stringing it out and any other variables."

.Martin Dunne -- Resurrecting DG
The Double Gammas are the national Australian Doctor Who fan awards, first awarded in 1984
and last awarded by the Supreme Council of Time Lords in 2000. From 2005 Martin Dunne has
attempted to bring them back, succeeding in 2008.

.Anthony Daly
Anthony Daly is a member of SFSA and the youngest regularly attending recent meetings. He
has contributed fiction, art and non-fiction articles to both SFSA and The Wall of Lies.

.Mostyn Floyd Jr
Mostyn Floyd Jr is a reviewer who has contributed to SFSA magazine for several years.

.Matt Smith
Matt Smith has been cast in the role of "the Doctor" (the eleventh Doctor) in Doctor Who.

~ Write in category ~

.Phillip Edney -- David Banks interview
Phillip Edney interviewed actor and author David Banks at a DWCA day event last year,
anticipated publication in Data Extract 203.

.Ray Martin -- Best Hair
Ray Martin is the former Washington correspondent for the ABC, host of The Midday Show and
A Currant Affair. His attitude to and interest in Doctor Who is unknown.

.Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat is the incoming producer (known colloquially as "show runner") on Doctor Who.
His Who scripts for 2005, 2006 and 2007 have won Hugo Awards and his 2008 scripts are
nominated this year.

.Podcasts
Podcasts are downloadable audio files.

.Neal Powell -- Best Proof Reading
Neal Powell was a proof reader on the 2008 edition of Jethryk.

2009 Double Gammas Collator's Report on Awards

1. Collator's editorial
2. Meet the judges
3. Judges votes tally
4. 2009 Double Gammas winners


1. Well, hello and congratulations on being party to the successful relaunch of the Double Gammas awards.

Unlike the Supreme Council of Time Lords era, these are supposed to work without one central authority. This is in part based on Charles Beard's reading of the US Constitution as an economic document; competing interests will tend to balance, treating everyone as equal or at least equally poorly. With a limited number of voters (currently four), the most democratic part of the rules is the rotation of collator. I'm happy to sign off on the rules as supplied if they work. If not I have no real answer for how to amend them. Perhaps the recognized clubs can do a straight majority vote, hung results remaining with status quo. That same Constitution lacked a well defined mechanism to transfer power because of illness so the US was left with a bed ridden president after Woodrow Wilson's stroke in 1919, and then wrote the same flaw into the Japanese Constitution in 1947, leading to a similar constitutional crisis. If there's any such flaws in my rules it'll be fun finding them out!

Some items worth commentary from my tenure...

Transparency. I have endevoured to be as open as possible, in part so's it is apparent I'm honest but mainly to demonstrate what works well and what doesn't. Future collators don't have to be as transparent as I've been. Indeed even if you have to take direct control of the awards so be it, it'll be someone else's problem the next year. Part of this has been allowing all but the libelous nominations through. Feel free to disclude any you don't like.

Disenfranchisement of judges. As it currently stands, anyone is ineligible as a judge if they are simply nominated in any category. And, as per the open criteria I've applied to the ballot this could be a nonsensical or even malicious nomination. This is unacceptable, and I can't see mere rules standing in as defacto criteria. Again, it's on the collator to allow or disclude any nominations.

Too many categories. Traditionally the awards have had as little as five. I'm least fond of Best Newsletter, Best Fanzine and Write In. Whatever the editors call them, Data Extract, SFSA Magazine, Sonic Screwdriver and The Wall of Lies end up competing with each other, as I'm sure Chameleon Factor, Gallifrey Graffiti and Strange Matter will end up doing in the fullness of time. The Ditmars had a controversy this year when they dropped the age old Best Fanzine in favour of Best Publication, I suggest we follow this lead. And Write in brings out the worst in people. Special Achievement (under a limited number of similar titles) is traditional, keep it.

