MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, Ed Keyes, President and Skinner, presiding; Kat Allen, Onseck, recording.
Minutes read.
Approve minutes as ominous. 5-2-3 +Spehn.
BING!
Elections 5-232, twice as good as 5-216. Room needs a name. "New, improved star chamber?"
SCC moved- sort of in one day (move in one, open in about 3). 3 wonders: Montague. Get on Route 2, drive 93 miles, left at the light.
Steer roast now!
Jade: "Forgive me for being fixated on sexy manga."
BING!
Two vices visiting for picnic. A and Y.
UA office spit out more ancient mail. JM hunted for missing Loci; no luck. Ed thinks he read them. Is he an M.I. fan who burns after reading?
Mission Impossible was the first movie that made Jade not blame herself for not liking it, blaming the script instead. Y: "...bobobot..."
Jack Williamson turned in a novel: he's been writing for 76 years.
Usuals, second, etc.
SRD has contracted four more covenant books, swears "no more." (SF Chron. p. 9)
BING!
Brad: robotic traffic cones, almost as accurate as people. Should the BBC buy them as Daleks?
Rock n' roll piper (SFC p. 24).
We haven't been using our free Tech ads.
Discussion of hacks... leads to "reaffirm Society's faith in the Great Pumpkin." (JM) 10-1-1 +Spehn.
Ed opens an envelope to find "How to design a universal artificial intelligence."
BING!
Martyn: in a week, the movie of "A Wrinkle in Time" is on BBC.
"Banana Guard"- individual plastic protectors for bananas in 9 colors.
Google's IPO filing calls for e billion dollars.
Compel Banana Guard to be sold in the USA. 9-0-3 +Spehn.
Meeting adjourned, 1739 SST.