[CircularOfJanus] November Circular

[Lynette R. F. Cowper]

Apologies for lateness. I've come down with something nasty and 
cold/flu-ish.

Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
  The Circular of Janus
  October 29, 2009
  Volume 30, Issue 11

Contents:
  Presidential Ponderings - Kathie Thompson
  Minutes of the October Meeting - Stephen Kendall
  Election Overview
  Mark Your Calendars
  A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy - Lynette Cowper
  New Books - from Locus
  Answers to the October Circular
  November Meeting Agenda
  Meeting Info & Club Officers

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Presidential Ponderings
  by Kathie Thompson

Hello,

It was so nice to see everyone at the October meeting. Don't forget that 
the November meeting is a pitch-in for the "Procrastinator's Halloween 
Party". We will continue to take nominations for all open offices during 
the business portion of the meeting. Please remember that when voting for 
any of these offices that they are not a popularity contest. Be sure to 
take into consideration if you think the person is capable of doing the 
job, even if you have had a disagreement with them or do not always like 
their point of view. An officer's job is to gather the information from 
the club and do what the club thinks is best.

The presentation by Laura Hohman was fabulous and everyone seemed to enjoy 
it. Laura, thank you so much for the interesting, fun, and exciting 
presentation.

It has been nice to see some talk about the bylaws. We are currently 
working on putting through some grammatically corrections but in no way 
want to change the meaning of them at this time. However, please think 
about what you want out of the club for the next bylaw's caucus as I 
believe some items need to be addressed.

On an additional note if you need to change how you want to receive the 
e-mail from the list (e.g. daily or not at all is an option) you can go to 
http://lists.inconjunction.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/circleofjanusmembers 
and enter your e-mail address and password and log in. The webmaster does 
a wonderful job on the website giving him the title of webmaster, he is 
not the "fix what I am too lazy to do myself" guy. Please do not send 
e-mails asking him to fix things that you haven't yet looked into for 
yourself. I'll ask him to send more detailed instructions on how to access 
the list server configuration pages to the members or have it included in 
the next newsletter.

Thank you,
  Kathie Thompson

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Minutes of the October Meeting
  by Stephen Kendall

October 3, 2009, 7:00pm at the facilities of:
    Seventh & Eighth United Christian Church,
    2916 W 30th St,
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46222.

Board members in attendance:
    Andy Andrews, Chairman of the Board
    Kathie Thompson, President
    Lynette Cowper, Vice President
    Stephen Kendall, Secretary
    Jeff Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms
    Kat Robertson, InConJunction 30 ConChair

Board members not in attendance (reason):
    Tony Patterson, Treasurer (per email notice)
    Mike Cowper, InConJunction 31 ConChair (conflict)

Circle of Janus members in attendance (if attendance was taken):
    Not taken.

Call the meeting to order:
    Called to order at 7:12pm

Guests introduced:
    None.

Reading of the last meeting's minutes:
    Minutes accepted as published.

Treasurer's report:
    None submitted.

InConJunction 30 Convention Report:
    Larry Niven declined the Author GOH position.
    There are two Artist GOHs.
    There are still ConCom positions available: Dealers' Room (possibly), 
Advertising, Flyers, Publicity, Charity Auction (possibly), Program Book 
(possibly).
    The next ConCom meeting will be before the next meeting at 5:30pm.
    The Damien Center will be the convention's second charity, and will 
collect food from our food drive.

InConJunction 31 Convention Report:
    Still planning to have a convention.

Member Services Report:
    Birthday cards are going out.

Member Activities Report:
    Laura Hohman will speak tonight on bats.
    Kat Robertson will be organizing the Procrastinators' Halloween Party 
for November. She requests costumes be worn (for prizes) and that 
decorations be brought. The President asked Kat to send out a general 
email promoting the party and inviting people to tell her what they are 
bringing.
    The 30th Anniversary Party in December is being organized.
    The New Year's Party information will be in the next newsletter.
    The February speaker will be the Webmaster. (Handouts were requested.)
    Rob Pyatt intends to present Weird Science next year, month to be 
announced.
    Mike Cowper is looking for science speakers.
    Kat Robertson and Mike Suess offered to host non-meeting meetings next 
year.

Board report:
    At the board meeting it was decided to have the Assistant ConChairs 
take minutes at the ConCom meetings. InConJunction contracts will be 
reviewed and standardized. The Treasurer's report the Board received was 
reviewed with the club.
    The Bylaws grammatical changes presented at the Board Meeting were 
presented to the club. This was tabled until the next business meeting, by 
which time the changes will be available in context.

