Minutes, 28 April 1996 Recorded by Susan Marie Groppi, mailed to hrsfa-announce 28 April --------------------------------------------------- HRSFA Minutes, 28 April HCS has changed Account Services policy again; HRSFA will indeed be able to keep the ftp site. Web team: "We're working on it." I'll be getting in touch with everyone signed up for the web team. Myld Hunt: This coming Sunday, 1 pm. Meeting location will be announced. Dress appropriately. Food will be provided by Ny and Julia. Anyone not helping with food preparation is Strongly Encouraged to provide a small donation to help pay for it. Alden insists that Zil not be allowed to use the riding crop, at least not on him. Wizard of Speed and Time videos available for $6.29, contact Claudia if you're interested. On the Subject of Alumni Donations. We're not allowed to solicit donations, absolutely not no way thank you very much. Alumni, however, are allowed to solicit donations from other alumni. Hmm. First Meeting of Next Year: there are certain time restrictions for being included in the Calendar of Opening Days. It will be taken care of, but in the meantime be aware that the first meeting next year will not take place at the normal meeting time. Matt Ender arrives late. "News from the front: We have beaten back the enemy. The state of martial law is no longer needed." Fusion Exists. Whoever recieves the cover art, give it to Rose. Kyle arrives late and discovers what happens to co-chairs who don't arrive on time. (nothing interesting; they just end up repeating themselves and looking silly.) Next Meeting: Guest Speaker! Mark Abrams from the Annals of Improbable Research will be recruiting help for the IgNobel awards. This year's guests: Miss Manners and the Muppets. Spring Game-a-Thon in two weeks. Will be in Sever Hall. Contact Aaron Landry (alandry@fas) if you're interested in running something. Chris Hall declares that Battletech is inescapable, everyone will play. There will be a one dollar entry fee for Battletech, and some sort of prize thing. Contact him for further information on that. Live-action Clue is discussed. Live-action Clue on the top floor of Hilles is discussed. Live-action Clue in the bowels of Widener is discussed. "It was Colonel Mustard with the OED." Approximate profit from movie: $450. Alexei suggests HRSFA Assassin. Contact him if you're interested. HRSFA year-end Senior Farewell Brunch. The group is unable to get a clear majority on the date, so 12 May is arbitrarily chosen, depending on availability of rooms. Details to follow. SIG reports: Cool Movie PSIG saw "Heat" (shhh) and will be seeing "Rear Window" next week. Writer's SIG: mostly failed to meet. Amanda is having scheduling Issues with the next meeting, email her if you have any preference. MST3K: This week's SIG meeting will involve writing their own MST3K script for a movie that is described as follows: "If you've ever seen Little Buddha with Keanu Reeves, this is worse." The Kindred SIG that isn't really a SIG but just a bunch of people who mysteriously show up in Alexei's common room: Eddie Furie was decapitated. Next week is Nosferatu week. Comic SIG: Finally met. Meets alternate Fridays (the ones that come right before meetings) in Susannah Mandel's room. Says Aaron Mandel: "There are ALL THESE COMICS!" Julia Starkey seconds this sentiment. Says Tyg: An animated Superman cartoon will be starting in the fall, and there's a comic associated with it, of which six issues will be written by Scott McCleod (sp?). Claudia exclaims "ZOT!" This Week in Trek has been stifled by Christella's tendonitis. It's apparently a Vampire DS9 this week (Kindred Space Nine, comments Kyle) and a Voyager that makes all the others look good (you thought it wasn't possible, I know, but it's something unholy involving Tuvok and Neelix and a transporter). BBC SIG: They've been meeting, watching a lot of Red Dwarf and Dr Who and "Mr Potato Head Almost Takes Over the World." The pilot for Dr Who on Fox will be 15 May. There's a "neat" new Outer Limits that's on really late at night and is sometimes good. The Dread Gaming SIG: --Battletech is OVER. There is much rejoicing. --Lords of Chaos: "We're doomed." --Ravenloft: Insanity, a wererat, "We're in pretty good shape." --Queen and Country: Pretty Bad Shape. Satanic Cults and Cannibals. "Is anyone running a campaign in which everyone isn't continually hosed?" --Kevin Martin "No." --Consensus The people who brought us Hercules and Xena are now making Tarzan. Julia Starkey has pictures from the Going of the Hour. Alan Sundell still has Masq pictures, he'll bring them to the Senior Brunch. 1 May: there's a maypole thing at sunrise at Weeks Footbridge, and Lowell is doing something involving champagne and strawberries and waltzing that morning as well. Next meeting we'll discuss a HRSFA picture archive. Meeting adjourned to Blue Raspberry soda.