The page below will contain recaps of each 2026 Worldcon Business Meeting as soon as possible after their conclusion.
The full video of each Business Meetings is also being uploaded shortly after its conclusion to the LAcon V YouTube channel.
Preliminary Business Meeting, held July 17, 2026
Average attendance at the meeting, based on users logged into the virtual platform, was about 120.
All standing committees were reauthorized to continue as currently constituted. The Ethics and Whistleblower Committee (“Sparkle Unicorn”) did not ask to be reauthorized, considering its work complete, and was discharged. The Business Meeting Study Group was instructed to report back to the July 26th meeting with their preference for a chair for the next year; the decision on reconstituting the Business Meeting Study Group and who shall serve as chair will be taken up at that time.
Nominations were taken for seats for the Mark Protection Committee; the following folks were nominated (and have not already indicated to Business Meeting Staff that they wish to decline the nomination): Alana Vincent, Andrew January, Arturo Serrano, Brianne Reeves, Gary Blog, Jesi Lipp, Jo Van, Joni Dashoff, Judy Bemis, Kat Kourbeti, Kris “Nchanter” Snyder, Linda Ross-Mansfield, Martin Pyne, Mike Willmouth, Roseanna Pendlebury, Todd Dashoff, Warren Buff. Nominees for the Mark Protection Committee should email bm-candidate@lacon.org by 3 hours prior to the start of the July 26th meeting to accept or decline their nomination. They may also include a candidate statement of no more than 300 words which will be published on the Business Meeting Discord. Voting for the Mark Protection Committee will happen at the July 26th meeting.
The following items were addressed during this session:
- C.1 Calling the Question At Any Point – passed and put into immediate effect
- C.2 Minimum Substantive Debate on Main Motions – passed and put into immediate effect
- C.3 Business Meeting Dislocation – passed
- D.1 Clarifying Hugo Award Authority Delegation – passed as amended, striking the paragraph regarding Section 3.5 of the Constitution
- D.2 WSFS Code of Ethics – passed
- D.3 Whistleblower Policy – passed
- D.4 Interim Ombuds Office – passed as amended, adding a request to the Mark Protection Committee to publish the Code of Ethics and Whistleblower Policy on wsfs.org
- D.5 Bidding Trust and Safety – passed
Those interested in serving on the D.5 Bidding Trust and Safety committee should email bm-candidate@lacon.org by 24 hours prior to the start of the July 26th meeting indicating their interest in serving and whether they would be willing to chair the committee.
In addition, the meeting also made the following edits to the agenda and the timing of items:
- E.14 Unnecessary PII – postponed definitely to not be taken up before August 1st
- E.15 End the False Binary – postponed definitely to not be taken up before August 1st
- F.7 Limitation on Listed Contributors for Hugo Award Finalists – the maker of the motion requested permission from the body to withdraw this motion, which was granted; this item is no longer on the agenda
- F.8 Purposeful Proportionality – postponed definitely until no later than 11:45am Pacific on July 26th