Other communications:
    None of note.

Old Business:
    Kids in Meetings:
       The practice of having a supervised room for children was reviewed, 
including the impact on the ability of members to attend club business and 
hear electoral speeches.

    Robinson Gift:
       At the board meeting it was suggested that we give a donation to 
Spider and Jeanne Robinson: $250 from the convention and $250 from the 
club. The club approved sending $250 to the Robinsons. The Secretary was 
tasked with sending a card, signed by everybody at the next meeting, to 
the Robinsons.

New Business:
    Elections:
       Nominations were opened.
       For President:
          Kathie Thompson was nominated by Kat Robertson. Lynette Cowper 
seconded. She accepted.
          Jeff Thompson was nominated by Chris Canary. Kathie Thompson 
seconded. Jeff took his nomination under advisement.
       For Vice-President:
          Lynette Cowper was nominated by Kathie Thompson, with multiple 
seconds. She accepted.
          Ellen Patterson was nominated by John Belden. Kathie Thompson 
seconded. Ellen was not present to accept or decline.
          Chris Canary was nominated by Kat Robertson. Lane Wickliff 
seconded. He declined.
       For Secretary:
          Stephen Kendall was nominated by Kathie Thompson. Kat Robertson 
seconded. He accepted.
          (Crystal Walter was nominated in email by Lane Wickliff. Anjala 
Dick seconded. She accepted.)
       For Treasurer:
          Emily Rodgers was nominated by Chris Canary. Jess Bunn seconded. 
She was not present to accept or decline.
          Tony Patterson was nominated by Andy Andrews.  Lane Wickliff 
seconded. He was not present to accept or decline.
          Wendy Carson was nominated by John Belden. Kat Robertson 
seconded. She accepted.
       For Sergeant-at-Arms:
          Randy Porter was nominated by Jeff Thompson. Kathie Thompson 
seconded. He declined.
          Ricky Lile was nominated by Wendy Carson. John Belden seconded. 
He accepted.
          Lane Wickliff was nominated by Kat Robertson. Jeff Thompson 
seconded. He declined.
          Jeff Thompson was nominated by Randy Porter. Andy Andrews 
seconded. He accepted.
          Drew Happli was nominated by Chris Canary. Kathie Thompson 
seconded. He declined.
          John Belden was nominated by Kat Robertson. Jess Bunn seconded. 
He accepted.
          Megan Cowper was nominated by Lynette Cowper. Jeff Thompson 
seconded. Megan was away from the meeting room running the child care, so 
was not present to accept or decline her nomination.
       For InConJunction 32 (2012) ConChair:
          John Belden was nominated by Wendy Carson. Kat Robertson 
seconded. He accepted.
          Cheryl Miller-Andrews was nominated by Andy Andrews. Mike Suess 
seconded. She accepted.
          Chris Canary was nominated by Lane Wickliff and declined.
          Jeff Thompson was nominated by Randy Porter. Lane Wickliff 
seconded. Jeff took his nomination under advisement.
          Kathie Thompson was nominated by Chris Canary. Lane Wickliff 
seconded. She accepted.
          Stephen Kendall was nominated by Mike Suess and declined.
       Nominations were tabled
       Kat offered to be the Election Officer should the Speeds be 
unavailable or unwilling.

Chaos was temporarily declared at 7:56pm for Laura Hohman's bat 
presentation. Chaos was suspended 8:58pm.

Announcements:
    President: Feed the kitty!
    John Belden: The Full Moon Theater show will be at the Irving Theater, 
Sat Oct 24.
    Kat: Lost house due to foreclosure. Is happy in her new apartment.
    Randy: Has flyers for an appearance the S T Joshi, biographer of HP 
Lovecraft, at IUPUI.
    Mike Suess: Fox.com will only play clips of Fringe season one.
    Randy: Gen Con attendance: 27,900, only down 700 from last year's 
record setting attendance.
    Kat: The Lost Symbol is a new Dan Brown book, and it is good.
    Wendy: This weekend Caberet Poe opened in Irvington, Masonic Lodge 
#666. The Irvington Halloween Festeival will be on Halloween.
    Gary: Next Saturday from 11 to 5 there will be a staffing meeting for 
the Anime convention.
    Randy: Concerning Sputnik day
    John: They Might Be Giants show
    Mike: ASH Comics Show
    Jeff: Johhny Socko
    Kat: There is now a theater doing Rocky Horror, with a live cast every 
other weekend.
    John: Rocky Horror Show.
    Randy: ...

