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class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Current ESFS Statutes</h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Constitution of the ESFS sets the rules for how the society is run, how its board is elected and how site selection for the Eurocon works.</p> <p><a title="The Constitution of the European Science Fiction Society" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8FCdzytdXLWhCsSrslHPZ9I8rul-Rqp/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Constitution of the European Science Fiction Society</a>, incorporating minor typographical corrections, an updated template and layout, the new section 17 of the Statutes passed at Luxcon in 2022, with the changes agreed at Fiuggi in 2021 and ratified at Luxcon in 2022, and the new apendices.</p> <p>The constitution comprises:</p> <ol type="A"> <li>The Statutes of the European Science Fiction Society</li> <li>The Rules of the European Science Fiction Awards</li> <li>The Guidance Notes</li> </ol> <p></p> </div> </article> 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