Supernova (Star Trek con)

Convention
Name:	Supernova
Dates:	May 1999
Frequency:	once
Location:	Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester, England
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Focus:	Star Trek
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Supernova was a Star Trek convention held in May 1999. It was the 47th British Star Trek convention.

A fan has posted a bunch of photos here.

Some Dispute About the Bidding Process

According to at least one fan, the usual 2-year planning process did not occur with this convention -- A fan who attended the 45th con comments that

I am really sorry to say that NOT ONE BID was put in for either of the 1999 conventions.

Other fans disagree, stating that there was no other competition in bidding for this con, and that the proper traditional procedures were followed.

More Comment

At my request, Vivienne has sent me a copy of the minutes from the SuperNova Convention Business Meeting. They highlight not only the ineptitude of the committee in running a business meeting, but also their immaturity and lack of seriousness in their approach to the task. Quite frankly, the minutes are not worth reprinting here According to Vivienne, the meeting was not held as it should have been as stated in the rules. Also, a suggested amendment to the rules, which she had sent to the committee in writing some months earlier, was not listed and therefore could not be debated. The committee had apparently decided that, in their opinion, the suggestion would be too expensive to implement and therefore didn't need debating. As you can imagine, this caused quite an uproar. I no longer attend the major conventions (for a number of reasons) so perhaps it's not my place to say this. However, it seems to me that the business meeting and rules need overhauling. Perhaps the business meeting could be taken out of the hands of individual committees and become the job of an elected fan or group of fans who would oversee everything pertaining to the business meeting at the two major conventions each year. I hope that one of our members who reads this will have been on a convention committee at some time and be able to comment. Perhaps other members would like to comment too. While on the subject of conventions, and in case anyone hoping to attend hasn't heard, the Five Oh convention in August has been cancelled.