Chaos was declared at 9:08pm

Respectfully submitted,
    Stephen Kendall, secretary

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Election Overview:

Below is the list of candidates who are still in the elections-- Those who 
have either accepted the nomination, are still considering, or were not 
present to accept or decline and have not done so by email.

President:
    Kathie Thompson
    Jeff Thompson*

Vice-President:
    Lynette Cowper
    Ellen Patterson**

Secretary:
    Stephen Kendall
    Crystal Walter

Treasurer:
    Emily Rodgers**
    Tony Patterson**
    Wendy Carson

Sergeant-at-Arms:
    Ricky Lile
    Jeff Thompson
    John Belden
    Megan Cowper**

ConChair:
    John Belden
    Cheryl Miller-Andrews
    Jeff Thompson*
    Kathie Thompson

  * Still considering the nomination.
  ** Not present at the meeting to accept or decline.

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Mark Your Calendars

November 2009
  6: Whoosier Network - Jesus Metropolitan Com. Ch.
  6: The Box
  6: Disney's A Christmas Carol
  6: The Fourth Kind
  6: The Men Who Stare at Goats
  6-8: Astronomicon - Rochester, NY
  6-8: Fall in! - Gettysburg, PA
  6-8: MACE - High Point, NC
  6-8: Nekocon - Hampton, VA
  6-8: PentaCon XXV - Fort Wayne, IN

  7: IAS General Meeting - Holcomb Observatory
  7: Comic Book Icon - Altoona, IA
  7-8: Zenkaikon - Valley Forge, PA

  8: Timothy Simpson's birthday
  8: Kansas City Comic Con - Overland Park, KS

  10: Steven Marsh's birthday

  12-15: IlluXCon - Altoona, PA

  13: 2012
  13-15: GASPcon 10 - Pittsburgh, PA
  13-15: MEPACON - Clarks Summit, PA
  13-15: OmegaCon - Birmingham, AL
  13-15: U-Con Gaming Convention - Ann Arbor, MI
  13-15: WindyCon 36 - Lombard, IL

  14: CoJ meeting
  14: IPMs/Butch O'Hare Open Contest & Swap Meet - Downers Grove, IL

  15: IAC Meeting - Glendale Branch Library
  15: Milwaukee Comic Book Con - Milwaukee, WI

  17: CoJ Board Meeting
  17: Leonid Meteor Shower

  19-22: KCGame Fair - Kansas City, MO
  19-22: ShaunCon - Kansas City, MO
  19-22: WarCon - Warrensburg, MO

  20: Planet 51
  20: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
  20-22: Anime: USA - Arlington, VA
  20-22: Arkansas Anime Festival - Fayetteville, AR
  20-22: Bishie Con - St. Louis, MO
  20-22: Daisho Con - Stevens Point, WI
  20-22: Midwest Furfest - Wheeling, IL
  20-23: Anime Crossroads - Marriott East

  22: Springfield Comic Book Con - Springfield, IL

  27-28: Keokon - Keokuk, IA
  27-29: Chambanacon - Champaign-Urbana, IL
  27-29: Chicago TARDIS - Lombard, IL
  27-29: Darkover - Timonium, MD
  27-29: WolfCon - Chicago, IL

  28: Atlanta Anime Day - Atlanta, GA

December 2009
  4: Crystal Walter's birthday
  4-6: Kajonk-A-Con - Knoxville, TN
  4-6: Steel City Con - Monroeville PA

  6: Twin Cities ComiCon - Mounds View, MN

  12: Wendy Carson's birthday
  12: St. Louis Comic Book Con - Chesterfield, MO

  13: Geminid Meteor Shower
  13: Iowa City Comic Book Con - Iowa City, IA
  13: Toronto AnimeCon - Toronto, Ontario

  18: Avatar

  20: Jessica Bunn's birthday
  20: Third conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune
  20: IAC Meeting - Glendale Branch Library

  27: Ash Comic Book Show - Holiday Inn East

January 2010
  1: Case 39

  8: Daybreakers
  8-9: ShadowCon - Memphis. TN
  8-10: GAFilk - Atlanta, GA
  8-10: Ichibancon - Concord, NC

