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Minutes

(10/24/2001)

Call To Order: 10:00 {auctioning off of the minutes}pm

There were 18 attendees.

Notes:

Recruitment and Relations Committee:

Quiz Bowl Committee:

Marisa and Chris K. attended the meeting. The intent of the club is for inter-scholastic competition, with meetings beginning Mondays at 9 pm in the student center atrium.
However, they would also run an intra-scholastic competition if there was enough interest in so doing.

T-Shirt Committee:

After last week's meeting, people who saw our "Better Geek than Greek" t-shirts gave hugs to Chris J. and Ryan. This led to the suggestion of the phrase, "Hug me! I'm a sci-fi geek!" for a slogan.
Any slogan we end up selecting should be cleared with Psi Phi West in Arizona State University, who are a bunch of cool people.

Movie Committee:

There will be a movie.
Lyz and Landon offer to be on the committee.
Bryce suggests Time Bandits as a movie; Marisa suggests The Princess Bride.
Julie will go to Blockbuster and try to pick up Dune and Forbidden Planet.
In the uplifting spirit of fascism, Julie will arbitrarily pick the first movie to be shown.
This Sunday at 3 pm, a movie will be screened at Lyz's house; she will email directions to the list.
A request is made that refreshments that are brought be sugar-free and/or diet, to keep the carpet stain-free in the event of spillage.

No Report Committee:

Anti-Joel is an entertaining bat thing flapping around the room, until he is subdued by security.
Should he or shouldn't he?
No report.

Communications Officer:

The minutes are not up yet, but they will be.
Jon Davison recently paid a compliment to the Comm Officer, consisting of the following: "Kenny Albright has revolutionized the art of minutes-taking."
This stands as further proof that the easiest way to get your name in the minutes is to butter up the Comm Officer.
Upon hearing this, David immediately offers the Comm Officer a cookie. "David Henderson" gets to be in the minutes.
Tonight's LotR TCG Card of the Week is "Aragorn, Ranger of the North." There are only 13 days left until the release of the game!

Constable:

First, an honorary report, a statement recently made by HIS 225's Dr. Jones: "I'd like to play with dynamite. I'd like to have a poison collection."
And, per suggestion, tonight's report: "Well, then, take your best shot Locutus, because we are about to intervene." --Riker, "Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
Everything's under control.

Grand Nagus:

Chief of Operations:

Information about 3 upcoming episodes is now up on at http://enterprise.psiphi.org.
Also up is a link to www.startrek.com, which has just put up several new video interviews with Enterprise cast members.

First Officer:

Captain:

"Letters" is performed.
Mail:
- A flyer for the Expressions Art and Poetry Contest, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Submissions are due in the Garrett Center by November 30.
- Propaganda for Habitat for Humanity's Shack-a-Thon on Wednesday, November 14.
- David notes that we might need a bulldozer to build a shack.
- Propaganda for the Pack the House event on October 27, featuring the women's volleyball game against Southwest Missouri State.
The Captain issues an Executive Order that says the Nagus shouldn't embezzle.
It is wondered whether or not we should activate the Budget article in the Psi Phi Constitution, to give the Nagus something constructive to do.
A copy of Psi Phi's bylaws are added to the copy of the Constitution currently wrapped around the bapper. The Constable notes this is effectively a "weapons upgrade."

Chris A. suggests a quote to the Constable for next week's Constabulary Report.
Bryce notes that some short sci-fi animated web cartoons of note can be found at www.campchaos.com and www.sho.com.
The motion is made to form a Shack-a-Thon Committee to organize a Psi Phi shack for the Shack-a-Thon.
Debate ensues over whether we should just donate money, or break with long-standing tradition and actually build something.
The more active version of the committee is formed, by a vote of 6-0, with 9 abstentions.
Lyz is selected to chair the committee, and Ryan and Landon sign on as members.
Attempting to plan ahead, the Comm Officer asks whether anybody could get a Bradley van for us to use when we go to the Star Trek convention in Champaign this February.

The Phantom Menace set a record for first-week DVD sales, which surpasses the one recently set by The Mummy Returns.
The episode of Roswell featuring the Enterprise crossover will air next Tuesday at 8 pm on UPN. It guest-stars John Billingsley and Jonathan Frakes, and Frakes also directs.
It is noted that Gene Roddenberry passed away exactly 10 years ago today.
It is also noted that today is "mol day." (One for the chemistry majors, I guess.)
Marisa says that Cartoon Network is currently airing new episodes of Reboot. Chris A. insists they're reruns. The truth remains uncertain, but the show is definitely on Cartoon Network.
Chris J. says that John Williams officially began writing the score for Attack of the Clones 6 days ago.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is now available on DVD.
Finally, it is noted that a sizable Psi Phi/Anime Club contingent saw Aliens at the movies last weekend.

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