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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, April 9, 1999




MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, AMU, Pseudo-President and Skinner, presiding; [Unknown], Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

M: she made up that last part! 8-0-3 +Spehn.

BING!

Committee Reports

Mobcomm: British guy- we have his new book.

Picniccomm: mailing going out in the next few days.

Panthercomm: forty pounds of books are processed. "Only 2 worth reading." (WDS)

BING!

Old Business

Alum mailing failing to happen. Who to blame? Ed for not forcing them and alums for being lame.

Keyholder -> tenured. Hard to get rid of.

Tyrannical Iron Fist!

BING!

New Business

New books. "I said that already."

A zillion prefrosh, some of which are here.

M: say hi to prefrosh. 12-0-1 +Spehn.

Some lecture thing.

Acoustic management of wildlife. "The once and future ping." Murphy's Law probably true.

SF reading series not being sponsored.

Tool-in...

Phonecomm: ring! Jenwa not here.

Chuck Vest: It's really cute you're all here and stuff...

Complaining about everything. Octarine ribbon campaign?

M: (chair squeaky sound). 8-10-7 +Spehn.

Futurama still doesn't suck according to WDS. Buffy still in reruns. VCR tech: watches TV so you don't have to. Decoding Futurama alien writing... but Klingon language attempted decoded by fans.

M: approve computer operating systems in Klingon. No! Expects you to be very rude.

M: the other 28 who don't know what you're talking about. 15-4-8 +Spehn. (But they're a bad 28!)

We have more chance now... not too many nominations. Activities vote, not individuals.

Jenwa enters! And convinces prefrosh to actually come in.

TV talk. Not true: the less you see a show, the more chance you have of seeing different episodes.

Meeting segments into talkers A, talkers B, watchers, and prefrosh.

Funny, no listeners...

BING!

Future Business

Yada yada yada.

Meeting adjourned by pseudo-skinnerial decree.



Meeting adjourned, 1730 SST.




Respectfully submitted,
[Unknown], Onseck