[Channel Open]
[Incoming Transmission from Psi Phi, Office of Communications]

Minutes

(03/22/2000)

Call To Order: 10:05pm

Attendance:

• Joel Oberdieck (Captain)
• David Henderson (Chief of Operations)
• Meg Callender (Grand Nagus)
• Steven Noto (Communications Officer)
• Kenny Albright
• Aaron Nevitt
• Chris Paluch
• Monica Prorok
• C. Adam Scott
• Ryan Woodrow

Minutes: Summarized and approved.

Committee Reports:

• No report.

• Second Anthology for Star Trek CCG was released over break.
• The computer game Star Trek Armada from Activision will feature a preview card for the U.S.S. Jupiter.
• Ryan brought his card collection to the meeting for all interested persons to peruse.

• No report.

Officers' Reports:

• Com1: We are stepping up the transition between officers.
• New title suggestions for Com1 include Honorary Com Officer and Com Emeritus.
• Com2: The use of the Greek letter delta has been stricken from tonight's minutes.

• The Trivia Contest is underway. Ten days down, four to go.
• So far, there have been 125 contestants, with 3 perfect scores.

• The current balance is $147.98, same as last week.
• We're still waiting for the money from amazon.co.uk.
• The Captain hit Com2-->1 with the mail.

• No report, due to the conspicuous absence of the First Officer.

• There is relevant and irrelevant mail this week.
• Mail:
  • A signup sheet for the Bradley Ambassadors
  • Activities Council needs gruntwork for concert
  • Also, a humongous pack of nominations/applications for scholarships/awards that is pretty much useless to us
  • The relevant mail included a form to keep our Psi Phi office for next year.
  • There was also a nomination form for "Student Organization of the Year".
  • After several minutes of raucous laughter, the meeting continued.

Old Business:

• March 26 was William Shatner's birthday. Happy Birthday, Bill!

Scifi News:

• Dave has an advance copy of Inferno, the third book in the Deep Space Nine: Millenium trilogy.
• Com2 has a bout of temporary insanity.
• Dave is shutting down the Voyager section of the website so he can focus on keeping the Star Trek book database in peak condition.
• Several rumors about Voyager's season finale seem to indicate a sort of "Borg Variety Hour," like a "Dark Frontier" plus the equivalent of an "Insurrection" within the collective.
• Also rumored is that Voyager will introduce the background and cast for a new series, but not one involving the adventures of Captain Sulu.
• The UPN station in Peoria currently airing Voyager really, really needs advertisers!
• The possibilities of buying ad spaces on UPN to advertise Psi Phi T-shirts, ad space on UPN, and nothing at all were each explored.
• The second season of Farscape has begun! It currently airs on the Sci-Fi Channel Fridays at 7.
• Watch for Robin Williams singing "Blame Canada" at the Academy Awards March 26!
• General disorder ensued.

Adjournment: 10:28pm