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Transfer of Memberships

Interaction regrets that we are not able to refund membership fees. However, members are free to sell or transfer their memberships to others so long as Interaction is properly notified and the following rules are adhered to.

Who Can Transfer a Membership?

Memberships and admissions that entitle a person to attend the convention (attending, child, day admission) may not normally be transferred after the member has registered in person at the convention.

Supporting memberships and attending memberships, including child and infant memberships, may be transferred either prior to the convention or, in the case of attending memberships, at the time the member registers at the convention.

Memberships may not be transferred after the convention, even though some rights - such as the right to nominate the 2006 Hugo Awards and 2008 Site Selection - will still exist at that point.

I Can't Attend - How Can I Find a Buyer for my Membership?

There are many ways to sell a membership, especially via the Internet, and it is usually possible to recover most or all of your original membership fee, especially if you bought your membership a long time ago when the rates were lower.

The best place to start is our LiveJournal forum which includes a "membership mart" created especially for this purpose.

Other places to consider include SF-related newsgroups and mailing lists, and even auction sites such as Ebay!

What About my Voting Rights?

Full adult supporting and attending memberships include the following voting rights:

• The right to vote in the Nominating and Final Ballots for the 2005 Hugo Awards (now redundant as the ballots have closed).

• The right to vote in the Nominating Ballot for the 2006 Hugo Awards, to be administered by L.A.con IV, the 2006 Worldcon.

• The right to vote in the Site Selection for the 2008 Worldcon. Due to a recent change in the WSFS rules, this ballot will also be administered by L.A.con IV

Important: our policy on transfers is that any unused voting rights associated with a membership are automatically transferred with that membership.

This means that you cannot choose to retain any unused rights when transferring your membership, although you can, where appropriate, use them before the transfer takes place. If you do use some of your rights in this way, the person taking over your membership cannot then take them over, i.e. used rights do not transfer and any vote you make will automatically continued to stand.

Interaction will manage the transfer process so that its successors and others authorised to receive membership information can understand which person actually used the membership rights.

So How Do I Transfer My Membership?

To transfer a membership, Interaction must receive an authenticated request to transfer the membership, giving the name and contact information for both the transferor (seller) and transferee (buyer). It is up to the purchasers to find out if voting rights on a membership have been exercised.

Irrespective of the way in which the transfer is reported, we need the following information, which must be provided by the transferor.

• Names, addresses (including email if available) and membership number(s) of seller(s)

• Names, badge names (if required) and addresses (including email and phone details if available) of buyer(s)

• Hugo PIN of seller(s), if known.

Providing the Hugo PIN is helpful to us in proving that the transfer request is genuine.

Please note that as of 3 August 2005, we regret that we can no longer accept mailed notification of membership transfers. Transfers must be completed in person at the registration desk. The transferee will need to bring a signed letter of transfer from the seller, containing the information listed above.

If you have any questions about the transfer process, please contact our memberships team at memberships@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.

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