  13: Robbin Speed's birthday

  15: The Book of Eli
  15-17: DeCONPression - Columbus, OH

  16-17: Setsucon - State College, PA

  22: Legion
  22-24: ConFusion - Ann Arbor, MI

  22-24: Chattacon - Chattanooga, TN
  22-24: Visioncon - Springfield, MO

  25: Rob Pyatt's birthday

  29-31: Ohayocon - Columbus, OH
  29-31: Winter War 37 - Champaign, IL

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A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy
  By Lynette Cowper

The Giver: An adaptation of the popular book teens can't seem to put down. 
This thought-provoking production drops you into the utopian world of 
twelve-year old Jonas as he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and 
hold the community's long-forgotten memories of joy and pain. The truth is 
told. The harrowing journey begins. Fridays and Saturdays, through Nov 21, 
Indiana Repertory Theatre.

Star Wars: In Concert: Narrated live by Anthony Daniels, the production 
features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially 
edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, 
high-definition LED super-screen-- one of the largest ever put on tour. 
The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a 
full multimedia, one-of-kind experience. Accompanying the concert is an 
exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production 
artwork and specially created behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm 
Archives. Tickets: $35-$65. December 12, Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Marvelous Land of Oz: Join us in The Lilly Theater as we bring you the 
sequel to "The Wizard of Oz." Set two years after the events of the first 
book, The Marvelous Land of Oz features familiar characters, such as the 
Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and the Good Witch Glinda, along with a host 
of new characters-- the Woggle Bug, Jack Pumpkinhead, his creator, Tip, 
and Princess Ozma. When the Scarecrow, now ruler of the Emerald City, is 
driven out by General Jinjur and her all-girl army, his friends-- the Tin 
Woodsman, Tip and Jack Pumpkinhead-- try to restore peace. A wonderful, 
continuing adventure of the characters you fell in love with in "The 
Wizard of Oz." November 27 through January 3, The Children's Museum.

The Wizard of Oz: Civic Theatre's signature holiday extravaganza returns 
more spectacular than ever, bringing MGM's movie to life on stage. Back by 
popular demand, there will be an Audience Sing-A-Long on Jan. 1 at 7 p.m. 
Tickets: $25-$34. December 11 through January 3, Indianapolis Civic 
Theatre.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Exhibition: The exhibition features artwork, 
costumes and other pieces used in the concept and production for Star 
Wars: The Clone Wars. There'll be a life size Jedi fighter in the Welcome 
Center. The exhibit itself will be in the lower level by the planetarium. 
There are life-size flats of Anakin, Yoda, Ahsoka and other characters 
next to which visitors can pose for pictures. Through Jan 31, 2010, 
Children's Museum.

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New Books
  From locusmag.com

November 2009
    Armstrong, Kelley * Frostbitten * (Orbit, hc)
    Armstrong, Kelley * Frostbitten * (Bantam, hc)
    Bear, Elizabeth * By the Mountain Bound * (Tor, hc)
    Boyett, Steven R. * Elegy Beach * (Ace, hc)
    Campbell, Ramsey, & Stefan R. Dziemianowicz * Ramsey Campbell 
Bibliography * (PS Publishing, nf, hc)
    Card, Orson Scott, & Jake Black * The Authorized Ender Companion * 
(Tor, nf, hc)
    Cooper, Brenda * Wings of Creation * (Tor, hc)
    Dann, Jack, & Gardner Dozois, eds. * The Dragon Book * (Berkley, anth, 
hc)
    Doctorow, Cory * Makers * (Tor, hc)
    Fenner, Cathy, & Arnie Fenner, eds. * Spectrum 16: The Best in 
Contemporary Fantastic Art * (Underwood Books, art, hc)
    + Hamilton, Laurell K. * Divine Misdemeanors * (Ballantine, hc)
    Horton, Rich, ed. * Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2009 Edition * 
(Cosmos, anth)
    Jones, Stephen, ed. * The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 20 * 
(Running Press, anth, tpb)
    Jones, Stephen, ed. * The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 20 * 
(Robinson, anth, tpb)
    + Jordan, Robert, & Brandon Sanderson * A Memory of Light * (Tor, hc)
    Kerr, Katharine * The Silver Mage * (DAW, hc)
    Lynch, Scott * The Republic of Thieves * (Gollancz, hc/tpb)
    MacLeod, Ken * The Restoration Game * (Orbit, hc)
    + Mahy, Margaret * The Magician of Hoad * (Atheneum, nvl-ya, hc)
    McDevitt, Jack * Time Travelers Never Die * (Ace, hc)
    McKinley, Robin, & Peter Dickinson * Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits * 
(Putnam, cln, hc)
    Niven, Larry, & Edward M. Lerner * Destroyer of Worlds * (Tor, hc)
    Priest, Cherie * Boneshaker * (Tor, hc)
    Rambo, Cat, Paul Tremblay & Sean Wallace, eds. * Worlds of Fantasy: The 
Best of Fantasy Magazine * (Prime Books, anth, tpb)
    Rusch, Kristine Kathryn * Diving Into the Wreck * (Pyr, tpb)
    Sherman, Delia, & Christopher Barzak, eds. * Interfictions 2: An 
Anthology of Interstitial Writing * (Small Beer Press, anth, tpb)
    VanderMeer, Jeff * Finch * (Underland Press, tpb)

