Minutes: 11/16/03
From: Chris Doucette
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 13:31:14 PST
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Lester brought a posse.

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"NORMAL" BUSINESS
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Normal is, as always, a relative term.

Excuse me while I replace all instances of the word "The" with "Da" in 
the following headings.

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DA MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
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In short: pain. If you want the long version, ask Jason and he'll 
gladly treat you to a diatribe.

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DA MGS LARP
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It went off better than anyone expected, despite a race to the finish 
by the GMs that afternoon. Charles was a point-scoring machine. We'll 
run it again at VeriCon, with many necessary adjustments for balance.

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RETURN OF DA KING
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The plan is to see a midnight showing after watching the extended 
version DVDs of Fellowship of Da Ring and Da Two Towers on the 
afternoon of Tuesday Dec. 16th, the last day of classes. Email Warren 
(tusk@fas) to let him know you want a ticket.

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VERICON
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The 'Con Is On - Winter 2004

We've got Peter David! W00t.

It was decided on Charles' behalf that we will have a planning meeting 
next Sunday. Announcement will follow.

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DA BLOG
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Dev has suggested that HRSFA should be listened to by the outside 
world. To bring this about, he is going to set up a weblog ("blog" fer 
short) where current HRSFAn can post reviews & commentary on anything 
related to speculative fiction. Politics, of course, are verboten.

Someone: "What about religion?"
Tony: "Bah. Religion is just spec fic anyway."

It was decided that there would be no editing per se, but the 
Administrator (for the short term, that's Dev) can remove things he/she 
thinks are too offensive or harmful. Colorful language, being an 
undeniable part of HRSFA culture, is OK.

"I don't like using asterisks! I like using words like **** and ***** 
and ***."
-- Jason

As mentioned before, posting access will be offered to current HRSFAn 
and renewed on a yearly basis at a HRSFA meeting. There will be 
comment-posting sections available to the general public as well.

Dev: "You could have your own name, or a pseudonymous name. For 
instance, Cassia wouldn't be 'Cassia,' she'd be 'SweaterGurl95.'"
Everyone: ...
Dev: "Cause she's wearing a sweater, so... yeah."

This will all start Real Soon (tm), once Dev can get the page set up on 
HCS.

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SIGs
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Cool Movie Zojo: After a hiatus last week, the Zojo is back this week 
with The Maltese Falcon in the Quad. Come get your noiry goodness 
Monday at 9 in Pfoho, at the Wolbach Common Room (ask Dev or Quadlings 
for directions.)

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Gaming SIG: The play-by-email Diplomacy game is up and running. Much 
games were played with visiting alum Tom Lotze, including Netrunner.

Magic sub-SIG will return to active duty now that Warren and Dave are 
through with their show; express your interest and there could very 
well be some mana tapped.

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MST3k SIG: Begins for real this Wednesday. We'll dissect the first 30 
minutes or so of Wing Commander, and milk as many riffs as possible. 
People are extremely needed, because leaving it entirely in Jason's 
hands will lead to badness. Bring paper and pencil.

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Writer's SIG & Reader's SIG: Continue to write and read, respectively.

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Milk & Cookies: Next session is Saturday November 22nd (that's this 
weekend); it will be preceded by a madrigal-singing session with 
Elisabeth at 8 PM.

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CIG: Angel and Smallville are still on, because evil never dies.

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Anime SIG/Video Gaming SIG: A massive conglomeration of organizations 
is on the horizon, as Anime SIG, VG SIG, and the Anime Society are 
going to host a playing/watching of the new video game Evangelion 2, in 
which you (in this case, Jason) can alter the plot of the much-loved 
series as you see fit by controlling one character. There will be 
translating and fun-having and maybe even Japanese food.

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Farscape/Stargate SIG ($IG): We've been watching lots 'n' lots of 
Farscape on DVD/downloaded DivX. There are plans in the works for a 
four episode Stargate SG-1 marathon the night of Friday December 12th, 
which will feature the funniest and silliest episodes I can find, and 
given this is SG-1, that's saying a lot.

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Sadly, we were unable to summon SANYO, god of overhead projectors.

- Chris Doucette, Infernal Secretary
doucett@fas

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