MN-StF Board Meeting 18 October 1993 Persons present: Dean Gahlon, David S Cargo, Martin Schafer, Mitch Pockrandt, Kay Drache, Polly Jo Peterson, Joyce Scrivner, MN-StF Board Minutes Pictures Joyce showed off blown up (that is, poster sized) pictures from the first Mpls in '73 party after we pulled our bid for really wanting a worldcon here. Joyce asked to reimburse Chuck Holst for the tax which brought his costs for making the enlargements over the $73.19 that was originally approved. The board approved paying him the difference and Kay left Carol a message to that effect. Job Descriptions Kay has given Margo the corresponding secretary job description but Dean has yet to get the membership secretary description to Myrna. He will do so. Mpls in '73 at Orycon Joyce requested funds for a Mpls in '73 party at Orycon the weekend of November 12-14. The board approved them. This was added to the list of things to tell Carol. Storage Kay reports that storage went up only $2 per month to $78/month and the annual payment is due Nov 1. She called, guess who? about paying it. Nate and the Benefit Nate and friends are holding a benefit for Erin McKee and her friend who had a lot of money and materials stolen after ConFrancisco. He requested that he be able to use the MN-StF bulk mailing permit to send out flyers. This would not be legal (using it to benefit one of our members) so the board suggested that he send the flyers in Einblatt, which is sent first class anyway. After consultation with Nate on the phone, this was agreed to and Kay volunteered to write the flyer. Polly will call Marianne about putting it on the Hotline. OTML David has had a crash of a partition on his hard drive which has caused him to lose the OTML software. If he cannot find a backup somewhere, he will have to rewrite it. He may reorganize the OTML while he is at it. He is talking with DDB. Meanwhile, the Camel (ie, the registration computer) did not have a working clock that is necessary for reconciling the registration material with the OTML (or something like that. He can't make a date comparison with the OTML to see what addresses are more current). David will work on this. Kay would like them to create documentation for the program while they are at it. Minicon 94 Polly reports that the committee has only one bid and the deadline is passed. They will report at the next board meeting. ReinCONation will be Sept 9-11, 1994. Next Meetings The November meeting will be Thursday Nov 18 at Joyce Scrivner's, 3212C Portland Ave in Mpls. The December meeting will be at Dean Gahlon's on Monday Dec 20. (3553 Pleasant Ave S, Mpls.) Quote of the meeting: "For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the Universe."