Rose commenced her fanac in the early nineties with Austrek, a Melbourne-based Star Trek fan club and over the intervening years she has held a range of positions in various clubs or on convention committees. She chaired the Australian Natcon in 2002 and 2007 and was Fan Guest of Honour at the 2013 Australian Natcon. Her connections with NZ Fandom were reinforced when she was FFANZ Delegate in 2003. Rose headed up the Finance Division for the 1999 Worldcon and was Co-Chair of the 2010 Worldcon. In 2017 Rose was awarded the Peter McNamara Lifetime Achievement & Contribution to Science Fiction Award. Currently Rose is President of the Australian Science Fiction Foundation. She lives in Melbourne with no cats.