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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, July 29, 2005

MITSFS meeting called to order, 1730 SST, Andrew Clough, Skinner, presiding; Kevin Riggle, Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

Motion 'Chickoo!' passes by Skinnerial decree.

BING!

Committee Reports

FrustratedAuthorComm

Margaret: "I'll be getting my book back in a couple weeks. He said he's putting it in the mail on Tuesday."
John: "I'll start mailing large envelopes to Margaret."

AtlasComm

Former MITSFS member Diann Smothers is competing in the Strongwoman nationals in St. Louis.

BluebellComm

The aforementioned Harry Potter books have been covered and one of them has been checked out.

Usual motion.

BING!

Old Business

"Every time I learn the word 'squirrel' in a new language, it turns up a universe of Google image searches."

John reveals that the root of the German word for squirrel is a homonym of the German word for croissant.

ALGOL BING!

New Business

BING!

Future Business

Move to have Margaret draw up a new copy of _The Bananas of Gor_ in glorious full color. Passes 9-0-7+Spehn.

Meeting adjourned, 1830 SST.

Respectfully submitted,

Kevin Riggle, Onseck