Minn-Stf Board Meeting

14 January 1992 at the home of Don Bailey and Margo Bratton.

Persons present: Don Bailey, Rob Ihinger, Polly Peterson, Dean Gahlon,
Alan Pederson, Martin Schafer.

"At 7:30, Rob Ihinger was the only non-living board member present"--Margo
(who wasn't there.)

Jumping right into business:

Pool Party: The board decided (as in the past) to give the pool party $100 for
supplies.

Board Elections: The board decided to hold the 1992 Board of Directors
election on March 21 in order to give the new board time to select Minn-StF
officers for the year by Minicon. This means that the February 22 and March 7
Minn-StF meetings are nominating meetings.

Corresponding Secretary: Several people showed an interest in becoming (or
being drafted for) Corresponding Secretary. The Board decided to ask Jerry
Corwin first since he lives within blocks of the Post Office where the
Minn-StF box is. Getting mail to its proper recipients in a timely manner (ie,
pick it up at least once a week) and answering general inquiries about the
club were important parts of the job description. Dean will talk to him.

ReinCONation: (on further reflection) lost a few hundred dollars if the hotel
insurance does not pay the claim on the loss of items at last fall's con. (If
they do pay, the con made money). Martin says that they would like to have a
con again this year. Timing will depend on the availablility of guests that
they would like to invite, but would be either the week after Magicon or a few
weeks later. As there are no known Fall con bids out there, the board
authorized Reinconation to have another con this fall.

This brought up the topic of getting some kind of perimeter security system
for small cons that Minn-StF sponsors. It was agreed that up to $250 could be
spent on this and the board will start a price search. Don will check at
Honeywell (although their systems are probably of a grander scale than we can
afford). Thinking about Supercon, the board authorized the con committee to
spend $50 to get some security system if they so desired, but that there
needed to be more research before more money is spent.

The meeting ended at a phenomenally early 8:19pm, but then Jonathan Adams
arrived and said that the IRS has waived the fine they had imposed upon
Minn-StF after understanding what happened.

The next meeting will be February 18th at Dean Gahlon and Laura Krentz's house.

Submitted by yours (truly),

Polly Jo Peterson