This is a scan and OCR of minutes found in a binder, done in 2017.  I have
corrected OCR errors, but left original errors intact, if any.

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                   Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors,
                        Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc.

                                    August 11, 1986

Directors attending: Don Bailey, David Cargo, David Dyer-Bennet, Scott Imes,
Geri Sullivan

Officers attending: Karen Johnson (Recording Secretary)

Others attending: Eric Heideman, Margo Bratton, Mark Richards, Pamela Dyer-
                  Bennet

Agenda: Request for Mpls. in 73 party funds
        Eric Heideman/T ales of the Unanticipated
        Scott Imes/A Question
        DD-B/Reports
        continuing discussion on money philosophy

Note: Items are not necessarily discussed in the order listed in the agenda.

Correction to last minutes. 1) Item 1 of last minutes: The majority voted yes for
revealing the information. This was not stated clearly in the minutes. 2) Spelling er-
ror needs correcting. Done.

Item 1: Doug Friauf requested $200 from the Board for a Mpls. in 73 party at this
year's Worldcon in Atlanta. Much discussion. Board decided (unanimously!) to ap-
prove $150 (same as last two years, presumably) with the recommendation that he buy
more soft drinks, munchies and blog fixings, and less hard liqueur. DD-B will inform
Joel Halpern (Treasury) of the decision. Scott Imes will inform Doug.

Item 2: Eric Heideman with two questions. 1) He and others are going to a con (I
don't have the name) and want to throw a Mpls. in 73 party. They request money and
instructions on how to hold such a party. The Board approved $30, and gave much
helpful and silly advice about the proper way to hold a Mpls. in 73 party. (If Eric
really understands what to do with what state of bucket/wastepaperbasket for the blog,
we're in better shape than we think we are.) DD-B will inform Joel of the expense.
Geri will give him Mpls. in 73 membership forms, pennies, posters, etc.
2) Report of status of Tales of the Unanticipated. It is at the printer. He hopes to
have it back for distribution at Worldcon. There is a problem with the $400 retainer
check for the printer not arriving through the mail. He has written a check of his
own, and is tracking the missing check, but may need reimbursement from Joel soon.
Note: Eric authorized a total of $850 for printing Tales. Question: how does he mail
the zine? Explanation given. Options include using the postage meter and buying in-
dividual stamps. He hadn't planned to charge extra for shipping and handling. He
was advised to think again about this for the future since .50 postage cost equals 25%
of the zine price of $2.00. Suggested that postage costs be included in future budgets
for this and other stuff to be mailed (was not done this time). The Board approved
$25 to be added to the Tales budget for postage. DD-B will inform Joel.
3) Issue 2 might be ready by January 1, 1987. If so, he will be printing it in Decem-
ber 1986 and wants access to the $500 budgeted for 1987. The Board prefered waiting
a month or so before making a decision.

Item 3: DD-B's reports. 1) He informed Michael Butler, Rune editor, of the Board's
decision last meeting to cut the Rune budget. Michael was not pleased. Said he plans
to print bi-monthly. DD-B told him the Board might reconsider once he gets some-
thing in print. 2) The Minn-StF business cards were printed and some distributed in
bundles of 25 at the last Minn-Stf meeting. He has about half (1,000) of the cards
left. The total cost was $53.

Item 4: Scott Imes' question. Which was confusing, and essentially "The Board dis-
cussed the previous day's Minicon meeting."

Item 5: Don Bailey has started work on the report of the Longo affair, from the
beginning (fallcon) to the current status. Margo is helping by reminding him to do
this.

Item 6: David Cargo reported that the One True Mailing List is down to ap-
proximately 2500 names/addresses. Most entry work is completed. He is now produc-
ing labels for Einblatt, Minicon meeting minutes, Rune (if it shows up), and Minicon
Progress Report 1.

Item 7: Geri brought up the money philosophy discussion, and the Board agreed to
table it until the next meeting.

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18, at 8:30 PM at David
Cargo's, 3040 Harriet Ave. S., Minneapolis.

                                                Karen Johnson
                                                Recording Secretary

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