MIT Science Fiction Society

84 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139



Minutes

March 9th, 1990



bing MITSFS meeting called to order, Friday, March 9th, 1990, 1700 SST, Philip J. Nesser, President and Skinner presiding.

(PJN) Motions concerning the minutes?

(HAM) Move to approve the minutes as “Kowabunga!”

Motion passes, 9 to 2 to pizza plus Spehn.



bing Committee Reports

(S G) Moo Comm - The Handmaiden's Tale opens today: frontiers of feminism. He compares the covers of the book and movie poster.

(HAM) Aloha Lenscom - We have embarrasing pictures of people, mostly John and Stephanie: get them before John does.

(WDS) Moo Comm sub II - The Hunt for Red October is just sort of there. There are several dissenting opinions.

(PJN) Moo Comm sub III - LSC is showing Lapüta tomorrow evening.

(PJN) Twit Comm - Someone broke and stole 12 of LSC's 18 subwoofers in 26-100. It will cost LSC about $5000 to replace them.

(S G) Grease Comm - Kate Mahoney is now President of ASA, Elizabeth is treasurer, I am Secretary, and Glenn Berry is member-at-large.



bing Old Business

(PJN) We have a Titledex. It is 232 pages long.

Old business Algol - Usual everything: bing



New Business

(S G) Mini Cult - I noticed a Weekly World News article: Doctors Cure Gays With Electric Cattle Prods.

Donna walks in.

(C H) Cornelia Otis - I heard that there was a sort of tax riot over in England. [The reason is that a poll tax has been proposed.]

(S G) Motion to attack Margaret Thatcher with an banana-colored cattle prod.

Motion passes, 8 to 2 to 6 plus 3. [Three is defined as equal to Spehn.]

Meeting adjourned, 1719 SST



Respectfully submitted,

Derrick Kong, Onseck