Minutes, 9 February 1997 Recorded by Susan Marie Groppi, mailed to hrsfa-announce 9 February --------------------------------------------------- HRSFA Minutes, 9 February Nominations meeting! The meeting started with a quick discussion of the Masq. It's on 22 February, in Adams House. We have both the dining hall and the lower common room reserved. The general mood of the discussion seemed to be that the dining hall would be too big, but no vote was taken, so it's all very unclear. Lori Ricard is in charge of food and stuff. Concerns were raised about the music--dj vs. mix tape, speaker options, and so on. It was decided that anyone interested in music should meet after the meeting. (The real music meeting, it was decided later, will be held this coming Thursday at 6:30 pm in Dunster I-21. Contact Julia Starkey (jstarkey@fas) for directions or details.) That done, we moved on to nominations. The current officers described their positions. Treasurer: Involves being abused a lot, and being very organized. Must know how to balance a checkbook and sign your name. Must also be willing to suffer at the hands of the co-chairs. Chris Hall has been very good at this. Editor in Chief: Attend Writers SIG, follow through to publication of Fusion. External Secretary: In theory, contacts the mythical outside world. In practice, tags movies at the science center. Must not be a procrastinating slacker. Knowledge of pop culture is a plus. Internal Secretary: Takes minutes, makes room reservations, handles membership lists. Basically controls all recordkeeping within the organization. Also manages the library, which is currently a huge task but is not always such. Co-Chair: Co-chairs keep order at meetings, keep things moving smoothly both in and out of meetings, and basically keep everyone in line. Alternately, conspires with Illuminati SIG to hamper this process and eventually take over the world. Conditions of Nomination: Candidates must be current Harvard undergrads, preferably not seniors, and HRSFA members. Nominations begin and chaos ensues. Sonic Master Matt Ender threatens military rule if order is not restored, and the Ministry of Love assumes responsibility for recording nominations. Lori Ricard successfully declined all nominations. The nominees for constitutional offices, in alphabetical order. Co-Chair: Susan Groppi Aaron Landry Susannah Mandel Kyle Niedzwiecki Chase Tingley Alexei Tymoczko Editor in Chief: Aaron Landry Susannah Mandel Igor Teper External Secretary: Susan Groppi Jessica Hammer Aaron Landry Shane Owara Marshall Perrin Alexei Tymoczko Internal Secretary: Susan Groppi Aaron Landry Eli Lebow Igor Teper Treasurer: Chris Hall Aaron Landry Eli Lebow Chase Tingley Nominations remain open until 7:30 pm on Sunday, 16 February. If there are any nominations to add, or any that you're quite sure I left off this list, or any that are here and shouldn't be, email Kyle or Alexei (kniedzw@fas, atymoczk@fas). They'll post an updated list sometime during the week, and a final list next Friday. They will also post information about prozy voting and how we're conducting it. The nominations procedure for non-constitutional positions begins. Matt Ender describes the position of Sergeant at Arms. His declaration that it is the military wing of HRSFA causes a small scuffle with the Ministry of Love, for reasons unclear. The primary duties are: To have a staff, to open and close meetings, to maintain order. The scapegoat: Claudia, having been once declared a proxy scapegoat, insists that she is not meek enough for the position. Former scapegoat Tox says hi in absentia, and Rose assures us that Mike Gleeson would cower endearingly were he present. Someone and his younger sister are nominated for "Incestuous Relationship". Kyle defers to the Ministry of Love. The Minister of Love's response: "Uhm, like, no?" Kyle moves that all non-sentient life forms be barred from any position other than mascot, sentience to be decided on his whim. The motion carries, prompting Kyle's whim to be nominated for mascot. Susan moves that all non-sentient life forms already nominated be allowed to keep their nominations, and the motion carries. The nominations are as follows: Puppet Dictator: Chase Tingley Illuminati The swarm of orange fish from Dunster I-21 Julia Starkey's gargoyle -- "The big one." Scapegoat: Mike Gleeson, Boy of Wonder Eli Lebow Shane Owara Tox Mr. Morden Jeff Wurgler, 'cause his name was on the board Sgt. @ Arms: Matt Ender Julia Starkey The Orange Fishies Mascot: Levi The Purple Chair The White Teddy Bear with the long name. The Orange Fish Igor's Uzbekistani Clothing Claudia's Dr. Who scarf Kyle's whim Absolute Dictator: Aaron Landry Ivanova Muppet Dictator: Elmo Notice: Ministy of Love positions are NOT electable, but by appointment only. SIG REPORTS =========== (note: these are a little sketchy; your valiant secretary was trying to record all the nominations and had trouble keeping up with sig reports. I suppose it's all Mike Gleeson's fault.) Reminder: SF Movie Marathon at Coolidge Corner next weekend Gaming: * Vampire proceeding nicely * Lords of Order ("Stop it! It's not!" "Oh yes it is, just admit it." "NO!") continues. * Alexei needs two more players, contact him if you're interested. (at this point Julia Starkey declares that gaming is taking too long. Everyone else spoke so quickly that I missed them entirely, except for Claudia saying something about being hosed.) Report on Gameathon: It was good. Everyone had fun at Clue except the one person who died early. Clay-o-rama was good. Conspiracy SIG failed miserably, because Claudia and Drew were able to fully reconstruct old minutes, now available on our fledgling web page. Which, by the way, is in desperate need of graphic designers. PSIG has been in an alternate universe, but will hopefully return soon. Chase has to dig himself out from CS161 and Math 25, Alexei has to dig himself out from Aaron's stuff in the common room. They'll let us know when they're coming back. Potential SIG suggestion: read Tolkein until unconsciousness comes. Reading Group: I'm a slacker, you'll hear from me shortly. MST3K is now on the Sci-Fi Channel. I think that was it. The meeting adjourned hastily in fits and starts, and there was more blue soda, and it was good. Yeah. -- Susan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The body is a dance. Hating the dance interrupts the choreography." -HS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ groppi@hcs.harvard.edu -=- http://hcs.harvard.edu/~groppi