Minutes, 9 March 1997 Recorded by Eli Bohmer Lebow, mailed to hrsfa-announce 9 March --------------------------------------------------- Minutes, HRSFA general meeting 1997-03-09, 7:18 pm; Julian Day 2450517.5 The meeting was called to order late since no one had a copy of the nominees for the extraconstitutional offices. Patricia Fessler is now our liason to Pforzheimer House. (We need one in order to keep the library there.) Movies: There is one movie slot left in the year, the weekend of May 2. We need to pay approximately $175 to someone or other now if we want the slot. We have Ransom and Star Trek: First Contact yellow tagged, and can probably get the People v. Larry Flynt since the people who currently have this have a slot to show it before it will be available. A dispute ensued over how much we have to pay in various fees to various people; Kyle estimates $500 or $600 as the total fee. I have in my notes that we would need to get 50 people per showing to break even at $3 per ticket, from which I could deduce the number of showings, which I forgot to write down, were I more alert. We considered doubling up with a "cheesy" movie so as to split some costs; movies mentioned were Beavis&Butthead and Mars Attacks. We also considered getting Ticknor Lounge on pre-frosh weekend, since pre-frosh won't know that that's not the customary place to show movies; that may be a problem if pre-frosh weekend is before Larry Flynt becomes available. (Note: Diversity and Distinction nearly lost all there yellow tags to our vigilant External Secretary, but they showed up with five minutes to spare.) We had to decide at the meeting, since we'd lose the slot if we delayed. Since this vote was not announced in advance, all people present were briefly appointed Deputy Officers so that we could have an Emergency Officers Decision with their votes. We voted, and there were several for and none against. For/against what?, you ask. I'm terribly sorry. I forgot to write that down. I'm a bad, bad Internal Secretary. Please forgive me. It's Igor's fault. Anyway, the point is that I don't know what we decided, would like someone to tell me, and would be willing to cower in person for this mistake at some future occaision if that is desired. Fusion: Much plotting is going on in regard to money. We can indeed accept Arisia grants (which occur in the form of reimbursement). There are schemes regarding copying or something that I didn't understand, sorry. We could put a box for submissions in Woodbury Poetry Room. We could perhaps get the Crimson to do a story on Fusion mentioning that we need submissions. Kelly may seize power in Writer's SIG. SIGs: Gaming: After much peer pressure, Igor sang the Lords of Chaos anthem to the tune of the Tiny Toons theme song. Much applause followed. Mage: stuck on Earth; they'll get money, with a time-travel related betting scheme. Other other mage game: Everyone is freaking out, and truly weird things beyond the comprehension or note-taking skills of this Internal Secretary are happening. Igor's D&D: The end of the world may be scheduled for next Saturday, or possibly in October. Lords of Chaos (I think): Alan Sundell has killed or enslaved all other characters. Mike Simpson game: Kyle has died for a fifth time. Babylon 5: No new episodes for a month. HEAD (Hard Core Erotica of Dunster), while not technically a SIG or even HRSFA-affiliated, will be showing "Star Trek: The Next Penetration" in the Dusnter VCR room. I forgot to write down the time and date; Julia seems to know what's going on. E L E C T I O N S Results Sgt.-at-Arms: does not seem to be an elected position per se. Rather, it's more of a matter of fighting for the position. Matt Ender has won the position as the orange fish did not show up to challenge him. Puppet dicator: Chase Tingley. Scapegoat: Igor Teper, who won the election after a grueling runoff against Egor Teper. (Really.) During this election, Susan (speaking for Mr. Morden) asserted that gelled hair was "a sign of evil". Mascot: The formerly bitty orange fish. (By the way, these fish are all female, since the males have been killed.) Absolute Dictator: The vote was carried over until next meeting. The remaining candidates are Aaron Landry, and Susan Ivanova a.k.a God. Proxy votes may be sent to Lori, at ricard@fas. (Note: During this election the scapegoat required protection by some staff-bearing people from some other staff-bearing people, and had to flee the room. But he came back, to cringe again.) Muppet Dictator: Yoda. Last minute business: The UC may require us to ammend our constitution to say that we don't discriminate on the basis of gender identity. You have been warned. Next meeting will be March 30. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Anyway, the point is that I don't know > what we decided, would like someone to tell me, and would be willing to > cower in person for this mistake at some future occaision if that is > desired. Sorry about this... Eli emailed me to find out what he'd forgotten to write down, but I was away from the computer. We voted in favor of going ahead with showing People vs. Larry Flynt on 2 May. We also acknowledged that this Emergency Officer (and Deputy Officer) vote will have to be ratified at the next meeting. So now you know. -- Susan