MIT Science Fiction Society

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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, July 3, 1998




MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, Jamie, Chancellor and Pseudo-Skinner, presiding; Ed Keyes, Pseudo-Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

M: banana! Fails without vote. Too early to end meeting.

M: laughing. Chickens 1-2-2 +Spehn.

BING!

Committee Reports

Dexmistress: still July 25.

Pseudo-Hasslecomm: new "withdrawn" stamp for books.

We lost a member (AMT).

Shelfcomm: rearrangement almost done, woohoo!

Tons of stuff donated. We have years of life now.

Walk-in-comm: books donated.

Panthercomm: we got a donation now.

M: commend donation. Passes 2-0-6 +Spehn.

Discussion of obscure dates on "time to explode" graph.

M: who cares which Jordan books are checked out. Passes 2-0-3 +Spehn.

M: commend math of pseudo-skinner. Passes by fiat.

Donation is a bag of Star Wars books.

BING!

Old Business

Tomorrow the country is 222 years old.

Pentiumcomm: check that math (declaration vs. constitution).

Discussion of Schoolhouse Rock, Star Trek, and the writing style of the Declaration and Constitution.

M: condemn Constitution for no copyright or acknowledgment. Passes 1-2-4 +Spehn.

M: love that gavel! (Chastely, please). Does everything 2-2-1 +Spehn.

Donation is, in fact, 17 Star Wars paperbacks.

Discussion of book burning techniques.

Scientific units: yay for dynes and slugs and ergs.

Finger motion.

Usual junk.

BING!

New Business

Armageddon opened.

M: commend everyone for not noticing. Passes by fiat.

Bruce Willis, 12 Monkeys, Die Hard, Hudson Hawk, Bill and Ted, Time Bandits, consistent time travel, general relativity.

M: praise movies with consistent time travel, unless they're boring. Passed yesterday.

Para-doctoring paradoxes from "All you zombies" by Heinlein.

M: I'm hungry. Passes lots-few-few +Spehn.

M: everyone's not hungry. Fails by fiat.

M: commend Teresa for not recognizing a book. Passes everybody-nobody-nobody +Spehn.

BING!

Future Business

M: end meeting. Amend: with a pineapple. Passes 3-0-2 +Spehn.

BING!

M: something with a blue banana. Fails, no second.

M: morse code. Passes 2-1-1 +Spehn.



Meeting adjourned, 1725 SST.




Respectfully submitted,
Ed Keyes, Pseudo-Onseck