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MITSFS Meeting Minutes

Friday, October 16, 2009

MITSFS meeting called to order, 61.2 Ksec SST, Miss Katie Ray, President and Skinner, presiding; Susan Shepherd, Onseck, recording.

Minutes read.

Motion for Kendra to eat Sukrit's brains fails 15-8-2 plus Spehn. ``What?'' ``She's the Skinner, she can do that.''

BING!

Committee Reports

WarComm

Warcomm Starts today. We hope to get more space. Gather the armies! Pillage! Burn!

Motion to condemn WarComm for imitating the factual accuracy of the thistle something something . . . Onseck fails at getting it all down. It sounded awesome, though, Brian, if that's any consolation.

Onseck

Onseck will become a faster typer soon now, no really.

Catacomm

Catacomm exists! Also, Catacomm has done work despite being out of state due to the existence of the awesome prentice named Ben. Yaaay Prentices.

pseudo-Surgeon

Surgeon did work.

Seldon

There is a showing tonight. Also, if you have suggestions OTHER THAN Twilight, email Lee.

pseudo-Libcomm

There is a function in the Dex that should tell us where the bugs are located.

LHE

MITSFS got 1000 dollars finboard funding. This was less than we were hoping for, but good to have nonetheless.

Trojan

We've received more of the Cohen donation in the mail. Raised eyebrows are indeed an appropriate response.

Theftcomm

Would like to commend the prentice who knows Pearl; he has been useful.

MooComm

We have tickets for a free showing of The Fourth Kind for next Thursday.

BING!

Old Business

There is a prequel to Republic of Thieves on Camorr.com. Probably worth checking out.

The Apocalypse is coming soon. Someone should check to see if George R.R. Martin is about to finish Dance with Dragons.

Codex Alera is coming out soon, to general excitement and discussion of angst.

Usual motion, usual second, usual vote, usual result, usual complaint.

BING!

New Business

There are parents here this weekend. ``Ah. That's why there's no parking.''

Brandon Sanderson has offered to complete the Song of Ice and Fire, after he finishes the Wheel of Time. (Note, this is likely a joke.)

The last book of the Wheel of Time has turned into three books. The curse begins again . . .

``The problem with Epic Fantasy is that it really should have an ending.'' ``The problem is that books without endings are NOT Epic Fantasy.''

BING!

Future Business

In the future, cables (a knitting reference) will get easier.

In the future, Alera will burn. And there will be a LARP tomorrow.

A motion to collect half a dozen of our female feline pets, comb the hair from them and turn the hair into knitting yarn so that Kat can knit Cat-Six Cables. Votes: 2-7-15 plus Spehn.

Motion to commend BrioVotes: 16-1-5 plus Spehn.

Motion to torture the Onseck. Votes: 7-5-11 plus Spehn.

The determinant is 82.

Motion to tax the citizens of Albania on a per head per hill basis and to set aside a fund for the treatment of damaged Onsecks who have been driven bananas passes 15-1-4 plus Spehn.

BING! Meeting adjourned, 66.6 Ksec SST.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Shepherd, Onseck