Distribution. This has been the absolute walking B feature horror film aspect of the awards. Supply, reciprocal publications and even publishing have suffered in the decade since the last awards. My luck in joining a club which, as far as I know, has always placed all incoming publications on a table at regular meanings and encouraged attendees to read them. And sent out all fanzines and newsletters in return to anyone who ever sent us anything. And ran the first Australian Doctor Who convention, Conpanion 1983. Still, the access of members to other clubs' publishing is essential to the democratic nature of the awards, as your nominating population is scarcely able to put up things they don't know about.

Nomination forms. Ask for a name, you may not get one but it'll be better than copping nothing but strange votes from nowhere. Give some suggestions. Ask people to nominate from out of thin air without examples and they'll do it wrong. Pull the string. You're the boss.

Editors. They are good. If you don't understand anything pertaining to their work, they have exactly the sort of communication skills which are ideal to explain things to you. And secretaries have the organizational know how to make things happen.

I have changed the credit on the certificates from “associated fan clubs” to naming the clubs; “the DWCA, DVCV, SFSA and The West Lodge”. Perhaps future collators could even go the club logos. They also feature the current Double Gammas logo, the last one from 1999 and the diamond Doctor Who logo. I'm not stuck on any of these, and it's up to my successors to design their hearts out — just no BBC or ABC logos.

2. Meet the judges
Aaron Creaser, West Lodge
Ben Hughes, DWCV
Roger Reynolds, DWCA
Brenton Smith, SFSA

3. Judges votes tally
2009 Double Gammas voting results: 2 received
Votes represented as X.
Some tie breaking was necessary. In categories where this was not needed I have placed the non-existent collator's vote in the non-candidate of No Candidate. This tallies as three Xs per category.

~ Best Artist ~

Hartley Anderson
Manuel Bouw X X
Anthony Daly
Dave Gibbons
Chris Hale
Neal Powell X

No Candidate

~ Best Editor ~

Paul Deuis X
Martin Dunne
Sian O'Neale
Tammy Vogel X X

No Candidate

~ Best Fanzine ~

Data Extract X
Jethryk
SFSA 23
Sonic Screwdriver X X
Strange Matter

No Candidate

~ Best Newsletter ~

Data Extract
Sonic Screwdriver
The Wall of Lies X

No Candidate X X

~ Best Website ~

dwca
DWCV X X
Hun's Yellow Pages
sfsa.org.au  X

No Candidate

~ Best Writer ~

Jamie Boyd
Martin Dunne X
Mostyn Floyd Jr
Andrew Saunders
Jamie Stidiford
Phyllis Uppalot
Uma Uppalot
Tai Wong X X

No Candidate

~ Special Achievement ~

Karen Carpenter
Paul Deuis -- Morton's Fork X X
Martin Dunne -- Resurrecting DG X
Anthony Daly
Mostyn Floyd Jr
Matt Smith

No Candidate

~ Write in category ~

Phillip Edney -- David Banks interview X
Ray Martin -- Best Hair
Steven Moffat
Podcasts
Neal Powell -- Best Proof Reading

No Candidate  X X


4. 2009 Double Gammas winners
This is how the names appear on the certificates.

Best Artist: Manuel Bouw (for ‘The Stone of Xonios’, Sonic Screwdriver 168)
Best Editor: Tammy Vogel (for SFSA Magazine 23, October 2008)
Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
Best Newsletter: The Wall of Lies
Best Website: www.dwcv.org.au
Best Writer: Tai Wong for merchandise reviews, Data Extract
Special Achievement: Paul Deuis
Write in category: Phillip Edney (for David Banks interview)

Please embargo these results until after the presentation approximately 6PM CST Saturday 20 June 2009.

End

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Gammas
Thanks, Adam!

