[Channel Open]
[Incoming Transmission from Psi Phi, Office of Communications]

Minutes

(09/03/2003)

Call To Order: 9:48 pm

Ryan whacked the table to get everyone's attention, and in the process upset Elizabeth's Romulan ale over Laura.

Attendance:

• Ryan Woodrow (Captain)
• Kevin Zepp (-> First Officer)
• David Henderson (Chief of Operations)
• Elizabeth Koprucki (Grand Nagus)
• Laura Zadrozny (Constable)
• Kristen Zidon (Communications Officer)
• Jeff Hibbard (Faculty Advisor)
• Dennis Chaput
• Andrew Conrad, aka Señor Bob
• Curtis Erickson
• Julie Faas
• Joel Fried
• Joan Johnson
• Andrew Kalafut
• Eben Kinkaid
• Heidi Koch
• Andromeda McGregor
• Matt Mitrovich
• Aaron Nevitt
• Meaghan Porter
• Monica Prorok
• Fred Pugh
• Aaron Reisberg
• Don Steiner
• Will Vesely
• Amy Zepp
• Jeff [uncertain of last name]

[There were also two people who checked their names off on the sheet of new meeting attendees, but did not introduce themselves. I'm uncertain if they were there but arrived later, or if perhaps there was a check mark in an incorrect blank. If you have any information about this, please let me know.]

• Parker Biederbeck
• Sean T. Madden

There were at least 27 attendees.

Minutes:

Summarized and approved.

Introductions:

• Laura is bapped for taking Ryan's suggestion to "run around the room and introduce ourselves" too literally.
• Elizabeth introduces herself as Constable rather than Grand Nagus. She attributes this error to excessive consumption of Romulan ale.
• We have a new supply of apathy in the form of new members.
• David is the self-proclaimed "king of humility!"
• Ryan noted during Jeff Hibbard's introduction that he (Ryan) had found a 1971 article of the Scout written by Jeff about Bradley's "brand new computers."
• Amy states that she is Kevin's sister. The club determines that this is our first Psi Phi legacy.
• Kevin states that he is Amy's brother. It is noted with astonishment that "it works both ways!" Sr. Bob remarks, "[Item deleted for security reasons]."

Committee Reports:

• We have 11 new people at the meeting.
• cj sent an email, but it will be saved for s.f. news.

• Joel and Monica model t-shirts from previous years.
• Elizabeth is in charge of the old t-shirts.
• Ryan warns people to be careful when wearing the "Better Geek than Greek" shirt, especially around Greek people.

• No report.

• A window fan is suggested for the office.
• Laura is the table stripper. (No, not like that.)
• The table is still Maalox mint green.
• Sr. Bob offers the club a VCR to put in the office, and the offer is accepted.

• The report is given in honor of Kenny, who is shown in a picture with a lampshade on his head. The picture is one of three that were on the Psi Phi propaganda poster at the Activities Fair.
• The No Report is a fortune from one of Elizabeth's fortune cookies, and the report is given by Julie:

  "'The object of oratory is not turth [sic], but persuasion.' (In space.)"

• No report.

Officers' Reports:

• The Comm. Officer has learned that the main message of many of Shakespeare's sonnets seems to be, "You're beautiful. You need to go beget offspring."
• In other, more relevant news, Lyz Liddell (Captain of the club last year) and Kenny Albright (First Officer of the club last year) will be visiting Peoria on the weekend of the 12th-14th!

• The Constable has a sad report to give.

  Group response: "Awwwwwwwww..."

• At her job at Waldenbooks, she has to strip the covers off of old, out-of-date comics and throw them away.

  It is noted that, once again, Laura is a stripper.

• When she had to rip off a Spider-Man cover, she got a bit teary-eyed.
• She notes that if you happen to walk past the dumpster and see a pile of stripped comics, well...

  Of course, it would be illegal to steal stripped comics out of the dumpster, and so the Constable certainly would *not* do this!

• Everything's under control.
• Addendum: Someone left a message on her answering machine about furniture. The last four digits of the phone number they left to call were 6373 (or NERD).

• If you're considering taking Life Drawing as a quick, easy way to see nudes, don't.
• Currently, the students in Life Drawing have to draw multiple proportional, non-sloppy stick figures of the nudes, taking only two seconds for each drawing.
• Also, the Grand Nagus sucks at carpentry.
• The treasury currently has $556.46. This will probably change when we pay for the food we had tonight.
• The treasury is not being kept in a sock drawer, but as it is traditional to say that it is, the treasury is being kept in a "sock drawer".

