Minutes, 2/17/02
From: Kaitlin Branson Heller
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 17:03:33 EST
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The meeting began shortly after the reemergence of the Infernal Secretary
from the bowels of Sever. There was a brief evil chorus of "Murder,
Murder" as theme music for the elections.


**Business

FM wants someone from HRSFA to write a 300-500 word fictional piece about
what harvard will be like in 25 years. It's due to Rachel Dry (dry@fas) by
Tuesday at 5 pm.

The MASQ is happening! Yay! It will be this Saturday night (Feb. 23) in an
architecturally desirable location (hopefully) yet to be determined.


**SIG Reports

-Reader's SIG: Needs temporary leadership. Contact dclark@fas.
-Writer's SIG: Will begin again soon. This possibility appeared more
   likely after the SIG leader was located.
-Star Trek SIG-like thing: Watched a "pretty good" episode of dubious
   scientific accuracy. (Apparently it was suggested on the episode that
   if the rocket thrusters were removed, the ship would come to a stop in
   the vacuum of space.) More will be watched, though the SIG leader may
   shortly become busy on Wednesdays.
-MST3K SIG: Is still thinking about next year's movie. Suggestions
   welcomed.
-Milk & Cookies: After a long haitus, it will happen this Friday in
   Leverett JCR from 9-1. Yay!
-Stating the Obvious SIG: Was present and active throughout the meeting,
   particularly in elections.
-Deferring the Future SIG: Not yet extant. Interested parties should
   contact bartlet@fas.
-Buffy / Angel SIG: Will not be watching reruns, but will still meet for
   other nefarious purposes (including a new Angel episode).
-Cool Movie *IG: Watched "All the President's Men." Redford and Hoffman
   nominated for cutest couple. Liz and Dev promptly nominated for cutest
   couple. Dev's response:
     Dev: Tony, what's the other cutest couple running?
     Tony: Me and Dev.
-Gaming SIG: Planned a Diplomacy game for the 18. Draft game went well;
   plans for more, using an amorally acquired deck.


**Elections

Those running were:
*Co-chair - Dennis, Cassia, Charles
*Infernal - Charles, Monica, Kaitlin
*Exfernal - Monica, Charles, Mary Grace
*Treasurer - Tony (unopposed due to declines of nomination.)
*Editor-in-Chief - Kartik (unopposed.)

Speeches and questioning yielded some excellent quotations (courtesy of
the representative from New York):

"War is bad." - Charles
"Math theses run from 65 pages, for the hideously insane, to ... one
 napkin, for the hideously insane." - Dennis
"The Great leader, All-Knowing, Ninja Cathereder." - Kyle's description of
 a co-chair
"Meeting HRSFA here really made Harvard more real for me." - Monica
"So, you just answered that question by saying that you make your saving
 throw successfully, often?" - Dennis, to Charles

And then there was the Great Palmpilot Controversy of '02:
Dev (to Charles): You just lost the palm pilot block.
Dennis: Yes, none of the palmpilots will vote for you now.
Kaitlin: I have nothing against palmpilots... I've never been bitten by
 one.*
Ender: A moose bit my sister once.

*The minute-taker would like to note that, due to the inherent evil of
palmpilots, some of the minutes have been lost. Death to palmpilots.

After much deliberation and suchlike, the following officers were elected:

CO-CHAIRS Dennis Clark and Cassia Martin
INFERNAL Kaitlin Heller
EXFERNAL Charles Woodworth
TREASURER Tony Vila
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kartik Venkatram

Non-constitutional nominations will take place this coming sunday.


**Worlds' End

The meeting disbanded with the intent of going to UNO's, but ended up in
the Lowell JCR amid gaming, movies, merriment, a piano player, pizza, and
munchies.


              Kaitlin Heller
              Infernal Secretary

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