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Minutes

(09/26/2001)

Call To Order: 10:00 (yeah, right)pm

Attendance:

• Julie Faas (Captain)
• Katie Kilby (First Officer)
• David Henderson (Chief of Operations)
• Joel Fried (Grand Nagus)
• Chris Kaergard (Constable)
• Kenny Albright (Communications Officer)
• Christopher Allen
• Marisa Bonomo
• Bryce Callighan
• Roger Grunkemeyer
• Elizabeth Liddell
• Carl Murphy
• Aaron Nevitt
• Joel Oberdieck
• Fred Pugh
• Landon Winkler
• Kevin Zepp

Minutes: Summarized and approved.

• The meeting begins in chaos.
• The Captain orders the Constable not to attempt a coup. He obliges.

Committee Reports:

• Lots of people showed up for the Enterprise premiere.
• Attendance estimates range from "25-30" to "31.459" to "a bunch."
• Everybody says hi to Roger, who updates us on his status: "All the years I've been at Bradley, half of them I've been a senior."

• It exists.
• Dr. Curtis, the professor of this semester's sci-fi seminar, has suggested Forbidden Planet as a movie to watch.
• Carl submits all his movies for consideration.
• There will be a movie someday.
• The Constable accidentally phasers himself; luckily for him, though, he's a poor shot.

• Submit t-shirt ideas in writing to Joel.

• The club votes on whether tonight's report should be "annoying" or "scary." Scary wins, 7 to 6.
• It is disturbing when a role-playing formula tells you to roll 0.005 dice.
• No report.

Officers' Reports:

• The minutes are up - early for once!!
• Specific disorder ensues about Pringles.

• "Your first command together was less than successful. You are all dead." --Tuvok, "Learning Curve"
• Everything's under control.

• The current balance is $400.64, "same as last week."
• The Nagus is waiting to see how long it takes before people realize he is embezzling pennies.
• The Nagus still needs to check the status of our copy account with duplicating.

• Official information for the next two episodes of Enterprise is now up on the website.

• No report.

• We are holding tonight's meeting in Neumiller Hall, because the people maintaining it are very nice.
• The entire command staff "sings" "Letters." {There, I put the quotes in. Happy now?}
• Mail:
  • A newsletter from Volunteer Vibe
  • A copy of the Student Organization Registration Form
  • Propaganda for Alpha Phi Alpha's Random Acts of Kindness Week
  • Specific disorder ensues over a piece of misdirected mail.

New Business:

• Lyz reports that the Lord of the Rings Symphony CD is available on www.amazon.com for $17. The Bradley Symphonic Winds are currently playing the Gandalf and Hobbits movements from the symphony.
• The club discusses the possibility of a secret track on the CD of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins," as "sung" by Leonard Nimoy.
• Former Constable Ray Kremer has sent a communique regarding something he saw in The Scout Online: " '70% of Bradley Students are not Greek' chalked on the sidewalk?? Dren. ...Wish I'd thought of that."

Scifi News:

• John Billingsley, Enterprise's Dr. Phlox, is appearing in a Roswell/Enterprise crossover on October 30.
• Paramount has officially announced that the title of the tenth Star Trek movie will be ST: Nemesis.
• General photography for the movie will begin on November 28. The earliest possible release date at this time is Fall 2002.
• John Logan from "Gladiator" will write the script, while Stuart Baird of "Executive Decision" and "U.S. Marshals" will direct. The storyline will involve the Romulans.
• Dark Angel premieres this Friday on Fox.
• Buffy premieres next Tuesday at 7 pm on UPN.
• Special Unit 2 premieres next Wednesday at 8 pm, also on UPN.
• The two-hour premiere of Charmed will be next Thursday at 7 pm on the WB.
• The TNG marathon on TNN begins next Monday, with 77 episodes and 3 ST movies being shown. David has printed up schedules for anyone that wants one.
• "America Loves Star Trek," a special hosted by Jonathan Frakes, will air Monday at 6 pm on TNN. It might be an attempt at a dramedy, with regard to the TNG series.
• WWF Raw is War will air Monday at 8 pm, and it is rumored to have Star Trek stuff in it.
• ST: Gateways books 5 and 6 are now available. #5 is "No Man's Land" by Christie Golden, and deals with Voyager after the episode "Pathfinder." #6 is "Cold Wars" by Peter David. Early reports are that it is "the best NF book so far."
• The collection of TNG comic books, Enemy Unseen, is out now. It includes the 4-part miniseries "Perchance to Dream" by Keith R.A. DeCandido, as well as "The Killing Shadows," another 4-part miniseries by Scott Ciencin.
• Marisa remarks that Entertainment Weekly magazine had two articles on Enterprise.

Adjournment: 10:37 (envoi)(yeeeipong)pm