MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, Tim Huckelbery, President and Skinner, presiding.
(Flynn) Motion to approve the minutes and disapprove the Society for going so long between meetings. Fails 4-9 or so-3 +Spehn.
(MJG) Motion to accept the minutes as overdue since they haven't been seen for over 3 weeks. Passes semi-unanimously.
TLH: "It's been a while, folks!" KRJ: "Since you had any?" JME: "Did you forget how to do it?" TLH: "I had a lot of practice by myself."
BING!
(Shawn and JME) Jourcomm: TZ ready to be collated. We will begin Saturday, January 7. Be there, please! You'll get a free copy.
B* asks if anyone's working on TZ 36 yet. The Society breaks into hearty laughter.
(Shawn) ROSFAP: It's finished- except for putting them all away.
(TLH) Shelfcomm: There's a new shelf up! Put in an ADB request for 750 dollars (half cost) for 10 new ones.
(MJG) LHE Report: equity level 1190.59, loss of 467.76 last month.
(A^2) Moocomm: Dark Crystal tomorrow night.
(TLH) Zorkcomm: New Zork books are out. Infocom made Time magazine.
BING!
OBA: um, us, uv, usual Broadbent, ur.
BING!
(Malcolm) Minicult: Last week there was a lecture entitled "Bird Watching and the Home Computer."
(Flynn) Minicult: Joe Haldeman spoke to NESFA. He talked about his SF classes. He expected to find a bunch of illiterate techies, but he was wrong.
Merryl displays a package we got addressed to "The MIT Science Club"- it contains "Research Abstracts from the Republic of China."
(B*) Minicult: Harrison Ford signed up to do a third Indiana Jones movie.
(B*) At Who-comm, selling for 8 dollars, a story treatment for Star Wars 1, The Fall of the Republic.
(A^2) Minicult: There are 4 SF books on the Times bestseller list.
(JME) Motion to condemn Malcolm for arguing with the lovely, radiant, and banana-like Adina. Passes 2001-42-1984 +Spehn.
Meeting adjourned sometime.