IN THE GOOD OL' SUMMER TIME (continued):                                      |
will be voted on at the next meeting. If this constitution is accepted it will| 3
submitted to the SAB and Minn-Stf will have taken its first step towards U of |
M recognition. Now if framing this constitution had been all we accomplished  |
at the first summer meeting everything would have been just fine. But, like I |
said, we had a regular brainstorm. We came up with all sorts of ideas for the |
recruiting bulletin, for MINICON II and for having an all around good time.   \______

     I think it was Tom Vest who suggested that we compile a list of all the
bookstores having a good collection of SF as part of the recruiting bulletin. This
is a suggestion which should not be ignored. As a matter of fact, it might be wise
to start a regular department in the RUNE with a list of bookstores and a brief de-
scription of the quantity, quality and/or range of selections available at each store.
This fund of information could be periodically updated and printed in the recruiting
bulletin. In times to come, when RUNE reaches more distant towns, the benefits which
may accrue to us from this policy are not hard to miagine.

     It might also be a good idea to use the recruiting bulletin as a means of
advertising special Minn-Stf events suach as, say, a party on campus or, perhaps,
in that back room we hear is available at M. Golob's Bookstore. When the Minn-Stf
becomes an official campus organization scheduling rooms for meetings and events be-
comes much easier. But even if bureaucratic difficulties hamper us I don't think any
store with the available space would object to turning a multitude of potential cus-
tomers loose in it. Of course, the recruiting bulletin will also provide us with many
opportunities for advertizing other activities of ourse such as MINICON. As a matter
of fact, if we can maintain a good balance between informing and entertaining in this
fanzine it will probably be very successful.

     It was generally agreed at the last meeting that we ought to print as many as
500 copies of this bulletin with between 12 and 16 pages. As yet, we do not know what
exactly will go into it, or who    will edit it and publish it. (I'd like to take this
opportunity to volunteer my meager resources as editor -- do I hear a second for that
motion?)

     But, of course, the recruiting bulletin is a mere stepping stone. The hottest item
of discussion (besides the constitution) at the meeting was MINICON II. Marge Lessinger
suggested that we use posters of different shapes, sizes and colors to attract inter-
est in it. To this I might add a few things we learned from MINICON I:
     1)If we schedule the Artcraft Studio press well in advance and use our own paper
for the really big posters, the printing won't cost an extra cent (normally they
charge 35cents a piece for their poster boards and let organizations use their press free.)
     2)Unlike the posters for MINICON I, these posters should displayin large letters
the words "science fiction". That way we will attract better attention.
     3)We should organize the display management so that members can alternate.
Rather than having a few members managing the tables or events during the entire con-
vention we should work in shifts so that everyone gets a chance to circulate.

     These are some of the more important lessons from MINICON I. The most important,
of course, has already been learned: we are starting to plan for this event _now_ rather
than at the last minute (like last time). We were doing such a last minute job then
that many con-attendees were showing up at the event before some of the club members.
However, people are already popping up with ideas about what to do at MINICON II.
Anthony Tollin and I bumped heads ( a    hard thing to do over the phone) and came
up with the possibility that perhaps Minn-Stf could produce an amateur SF movie. Ken
Fletcher has had experience in making titles and in stop animation techniques. Tollin,
Haskell, and the Lessingers all have lights, cameras, projectors and so on. By pooling
our equipment and experience ( a year or two before Minn-Stf was officially organized
we produced a film) we could put together a really neat movie. Off hand, from what
information is available in ANALOG, THE AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, and POPULAR SCIENCE
articles I do not think it would be very hard for us to duplicate some of the more
spectacular special effects boasted for _2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY_.