List of awards

1984 WhoDo 84

    Best Fanzine: Time Loop
    Best Editor: Paul and Tina Kennedy
    Best Writer: Lynne Churchyard
    Best Artist: Bill Flowers
    Special Achievements: Dallas Jones

1985 LonCon '85

    Best Fanzine: Data Extract
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Paul Kennedy
    Best Artist: Stephen McArthur
    Special Achievements: Antony Howe

1986

    Best Fanzine: SuperVoc
    Best Editor: Tim Richards
    Best Writer: Adrian Butcher
    Best Artist: Stephen McArthur
    Special Achievements: Karen Herkes

1987 WhoCon 4

    Best Fanzine: Data Extract
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Karen Herkes
    Best Artist: Stephen McArthur
    Special Achievements: Dallas Jones

1988 Console 88

    Best Fanzine: Time Loop
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Karen Herkes
    Best Artist: Donna Angus
    Special Achievements: Paul Kennedy

1989 Conspire '89

    Best Fanzine: Data Extract
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Kate Orman
    Best Artist: Steve Panozzo
    Special Achievements: Brian Cotter

1990 Enlightenment '90

    Best Fanzine: Data Extract
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Kate Orman
    Best Artist: Jason Towers
    Special Achievements: Dallas Jones

1991 Novacon '91

    Best Fanzine: Dark Circus
    Best Editor: Kate Orman
    Best Writer: Kate Orman
    Best Artist: Jason Towers
    Special Achievements: Kate Orman

1992 Q Who

    Best Fanzine: Mistfall
    Best Editor: Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: David Carroll
    Best Artist: Jason Towers
    Special Achievements: Novacon '91 Committee

1993 Whovention 2: Control

    Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
    Best Editor: David Carroll
    Best Writer: Marco Cappiello
    Best Artist: Kerri Valkova
    Outstanding Contribution: Tony Cook, Sean Smith

1994 Survival '94

    Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
    Best Editor: Marco Cappiello
    Best Writer: Robert Mammone
    Best Artist: Polly Morgan
    Special Achievements: Kate Orman

1995 Novacon '95

    Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
    Best Editor: Kate Orman
    Best Writer: Kate Orman
    Best Artist: Jason Towers
    Special Achievements: Neil Hogan

1996: Whovention III, Sydney.

    Best Fanzine: Strange Matter by Sian O'Neale
    Best Editor: David J Richardson (Sonic Screwdriver)
    Best Writer: Matthew Rayner
    Best Artist: Daniel Heald
    Outstanding Individual Contribution: Richard Nolan

1997 Time Storm

    Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
    Best Editor: Melanie Fitzsimmons and Sarah J Groenwegen
    Best Writer: Daniel Payne
    Best Artist: Peter Shaw
    Special Achievements: Rod Scott

1998

    Best Fanzine: TimeBrains
    Best Editor: Todd Beilby & Dallas Jones
    Best Writer: Susannah Tiller
    Best Artist: Daniel Heald
    Best Website: DWCA
    Special Achievements: Damian Shanahan

2008 SFSA AGM

    Best Artist: Neal Powell
    Best Article: "5 Things", in SFSA 21/22
    Best Editor: Andrew Saunders
    Best Fanzine: Strange Matter
    Best Newsletter: The Wall of Lies
    Best Issue: Sonic Screwdriver 163, October 2007

2009 SFSA AGM

    Best Artist: Manuel Bouw (for ‘The Stone of Xonios’, Sonic Screwdriver 168)
    Best Editor: Tammy Vogel (for SFSA Magazine 23, October 2008)
    Best Fanzine: Sonic Screwdriver
    Best Newsletter: The Wall of Lies
    Best Website: www.dwcv.org.au
    Best Writer: Tai Wong for merchandise reviews, Data Extract
    Special Achievement: Paul Deuis
    Write in: Phillip Edney (for David Banks interview)

Rules amendments and new collator are being confirmed by judges.

The changes are as follow in upper case.

3.1 Interest is held be any person eligible for an award nomination; if any person is not eligible for an award by reason of no ACCEPTED NOMINATION then they will be deemed not-interested and eligible for nomination as a judge.

~Previously interest was decided if you had a contribution, however this seems too harsh in light of the fact that so many contributions go un-nominated. This also takes care of the ambiguity of malicious nominations, as the collator may ignore these and thus they do not necessarily disclude the candidate judge.

6. AMENDMENT

6.1 THESE RULES ARE AMENDED BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE BY THE CURRENT OR IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING PREVIOUS CLUB JUDGES, OR ANY OTHER AGENT THE CLUBS PUT FORWARD. THERE IS NO COLLATOR TIE BREAK AND A HUNG AMENDMENTS VOTE WILL REMAIN WITH THE STATUS QUO.