December 2009
    Butcher, Jim * First Lord's Fury * (Ace, hc)
    de Lint, Charles * Muse and Reverie * (Tor, cln, hc)
    Farmer, Philip Jose * Death of a Starship * (MonkeyBrain Books, nva, 
tpb)
    Flewelling, Lynn * The White Road * (Bantam Spectra)
    Hill, Joe * Gunpowder 2 * (PS Publishing, nva, hc)
    Martin, George R. R., ed. * Wild Cards: Suicide Kings * (Tor, anth, hc)
    McAuley, Paul * Gardens of the Sun * (Gollancz, hc/tpb)
    Shirley, John * Welcome to Freedom * (Gauntlet Press, hc)
    Swainston, Steph * Above the Snowline * (Gollancz, hc/tpb)
    Utley, Steven, ed. * Creatures that Time Forgot * (PS Publishing, anth, 
hc)
    Williams, Liz * The Iron Khan * (Night Shade Books, hc)

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Name Those Ships/Buildings/Cities!

Throughout the PDF version of the newsletter you will find pictures of 
cities, buildings and ships from various shows. See how many you can 
recognize!

October Circular Answers:
    2: Fireball XL5, Fireball XL5
    7: Baraddur, Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    8: Fortress of Solitude, Superman
    8: DS9, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    9: Jet Car, Buckaroo Banzai

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Meeting Agenda

The Circle of Janus
  November Meeting
  November 14, 2009

  Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
  Approval of the Minutes of the October Meeting (with changes if 
necessary)
  Communications
     Treasurer's Report
     Board Report
        November Board Meeting on the 17th
     Convention Report, InConJunction 30
     Convention Report, InConJunction 31
     Member Services - Report
     Member Activities
        Scheduled Speakers or activities so far
           December - Anniversary Party
           January - Elections
           February - Jeff speaks on website
           March - Mark Racop with MagicHouse Productions
        Non-meeting meetings
           Who wants to host?
     Other communications
  Old Business
     Bylaws Grammar and Spelling
     Nominations for January Elections
  New Business
     Don't forget the November Board meeting. All members are wecome
     New Year's party
     Other things as necessary
  Announcements - one per person please
  Close of meeting - Chaos

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Meeting Info
    The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be held on Saturday, 
November 14, 2009, at the 7th and 8th United Christian Church at 2916 West 
30th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222. Doors open a little before 7:00 pm. A 
ConCom meeting will precede it.

Officers
  Board Chairman - Andy Andrews
  President - Kathie Thompson
  Vice President - Lynette Cowper
  Secretary - Stephen Kendall
  Treasurer - Tony Patterson
  Sergeant at Arms - Jeff Thompson
  InConJunction 29 ConChair - Ellen Patterson
  InConJunction 30 ConChair - Kat Robertson
  InConJunction 31 ConChair - Mike Cowper

The Circular of Janus is a publication of the Circle of Janus Science 
Fiction Club of Central Indiana. Subscription is included with membership, 
$15.00/year. For information write to Circle of Janus, P.O. Box 68514, 
Indianapolis, IN 46268-0514.
  Lynette R. F. Cowper, Editor

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"Within a few years a simple and inexpensive device, readily carried
about, will enable one to receive on land or sea the principal news, to
hear a speech, a lecture, a song or play of a musical instrument, conveyed
from any other region of the globe. The invention will also meet the
crying need for cheap transmission to great distances, more especially
over the oceans. The small working capacity of the cables and the
excessive cost of messages are now fatal impediments in the dissemination
of intelligence which can only be removed by transmission without wires."
                                                 Nikola Tesla, 1905