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Minutes

(10/10/2001)

Call To Order: 10:00 pm

Attendance:

• Julie Faas (Captain)
• Katie Kilby (First Officer)
• David Henderson (Chief of Operations)
• Joel Fried (Grand Nagus)
• Chris Kaergard (Constable)
• Kenny Albright (Communications Officer)
• Christopher Allen
• Marisa Bonomo
• Bryce Callighan
• Stephen Friederichs
• Chris Johnson
• Andrew Kalafut
• Carl Murphy
• Joel Oberdieck
• Fred Pugh
• Ryan Woodrow

Minutes: Summarized and approved.

• The final Red Dwarf tape has been returned to Carl.
• David motions that Ryan be deleted for security reasons.
• Specific disorder ensues about Tennessee.
• Discussion turns to whether or not the Nagus should be removed for embezzling.
• Specific disorder ensues about who we can and/or should remove.

Committee Reports:

• No report.

• The Captain has received the following T-shirt slogans:
  • "Being crazy does have its advantages: tactical skills and maniacal laughter."
  • "All that is gold does not glitter, / Not all those who wander are lost."
  • "If I had a dollar for every dollar you don't have, I'd have a dollar."
  • "With friends like these, who needs halluncinations?"
• Also, David has received T-shirt slogans from alumni member Robert Ray, now at Arizona State University:
  • "I see your schwartz is as big as mine."
  • "We are the geeks who say 'Ni!' "
  • "I'm a mog: half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend!"

• There will be a movie.
• Recent suggestions include Suburban Commando, and the Sci Fi Channel's Dune miniseries on DVD, which Christopher A. has at home.

• Tonight's report contains a Really Bad Math Joke (RBMJ):
• "Yo mama so dumb, she can't double-differentiate!"
• No report.

Officers' Reports:

• Last week's minutes are up.
• It is noted that the Soviet revisionist policy is still in effect.
• The motion is made to remove Marisa/Joel/?? from the club.

• "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow." --Ivanova, "Grail"
• Everything's under control.

• The current balance is $400.63, the same as last week.
• The Nagus requests that the Captain be removed from the room for the next part of his report; the request is granted.
• Now to discuss a coup.
• [Item deleted from minutes for security reasons.]

• The Enterprise website has been updated with the credits from this week's episode.
• Somebody from the Bradley yearbook called David about getting a group picture together. Everyone should try to wear a Psi Phi t-shirt to next week's meeting.

• The First Officer baked cookies. Yay! David remarks, "Cookies!"

• "Letters" is sung for the mail.
• Mail:
  • A bill from AV, stating we owe them nothing.
  • A flyer for the Tech Expo '01 on October 15
  • Propaganda for the Day of Dialogue on November 14
• Julie needs help, because her calculator doesn't work.

Old Business:

• Quiz bowl discussion begins.
• Marisa is nominated and confirmed for Quiz Bowl Committee chairperson.
• Chris K. and Ryan opt to join the committee.
• Committee members should attend the informational meeting on October 24.

New Business:

• The motion to amend the constitution for non-embezzlement is denied, for the much simpler method of Captain's Order: "Don't embezzle!"

Scifi News:

• Smallville, the teen Superman series, premieres next Tuesday at 8 on the WB.
• There is a new promo for the Legend of the Rangers TV movie at www.scifi.com.
• David reports that the promo contains great new special effects.
• The DVD of The Mummy Returns has set a new record for first week sales, surpassing the record formerly held by Gladiator.
• Amazing Spider-Man #35 by JMS is out now.
• The latest issue of ST: Communicator has dumped all of its regular columns to do a special Enterprise issue, including interviews with all regular cast members.
• Chris J. arrives at 10:44.
• David has the manuscript for the second ENT novel, due out in January.
• The motion is made to declare Marisa a security risk. Motion passes 8-5, with 1 abstention, 1 "courteous abstention," and 1 double abstention.

Adjournment: 10:48 pm