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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, May 11, 2007




MITSFS meeting called to order, 1700 SST, Kevin Riggle, President and Skinner, presiding; Christian Ternus, Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

Motion to condemn the reading of the minutes as being accurate (as far as ALC can tell) passes 16-0-5+Spehn.

Motion to change the MITSFS election structure fails 16-15-4+Spehn.

BING!

Committee Reports

Mobcomm

More books were ordered. More receipts were filed.

Picniccomm

There is a picnic tomorrow! You should come.

Skinner

The Skinner answered email. The Skinner always answers email. Spamscreen is like the memory hole.

Pseudo-AlohaLenscomm

KCR took pictures of Carrie.

BING!

Old Business

HRSFA attacked us last week. We successfully fended them off, yay.

Random discussion about many different things ensues.

ARM suggests that MKR should beat up her 'old-lady' teacher and take control of the class.

We should put a Non-Denominational Holiday Shrub on the Great Dome.

ALGOL.

BING!

New Business

Taunt the next Skinner.

BING!

Elections

Nominations for Onseck

:

Christian Ternus

The Dread Computer Roberts

Emacs that Hates America

America

Alucard

et al.

Lego Wars

Moon

Eris

the Goddess of Discord

Zombie King

Good Morale

Bad Morale

Smeagol

the Reactor

Bzzebedumebadah

Gavel

Captain Planet

all of the above

Math

Scheme

Maths

Miles Vorkosigan

Cordelia Vorkosigan

Famine, War and Pollution

Fragile Things

Kittens (to make the meeting pointy)

Kittens win. Ternus is declared to be equivalent to kittens.

Nominations for LHE:

ekate

Kate's hair-dye

the money

UA

the books

the UA's money

space which is big

the Producers

the Chaos Marines

the Eschaton

the rules

Bzzebamadebah

the person who will be elected LHE

the person who will not be elected LHE

George W. Bush

Guild

light

L

gravity

QED

xkcd

raptors

velociraptors in F-22s

Kate is re-elected LHE.

Nominations for Vice

:

Miss Katie *

Kendra *

Sukrit *

Mortal Combat between the 3 previous candidates

the Space Pen

Sloth

Greed

Pride

Stupidity

the Impossible

the class of candidaes which blah

set-car!

the space-time continuum

zombie space-crime continuum

Rock of Gibraltar

KBX boxes

Jamie Morris' good twin

Jamie Morris' evil twin

Kendra is elected Vice.

Nominations for President

:

Kevinr

Paige

Potted Palnt

Trail Mix

Skinner

George W Bush

Hilary Clinton

Bill Clinton

Al Gore

Other nomination

All possible entities which can be nominated at a MITSFS election

Ender

HP Lovecraft

Boba Fett

Darth Sidious

the Doctor

Good Morale

Good Omens

Bad Omens

Gavel

Reactor

Winner: Kevinr

Skinner

Kevinr appoints himself the Skinner.

BING!

Future Business

Motion to violate causality fails by Skinnerial decree. Motion to send the Eschaton an appeasement gift of a banana passes by Skinnerial decree.

BING! Meeting adjourned, 1830 SST.




Respectfully submitted,
Christian Ternus, Onseck