MIT Science Fiction Society

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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, May 29, 1998




MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, Jenwa, Skinner-Regent, presiding; [Unknown], Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

M: minutes read and much rejoicing. Chickens 4-0-9 +Spehn.

"Wow, numbers. Should I bing?" (JWH)

BING!

Committee Reports

Jamie suggests badgering Neel since Ed thinks Bluebellcomm needs help.

Hardwarecomm: donates hardware to library.

Panthercomm: more fun to come!

Muttering about inflicting donations on a hospital. Crusties badger Jenwa into giving in to their fiendish plots.

Pseudo-mobcomm: Dave and JM spent lots of money but managed to find "stuff we were looking for" anyway.

Pseudo-pseudo-mobcomm: more books.

BING!

Old Business

"Ah!" (JWH, but she manages a decent bing anyways)

Circulating room running out of space. JM filling in for JPW in culling magazines. Discussion of reserve room space.

BING!

New Business

Another decent bing. JWH eventually realizes that she should announce new business.

Flaming about R/O and administrative stupidity.

We have a fan, but it doesn't read stuff. (Cymbal noise.)

Pakistan saber-rattles.

Mediocre BING! Skinner-regent bemused for 1/2 minute.

BING!

Future Business

M: funnybing! 2-1-8 +Spehn. "Something very small to 0 to 8 +Spehn" (JWH)

JWH wanders around, apparently listless.

M: make JWH run a lap around the library before the end of the meeting. Doesn't matter: 3-3-3 +Spehn. "Um, I don't remember." (JWH)

M: library by [unintelligible] banana-colored running shoes. 6-12-0 +Spehn.

Miller Motion. Fails.

"I feel a song coming on..." (Martyn)

Second Miller Motion. "(garble)" 8-7-4 +Spehn.

BING! "Ow..."



Meeting adjourned, 1720 SST.




Respectfully submitted,
[Unknown], Onseck