The following is transcribed from Rune 39, pages 8 and 9. This includes information on the board meetings held August 25, 1973, Jan 12, 1974 and August 11, 1974. Later information in the issue reveals that the August 11 meeting was at the Bucklins'. -------------- begin transcription ------------------------------------ By-Laws of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society Adopted Since Its Incorporation On February 22, 1972 By-Laws 1 though 8 were adopted with the articles of incorporation. By-Laws 9 through 11 were passed as resolutions by the Board of directors on August 25, 1973. However, the publication in Rune, as required, was not effected within the three-month period. They were published in Rune 33, dated November 1973, but actually issued circa December 20, 1973. The resolutions were re-passed by the Board of Directors on January 12, 1974, and presumably went into effect as of that date. #9: Minn-stf shall hold combined board and officers meetings, with board members retaining sole voting rights. #10: Resolutions of the board of directors shall be published within three months of passage in Rune; until such publication, said resolutions shall be posted on the Minn-stf bulletin board. #11: Officers are authorized to define any generally announced open meeting as an official Minn-stf meeting for the purposes of fulfilling voting privileges of members. The following resolutions were approved by the Board of Directors on August 11, 1974, and upon publication in Rune on or before November 11, 1974, shall become by-laws: 1. In the absence of a recommendation from the previous Minicon chairperson(s), or in the case of death, disability or disappearance of the Minicon chairperson(s), the Board of Directors has the right and duty to recognize a replacement or replacements.* [footnote: * See note at end of document] 2. The Minicon chairperson(s) are invited to attend as non-voting members at all Board of Directors meetings. 3. The Board of Directors can approve and promulgate censure and removal from the office of any Minicon chairperson(s) or Minicon committeeperson(s), with the approval of a general meeting, announced in advance, of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society; by simple majority of attending members of that Society who have attended at least one general meeting six months or more preceding said general meeting. 4. The Board of Directors, with and only with the unanimous vote of the full board, shall have the power to dismiss a motion for removal of any Minicon chairperson(s) or of any Minicon committeeperson(s) as spurious if the motion is clearly brought for reasons of personal disagreement or personal gain. Abstention in this cases shall not be counted as dissent. 5. An open Minicon committee meeting, previously announced at a general Minnesota Science Fiction Society Meeting, and open to all people interested in working on or with the Minicon committee, shall be held at least two months prior to the convention, when possible, or in other events as soon as possible prior to the convention. The major purposes of this meeting will be to select titled committee members. An official announcement of a titled committee membership with be made within two weeks following this meeting. Additions and changes to said committee membership may be subsequently made by the Minicon chairperson(s). 6. Minicon chairpersons(s) will state the beginning of each Minicon committee meeting whether or not the meeting shall be conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order or by an alternative method. The above resolutions, approved by the Board of Directors on August 11, 1974, are to be posted at the general meeting of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society of August 13, 1974, and subsequently published in Rune. If so published on or before November 11, 1974, they will become By-Laws 12 through 17 of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society. Comments are invited and may be addressed to any Board member: Margie Lessinger (current President), Caryl Bucklin, Ken Fletcher, Blue Petal, Jim Young; Chuck Holst (nonvoting--Vice President) and Dennis Lien (nonvoting--Secretary). Respectfully submitted, Dennis Lien Secretary, Minnesota Science Fiction Society ((Note: It has been pointed out to us that the first resolution was to have contained an initial sentance [sic] that at some point (at the time of voting, in the minutes, or whenever) was inadvertently omitted. I am printing it here for the convenience of the Board members, who will undoubtedly wish to act upon it in some way. It was to have read: "Previous Minicon chairperson(s) shall select successor(s), who is(are) recognized by the Board of Directors." Editor.)) --------------- end transcription -------------------------------------