This is a transcription of paper minutes done by Matt Strait in 2017. I
have approximately preserved the original formatting. I may certainly
have introduced typos or inadvertently corrected some.

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MINUTES OF THE MINNESOTA SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
April 15, 1985

Board Members Attending: Jan Appelbaum, Don Bailey, David Cargo, Scott Imes
                         Virginia Nelson
General Members Attending: Dan Goodman, Mark Richards, Martin Schafer

Meeting "called to order" at 8:26 p.m.

   Scott Imes reviewed minutes from the last two Board meetings. The 1985-86
Board first met on April 3, 1985.  The following officers were appointed and
have accepted: President, Beth Friedman; Vice-President, David Cummer; Executive
Vice-President, Steven Brust; Corresponding Secretary, Mark Richards; Attendance
Secretary, Lynn Anderson; Treasurer, Joel Halpern; Recording Secretary, Karen
Johnson.

Business:

1. Denise Nelson and Tom Longo.  The court summons was mailed to Denise and
returned to us as undeliverable as addressed.  Scott said the address is correct.
Board discussed other possible ways of serving the papers to Denise, including
locating her between classes at the University where she is a student.  David
Cargo is willing to participate in this.
   Also discussed getting a court injunction against Tom to keep him away from
future Minn-Stf functions and to prevent further harassment by him.
   Among problems at Minicon 20 that may have been caused by Tom were   visits
from the State Health Dept., the MN Dept. of Revenue, an aborted "visit" by the
Bloomington Police, flyers advertising a party at the Radisson South for $5.
Beth Friedman, Communications Officer on the Bridge one morning, also reported
receiving a phone call from Tom.
   David Cargo read out loud an article in Uncle Dick's (gossipzine) about the
affair.  Scott Imes felt that the Board should hold off making any official
statement about the entire matter until the results of the court judgement could
also be reported.
   The Board decided to retain a lawyer.  Don Bailey will contact Rob Ihinger
to see if he is interested.   Also will investigate the procedure of obtaining
an injunction in case it is needed.  If there is evidence or good reason to
believe that Denise is avoiding the court summons, the Board will proceed with
criminal charges.
   It was suggested that the Board consider a by-law covering the expulsion
of a Minn-Stf member.

2. Dan Goodman officially declared his interest in doing Einblatt for one more
year.  He requested a budget of $168.00, to cover printing and miscellaneous items.
The budget was provisionally approved, since a new editor may be appointed at the
next Board meeting.  An arrangement is being worked out to have Lynn Anderson
print the mailing labels for Einblatt.   David Cargo volunteered use of a computer
modem.
   After May 15 (the court date) Dan wants an official statement from the Board
about the Denise Nelson/Tom Longo/Maxicon/etc. case, to be printed in Einblatt.

3. Meeting set up to accept applications for editing Run, Einblatt, the Hotline.
Meeting will be on Monday, May 20, 1985 at 8:15 p.m. at the French House.  Joel
Halpern will be asked to give a Treasury report.

4. Martin Schafer asked for money to throw a Minneapolis in '73 party at
Alti-Ego in Denver later this month.  "My wildest fantasies...$200", he said.
$200 was approved by the Board, with the check to be made out to Martin.
   Virginia Nelson said she gave Cheryl of Alti-Ego a copy of the 1984 Minicon
parties budget (to help Cheryl formulate a budget).  The Board approved this
after the fact, and generally agreed that the Board should screen/approve
who can see Minn-Stf records.

5. David Cargo had a question about Minicon policy.  People who pre-registered
for Minicon and did not attend the con want their money refunded.  Do we do this?
Answer: no.  Memberships can be transferred to another person attending the con,
but not refunded, or saved for the next year.
   Second question dealt with the special list of pros who get comp memberships
to Minicon.  There has been two ways of handling this: one is to give them an
at-the-door badge and free packet, another is to pre-make badge and packet and
mail it to those pros who don't show up at Minicon.  David wants directions from
the Board as to how to handle this.  Discussion followed.  There was disagreement
about whether this is a Board matter, or a Minicon Exec matter.  Discussion
tabled at 10:37 p.m.

6. Also tabled discussion of donation of computer keyboard from Peter Larsen.

Meeting adjourned at 10:40 p.m.


NEXT MEETING: Monday, May 20, 1985 at 8:15 p.m. at the French House, 3552 Colfax
              Ave. S., Minneapolis.  Applications for editorship of Rune, Einblatt,
              and the Minn-Stf Hotline accepted at this meeting.

                                            Submitted by the Scribe
                                                         (Recording Secretary)
                                             [signed] Karen Johnson