Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand

Sir Julius Vogel Award Voter Packet Download

Welcome to the Sir Julius Vogel Award voter packet download page.

This is the first year that we have put together a downloadable packet of works that have been nominated for this year's Sir Julius Vogel Award. We can only include works that the creators and publishers allow us to, and we appreciate their trust. In order to keep that trust, we have set up a download technique that allows us to restrict access only to members of SFFANZ or Reconnaissance. And we also require that if you download the files, you do NOT share them with anyone else, in any way.

This is how it works:

We have set up a packet folder on Google Drive so that access can be restricted to specific people. We have a Google group that you can be added to, which will give you access to the SJV Packet folder. And we can also let you know when updates happen via that group.

In order to get access, you need to be a member of SFFANZ, or Reconnaisance. You need a Google account. Google accounts are easy to create, and can be created with a minimum of information. You can even create one with an existing email address, rather than creating a new address that is Google specific.

To download the packet:

• Log in to your Google Account.
• Go to this link:  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sjv-voter-packet: 
• Request access to the Google Group.
• The email address you request access from must be the same email address with which you joined SFFANZ or Reconnaisance. If you have a different address, then you will need to leave a note with your request about the email address you used to join SFFANZ or Reconnaisance.
• We will check your email address. In order to do this, we may need to contact Reconnaisance and ask them if you are a member of the convention. That information will be used ONLY for this verification purpose, and for no other reason.
• When we accept your request, you will be able to see the forum, which has the link to the SJV Packet folder in the group description.
• If we update the packet, we will use the Google Group to let you know if there are updated packets.

This is the first year we have done this, so please be patient if we have teething troubles. If you run into a problem, or if the instructions could be clearer, then please let us know at sjv_awards@sffanz.org.nz and we will try to fix it.