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MISFITS
Working Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 7:00
PM
Location - MISFITS Office, St. Paul, MN
In Attendance:
Officers -
Jodie,
Peter, Matt, Thomas, Erica
Board Members -
Pat
Guests - Dave B., Cetius & Erin L.
Post Mortems
- Scavenger Hunt -
Request a smaller space next year. Peter thanked Jodie and
Jen Manna for stepping up and running it. There were four
teams, nine judges, and we received compliments on it. We
had a fun list of items this year. This event alternates
every year with Geek Prom. Matt suggested filming the event
next year (one cameraman per team) ala Amazing Race style.
Club Updates
- Geek Physique /
Diabegeek - Weekly walks are averaging two people.
There have been a few new people showing up but not
consistently. The monthly activities have managed to
attract no-one but the organizer of the event at this
point. Last outdoor walk needed to be moved indoors due
to weather. There was not a contingency plan for bad
weather but that has been put into effect for the
future. We are creating a Google group for people
interested in club. Regular e-mails to that group might
help increase interest. Possible June "big" activity is
an evening at a rock climbing facility but we would need
about five people signing up for it to be worthwhile.
July we are looking at a bike ride. Officers suggested
that, in addition to a Google group, that Tim cross post
his announcements to the MNSF and MNSTF communities.
- Book/Movie Club
- Going just fine. Last meeting had ten people. We have
migrated over to Google groups and there seem to be no
problems. We'll see how it goes when Tim sends the June
announcement to that address. June meeting is on the
9th. Watching Fog of War based on In
Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara
- Geeks Read! -
June 6th Connecticut Yankee by Mark Twain. 11
people last time, including two new people. Cetius is
hosting the June meeting. The July meeting is at the
Literary Lounge at Convergence. Eric Flint, GOH, will be
sitting in on discussion of his book 1632.
- Crafty Geek -
There were four people at the May meeting including 3
brand new people. Erica and Jodie have decided not to
hold a June meeting because so many people are busy
leading up to CVG. If enough members still want to have
a meeting, Ginger volunteered to host. Another
suggestion would be to have it outside.
- Writers Group
Update - We are resting the group for one to two
months. After a year of unresponsiveness (see past
year's worth of minutes for no writer's group updates),
Jim has been removed from leading this group by a vote
of both the officers and board members at the last
Board/Officer meeting in April. His keys were turned in
at the last writer's group meeting on Thursday, May
18th. Jodie wanted Jim to be given specifics for why he
was removed. Peter will send him an email. The officers
are open to meeting with him or he can come to a working
meeting for more information as well. We have kept track
of email addresses from interested people for the last
several months and Jodie will set up a Google group for
our new writer's group (any name suggestions for the
group?) Jodie will update the website to reflect that
the group is "in transition" until August.
Budget Report
- Report from
Thomas - Current balance $19,806.80. Thomas has
written checks in the past month for room parties,
scavenger hunt prizes, securing the picnic pavilion,
the raptor center, and a new door knob for the
office. Budget is synched.
Program
Updates
- GOT
Edutainment- Windy is the head of this dept.
She is in India and there are no current updates
or events scheduled this summer so far. We would
like to have her organize a visit to the State
Fair this year and also co-ordinate a visit to a
water park (either Grand Rios in Brooklyn Park
or the Water Park of America across from the
MOA.)
- In the
Schools - Erin provided an update. She is
still requesting that the "number of children
served" and excerpts from teachers regarding the
programs be posted to the website. Jodie will
follow up on this. As mentioned last month, Dave
Kingsley is taking over from Emily Stewart
regarding "author duties." Bridget L. (a GOH for
CVG) wants to visit schools in July. None are
open that we know of (except the Wick's
elementary school). Bridget looked at the
MISFITS site to get information on the program.
We are considering flying her out separately to
do a whirlwind tour of other schools and science
groups, including getting local news media
involved. We have had some problems with school
district spam filters rejecting emails from the
MISFIT domain. MISFITS bookmarks were handed out
at an event recently. World Culture School and
Loring Park Elementary school have been
completed and St. Cloud (150 kids) is next. We
are also having an In the Schools panel on
Sunday at CVG plus panels put on by the Raptor
Center and the Herpetological Society throughout
the weekend. Erin will put up signage
advertising the events. She will also speak to
Bridget Thursday evening at the GOH reception.
Officers also gave Erin preliminary approval to
begin a dialogue about partnering with Americore
in the future.
- Writing
Contest - Phase one is done. We have
received 75 entries, our most ever, including 12
poems, 5 Youth Division 1, 41 Youth Division 2,
7 Youth Division 3, and 10 open entries. There
are three judges lined up and the deadline to
get stuff to Chris Jones for printing is June
6th. The winners will be chosen and notified by
mid-June and posted on the web.
Events Updates
- Annual
Summer Picnic - Sat. 6/10: 11 AM open,
12 PM eating - Cherokee Park. Thomas has
reserved the pavilion for all day. It is the
smaller pavilion and not the one we had last
year. Note for next year - plan on reserving
the picnic space earlier (say the end of
March / beginning of April.) It is a
potluck. MISFITS will provide: condiments,
buns, hamburgers, veggie burgers, and hot
dogs. Erica will pick up those ingredients
at Sam's Club in addition to ten cases of
soda pop and ice (mixture of regular, diet,
bottled water, etc.) Peter will bring
condiments. Matt will pick up charcoal,
games, and utensils from the office. Jodie
will bring forms.
-
CONvergence Standing Set Update - Dave
spent $143.00 at AxMan with Emily. We have
the room measured (room 114). We decided
that MISFITS logos (large without a lot of
purple) on the backs of the lab coats was a
good thing. Pat recommended Valley Screen
Printing. We decided on a taco bar and a
Spagettio's Discharge Machine. Dave will be
buying more stuff this weekend and will be
constructing various items for the lab
(which may feature UV lighting and a beaker
area) in the near future. Matt suggested
that the lab be modeled (in spirit) after
"Deep 13" from MST3K as far as the tone/look
we are striving for. Watch Dave's LJ and the
staff list for shout outs for volunteers
once construction starts.
- Scott
Imes Reception in the Lit Lounge (CVG) -
We are having a reception for our writing
contest winners, participants, and the
general public on Friday from 5 to 6:30 PM
in the literary lounge. We will invite Scott
Imes' partner (Margie) to attend the
reception, where she can talk about the
importance of the award. Erica and Jodie
will make the opening ceremony announcements
as to the winners of the contest. We need
party trays for the reception (Peter will
handle this). Jodie will follow up to the
necessary parties, judges, etc. via email.
-
CONvergence Closing Ceremony Sketch
Rehearsal - Officers rehearsed their
closing ceremony skit. It came in at about
four minutes. Keep in mind that Erica will
review upcoming events before the skit
starts, so we are looking at a total of
about 9 or 10 minutes.
Other
- Pat
gave Thomas a mailbox key
- Thomas
gave Matt sign-in sheets from the last
Concom
- Tony
K. visited and filmed all five officers
for a featurette on MISFITS for the 2006
CVG DVD Video Yearbook prior to the
monthly meeting starting.
- Matt
will send Chris Jones an email that will
go out to everyone announcing upcoming
events.
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