  A comment about how this is because anyone attempting to steal the treasury will get "socked" is deemed bap-worthy.

• The money is *not* kept in a bag with a big "$" on it.

• We currently have none.
• The position is described as one where the person has his/her hands in everything, but doesn't have too many responsibilities.

Ryan began his report at this point, but David mentioned that Ryan had skipped over his report. Ryan apologized, and was (lightly) bapped for this oversight.

• [clears throat] No report.

• Letters is sung. The new members appear mildly confused.
• Mail:
  • We have Neumiller Hall from 6:30-8:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 10, for the premiere of Enterprise.
  • If you want to volunteer, both the Fine Art Fair and the Job Fair need volunteers. The Job Fair is on Sept. 18. I didn't catch the date for the Fine Art Fair, so please contact Ryan if you are interested.

Old Business:

• We need to elect a new First Officer. Several abilities are considered necessary for this job (including punning abilities). Laura noted, "You will be filling big--well, actually, I don't know what size shoes Kenny wears."
  • Four candidates are nominated and seconded: Joel Fried, Andrew Conrad (Sr. Bob), Will Vesely, and Kevin Zepp.
  • Brief speeches were given by all of the candidates:
    • Sr. Bob brought the VCR for the club. He promises to do his best to "get everyone in here [item deleted for security reasons]." He will (hopefully) show up to more than one meeting. So far, as a Psi Phi member, he has eaten a cookie and opened a box of Cheez-its. (David comments, "Didn't I open the box of Cheez-its?" and Sr. Bob recalled that he had actually opened the bag inside the box.)
    • Will enjoys ranting. He stated, "Ewoks suck," and received applause. He ended his speech by saying, "Vote for me."
    • Kevin has been in the club for three years. He brought his sister to the meeting. As First Officer, he will have a reign of utter mediocrity.
    • Joel went to the front of the room accompanied by a chant of "Joel-ish! Joel-ish!" He has been in Psi Phi for a very long time. He has been treasurer of the club (and embezzled, but...). He mentioned what Landon had said at the end of the year party last year, about how the club would be fun even for people who don't like science fiction. As First Officer, he would work to make it fun.
  • It is determined [by unanimous consent --dh] that there was no need for a written, secret vote. David warns members that he will be watching for anyone who votes twice, and anyone who does this will be caught by David and digested slowly over a thousand years.
  • There was no majority, so there is a run-off between Joel and Kevin.
  • Kevin is elected First Officer. He took his place of honor, and commented on how different it looked from up there.
• Neumiller Hall has been reserved for the Enterprise premiere, as previously stated. Don created a flyer for this. It has artwork on it that you can see on a link from the psiphi.org website (if interested, ask David what the URL is. He reeled off the entire thing from memory at the meeting.)
  • Heidi and Laura volunteer to put the flyers up. If anyone is interested in helping put them up, contact Ryan at Geisert 213, extention x1071. [My apologies that the minutes are too late to be helpful here.]

New Business:

• We have extra food left from the meeting. Take it home! [We have chips! ...Sorry, wrong year.]
• Around Halloween, there's always a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Peoria, complete with audience participation. Ryan wonders if any Psi Phi members would be interested in putting together an away team to go see it, and commented that we could perhaps arrange group tickets and transportation.
• The Slanted Fedora website (www.sfedora.com) has news about a convention on October 17 in Champaign, IL, which is 60-90 minutes away from here (depending on who's driving and how that person drives).
• There will be several guests. Robert Picardo, The Doctor from Voyager, is a confirmed guest. The guests who have been invited and will probably be there are Ethan Phillips (Mr. Neelix from Voyager), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca from Star Wars), and Rick Searfoss (Mission Commander for the shuttles Columbia and Atlantis).
• Tickets are $15 at the door, and there are group rates of $10 per ticket.
• There will be autographs and opportunities for photos with the guests (although these will cost extra).
• Afterwards, there will be a one hour live theatre show featuring the two Star Trek guests. This usually costs $50-$100, but here it will be FREE (or rather, included with the price of the $15 or $10 tickets). Ryan affirms that this is a hilarious show.