Purpose
The primary objective and purpose of
this corporatoin shall be:
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To promote an increased
cultural awareness of science
fiction, alternate history,
fantasy, and related expresive
genres, which together are
collectively termed
"speculative fiction."
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To conduct and encourage
education and discourse
regarding speculative fiction
in its various form: books,
stories, poetry, song,
theater, interactive drama,
cinema, television, artwork,
craft and other media.
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To promote general literacy
through a heightened public
interest in speculative
fiction.
The purpose shall be acieved by:
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Sponsorship of meeting,
conferences, and other public
events within the United
States of America to increase
interest, awareness and
discourse regarding speculative
fiction.
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Promotion of the subset of the
arts known as speculative
fiction, and facilitation of
such promotion by other
persons and groups.
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Publication of books, journals,
newletters, web sites, and
other media.
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Sponsorship of creative writing
and arts contests.
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Engaging in other activities
of a charitable, educational,
or literary nature, as provided
by section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of the
United States of America.
SPFII is Membership based
SPFII will have only one class of
members. All members shall have the
same rights, privileges, restrictions
and conditions.
Qualification of Members
An individual shall qualify for
membership if he or she is currently a
member of the Board of Directors.
An individual shall also qualify for
membership if he or she has served on
the Board of Directors at least one
year out of the past three.
And individual shall also qualify
for membership if the endire Board
of Directors votes unaimously to
offer membership to the individual in
question. That Individual mush be
listed on an active staff list of
a Standing Committe within 6 months
of qualifying for membership in the
corporation.
An individual shall also qualify for
membership if he or she is listed on
the final staff list of at least
two Standing Committees in the past
three years, having provided
substantial service to these committees.
The Chair of each Standing Committe
shall transmit a final staff list to
the Secretary as described in Article
5, Section 3.