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     |                  RUNE :: Newsletter of the Minn-Stf :: 24 JUNE, 1968
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     |  STODOLKA (continued):
     |       Of course, _what_ we film is another matter. Should we try to film a screen
     |  version of a short story or should we write our own story -- say an SF satire,
     |  starring the notorious Flash Hotpants?
     |
     |       Another good possibility for the MINICON would be a slide show of the Baycon.
_____/  We could easily donate some funds for part of the film and developing costs so
        that someone who   goes with a camera (like Jim Young probably intends to do) can
        can afford to take lots of pictures. We could also try converting some of my pic-
        tures of the NyCon into slides.

        I'm sure that in the weeks ahead we'll come up with many more suggestions for
   the MINICON. By the next meeting we should be able to report on some of the other
   ideas that we came up with. I will be checking with the Post Office on their rates
   if we qualify for a non-profit organization mailing-status. Tom Vest will be check-
   ing with Walter Library about their funding service for monies Minn-Stf will be do-
   nating for SF magazines. Eventually we will also be getting around to checking with
   Golob's about their back room and we will be getting a letter off soon to Fred Pohl
   concerning his rates for mailing lists in Minnesota.

        All this brings us to that almighty question of money. $trange a$ is $eem$,
   there is not much Minn-Stf will be able to do unless we develop a very healthy bank
   account. Here is a statement of our financial standing since MINICON I:

                      REIGISTRATION FEES FOR MINICON: $14.50
                      (That represents 29 non-Minn-Stf
                      attendees -- just about what we
                      expected.)
                      DISBURSEMENTS:
                      Refreshments...................$ 3.00
                      Poster printing..(Kuhfeld).....$ 4.00
                      Newletter-program printing...........
                                  (JMY)..............$3.50.
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                      TOTAL.........................:$10.50

        Thus, despite the fact that many of the costs, both for the MINICON and for
   the duplicating and mailing costs of our newsletter   were sustained by individual
   members whenever possible,we still have only $4.00 available. This will probably be
   spent as soon as we can make arrangements with the library funding service to pay
   for a subscription to _IF_ as was voted at the MINICON.

        Therefore, in concluding this little review of our activities, I should put
   special emphasis on yet another point that was brought up at the constitutional con-
   vention: Minn-Stf needs a financial plan. This plan will have to be centered around
   the two or three major projects that we are currently considering. We will have to
   consider the cost of the recruiting bulletin; the costs of any pre-convention events
   we may schedule; and the costs of the MINICON itself. Each of these will have to be
   balanced against what individual members expect to be able to assist on their own
   and against the income expected from new members. Registration fees, donations, mem-
   bership dues -- all these should be topics for discussion at the next Minn-Stf meeting.

        Yes, summer is here, and Minn-Stf is through with its idle dreaming for now. And,
   if the meetings to come are anywhere near as productive as the constitutional conven-
   tion, we'll have no difficulty facing the challenges we've placed before ourselves.
   What's more, we'll be meeting a lot of new fans this summer. We'll be working togeth-
   er on a lot of projects too. So who says fandom ain't a way of life?

                                                           --Frank Stodolka.