~This is my suggestion as to amending the rules, as we are demonstrating.

7. Award

7.1 The Double GammaS Awards are to represented by a certificate, to be authored or approved by the collator.

~Sian has told me that Double Gammas is both singular and plural, thus Double Gamma is wrongly spelled. The section and sub-section numbers have been changed to reflect the amendment section.

1. Time

1.1 The awards will cover the preceding calendar year, with nominations accepted until March 31st of the present year.

1.2 Nominations are public, with call for nominating submissions to be made by each fan club (4.1) via word of mouth, publications and/or electronic means.

2. Judge

2.1 The awards will be judged by one non-interested party (3.1) appointed by each fan club (4.3).

2.2 In the event of a tie, the collator will hold the tie breaking vote, interested or not (3.1).

3. Interest

3.1 Interest is held be any person eligible for an award nomination; if any person is not eligible for an award by reason of no accepted nomination then they will be deemed not-interested and eligible for nomination as a judge.

4. Clubs

4.1 The awards are to administered jointly by recognised (4.2) Australian clubs (4.3).

4.2 A club is deemed to be recognised if the balance (including tie breaker if need be) of existing clubs acknowledge them as a bona fide entity.

4.3 A club is to include any fan group, club (social or incorporated), collective or body as recognised (4.2).

5. Collator

5.1 In addition to a judge, one club will supply a collator.

5.2 The collator will present the judges with the voting options following March 31st (1.1), tally the votes, cast any tie breaking votes, resolve any differences, author/approve the certificates and present the certificates if possible.

6. Amendment

6.1 These rules are amended by a simple majority vote by the current or immediately preceding previous club judges, or any other agent the clubs puts forward. There is no collator tie break and a hung amendments vote will remain with the status quo.

7. Award

7.1 The Double Gammas Awards are to represented by a certificate, to be authored or approved by the collator.

Version 3.2.

New section 6 was not passed by the judges; I advise accepting it as a convention.

1. Time

1.1 The awards will cover the preceding calendar year, with nominations accepted until March 31st of the present year.

1.2 Nominations are public, with call for nominating submissions to be made by each fan club (4.1) via word of mouth, publications and/or electronic means.

2. Judge

2.1 The awards will be judged by one non-interested party (3.1) appointed by each fan club (4.3).

2.2 In the event of a tie, the collator will hold the tie breaking vote, interested or not (3.1).

3. Interest

3.1 Interest is held be any person eligible for an award nomination; if any person is not eligible for an award by reason of no accepted nomination then they will be deemed not-interested and eligible for nomination as a judge.

4. Clubs

4.1 The awards are to administered jointly by recognised (4.2) Australian clubs (4.3).

4.2 A club is deemed to be recognised if the balance (including tie breaker if need be) of existing clubs acknowledge them as a bona fide entity.

4.3 A club is to include any fan group, club (social or incorporated), collective or body as recognised (4.2).

5. Collator

5.1 In addition to a judge, one club will supply a collator.

5.2 The collator will present the judges with the voting options following March 31st (1.1), tally the votes, cast any tie breaking votes, resolve any differences, author/approve the certificates and present the certificates if possible.

6. Award

6.1 The Double Gammas Awards are to represented by a certificate, to be authored or approved by the collator.

Version 3.3.

Can I request a recount?

The Double Gamma Awards certainly bring back memories. Way back in 1984, a group of us established the Supreme Council of Timelords (SCOT) and introduced the Double Gamma Awards, which were presented at the first Australian National Doctor Who convention (WhoDo 84) with Robert Jewell (Dalek Operator) as special guest. After 25 years, it is great to see that the Double Gammas are still being presented.

Regards, Paul Kennedy (NSW).

Hey, that's great!

We're seeking any info about the awards, currently we've had the help of Sian, a bunch of stuff he sent us, and Mark Ortlieb's online archive. If you've got more, I've started a Wikipedia page.

I'm curious about how it worked when it was run by a separate group and what you think about making it a rotating administration?