October 1, 1988

Minutes in Their Entirety! Meeting on the waterbed at Dean Gahlon/Laura Krentz
home.

Meeting called at short notice during the Minn-STF meeting at Dean and Laura's.
Ihinger out of town; Johnson ill; everyone else seasick. Meeting commenced at
4:53 (as the tide went out). The only item of pressing business was _Rune_.
The log of the Wayback Machine revealed:
_Rune_:	First issue under present editors -- 700 copies of 20 pp. budgeted at
	$975; actual costs were $800.

	Second issue: budgeted at $975; actual costs were $950.

	Third issue (to all Minicon attendees) 2500 copies of 52 pp. budgeted
	at $2500; spent so far $2400, with returns yet to be remailed and
	foreign-other-than Canada yet to go out.

Upcoming: The first issue after the BIG ISSUE.

It is noted that there is a major breakpoint at around 1,000 copies. The 2500
copies printed last time cost only about $400 more than 1,000 would. Since
last year, cost of printing has gone up slightly; cost of postage has gone up
noticeably; participation of _Rune_ recipients has gone up significantly.

_Rune_ editors propose a _Rune_ with fewer copies, higher page count, and a
budget "not a whole lot more" than previously suggested. They can do 700
copies of a 60 pp. _Rune_ for circa $1500 -- a possible Big Post-Minicon
issue, such as this year's, being more. Still hope to do four per year. _Rune_
has been well received, and seems to have stimulated interest and fan
publishing generally among locals. The budget available determines the page
count, and thus the degree of editing needed, and thus needs to be determined
in advance of production of upcoming issues.

Discussion: Figures are reasonable, but: _Rune_ is the biggest single chunk of
Minn-STF's budget, and "not a whole lot more" in _Rune_ terms still translates
to a significant chunk of total pie. We are more concerned with annual cost
than per-issue costs. _Rune_ can save by: cutting back on mailing list,
cutting back on page count, or cutting back from 4 to 3 (or whatever) issues
per year. How to define "core" list to receive (Einblatt list; Minicon minutes
list; Directory list; all above plus letterwriters; plus -- ???). Annual $
available depends on Minicon profits. Consensus toward cutting per-year
numbers to beef up per-issues: _Rune_ OKed for $1400 for upcoming issue; $1200
each for next two, these three and no more than three to come out in next 12
months. If more needed for special single issue, ask for more that issue.

Answering machine: Romm has OKed purchase of such and will acquire upon
receipt of check from Halpern (since done).

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     "Hey, these Board meetings aren't held only
        to provide one-liners for the excerpts
     published in _Rune_, you know. Only mostly..."

        Play to your strengths. -- _Rune_ eds