[CircularOfJanus] February 2013 Circular of Janus

[Lynette R. F. Cowper]

 Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 January 27, 2013
 Volume 34, Issue 2

Contents:
   Notes from the President - Kat Robertson
   Summary of the January Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   Summary of the January Board Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   February Meeting Agenda
   New Books - from Locus
   Mark Your Calendars
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

============================

Notes from the President
 by Kat Robertson

Just a short message this time as both the Secretary and the President let
time slip away. LOL!

First off, I would like to thank the club members who elected me for
having trust in me to serve on the Board. It means a lot to me. I would
also like to remind all of you, that this is your club, you are the heart
and soul, and what becomes of this club and how it grows is contingent on
all of us.

I would like to ask all of you to give suggestions for what you'd like to
see after the meetings. This Saturday, the February meeting, will be the
SciFi/Fantasy Swap. Anything SciFi or Fantasy is welcome. You can give it
away or "swap" it. All I ask is no selling. Books, DVDs, music, computer
programs, knickknacks, or collectibles are all welcome. I would also like
to ask that all giving away or swapping wait until the end of the meeting,
as some people are caught up in ConCom and don't get a fair shake at
things like everyone else if it happens before. I look forward to seeing
everyone's stuff and see if people get to take home new treasures.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Kat

============================

Summary of the January Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The club met on January 5 at LifeJourney Church. All officers except
President Lynette Cowper were present. We had several guests-- Deb, Alex
and Sierra, and Daniel.

We accepted the last meeting minutes as published. Kent gave a Treasurer's
report, then we had an update on the income for InConJunction 32. Mel
reported on her search for an artist GoH for InConJunction 33, and her
need for someone to help with marketing and with handling the tables for
clubs and non-profits. Drew reported on his search for GoHs for
InConJunction 34. We're still looking for a new meeting location. Until
then, we'll be at LifeJourney.

We moved on to elections, with Election Officer Gary Plumlee taking over.
The winners were: InConJunction 35 (2015) ConChair, Jeff Thompson;
Chairman of the Board, Andy Andrews; President, Kat Robertson; Vice
President, John Belden; Secretary, Lynette Cowper; Treasurer, Kent Raquet;
and Sergeant-at-Arms, Ricky Lile.

There were a bunch of announcements, one of which was that the February
meeting will be a media-exchange month (books, DVDs, music, knickknacks,
etc.). And that was about it!

============================

Summary of the January Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met on January 26 at Valley Mills Christian Church. All officers
except Treasurer Kent Raquet and InConJunction 35 ConChair Jeff Thompson
were present. Additionally, outgoing Secretary Laura Edwards, and Anjala
and Dillan Dick were in attendance.

We approved the last Board minutes as published, skipped the Treasurer's
Report, since Kent wasn't present, and then moved to convention reports.
Mel has a full complement of GoHs with artist Stuart Sayger on board. We
shared hotel contact adventures and passed around various contracts and
paperwork for the Board to review. We are officially supporting Camp
Sundown for our charity (along with Indiana Literacy as usual). Drew
reported he's secured two GoHs-- Author Aaron Allston and Artist/Author
Aaron Williams. He also had contract drafts he passed around.

We discussed meeting location and decided to remain at LifeJourney through
June, then briefly discussed email accounts, Indy Pride and Pagan Pride,
convention Quartermaster, Member Services (Anj is returning to the
position), and then moved on to future meeting dates. We decided on the
following dates, to be held at VMCC from 1 to 3 pm: March 23, May 18, July
20, September 28 (or the 21st, depending on when Pagan Pride is), and
November 16. There will also be a meeting, probably on June 22, at the
hotel either preceeding or following the ConCom meeting. We briefly
discussed what we could do to support other local groups and cons like
StarBase Indy, Anime Crossroads, and Who's Yer Con. And that was it!

============================

February Meeting Agenda

 The Circle of Janus
 February Meeting
 February 2, 2013

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
    January meeting minutes
 Communications
    Treasurer's Report
    Convention Report, InConJunction 33
    Convention Report, InConJunction 34
    Convention Report, InConJunction 35
    Board Report
    Committee Reports, if needed
       Meeting Location
       Member Services Report
       Member Activities
       Outreach Coordinator
          Indy Pride
          Pagan Pride
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Meeting space
    Anything else?
 New Business
    Appointments
       Board Appointments
          Audit Committee
          Club and Convention Archivist
          Webmaster
       Presidential Appointments
          Member Activities Committee
          Member Services Committee
             Welcoming Committee or Coordinator
          Meeting Location Search Committee
          Newsletter Editor(s)
          Club Quartermaster
    Anything else?
 Announcements - one per person please
 Close of meeting - Chaos

============================

New Books
 From locusmag.com

February 2013
   Adams, John Joseph, ed. • The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
• (Tor, anth, hc)
   Adams, John Joseph, ed. • Under the Moons of Mars • (Simon & Schuster,
anth, tpb)
   Anderson, Poul • The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 5:
The Door to Anywhere • (NESFA Press, cln, hc)
   + Asher, Neal • The Departure • (Night Shade Books, tpb)
   Barnes, Steven, & Tananarive Due • Domino Falls • (Simon &
Schuster/Atria, tpb)
   Bennett, Robert Jackson • American Elsewhere • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Bova, Ben • Farside • (Tor, hc)
   Brennan, Marie • A Natural History of Dragons • (Tor, hc)
   Brett, Peter V. • The Daylight War • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Carriger, Gail • Etiquette and Espionage • (Little, Brown, nvl-ya)
   + Chadbourn, Mark • The Devil's Looking-Glass • (Prometheus/Pyr, tpb)
   + Cooper, Elspeth • Trinity Rising • (Tor, hc)
   Dahlquist, Gordon • The Different Girl • (Penguin/Dutton, nvl-ya, hc)
   Doctorow, Cory • Homeland • (Tor Teen, nvl-ya, hc)
   Gorodischer, Angelica • Trafalgar • (Small Beer Press, cln, tpb)
   Horton, Rich, ed. • Superheroes • (Prime Books, anth, tpb)
   Lee, Sharon, & Steve Miller • Necessity's Child • (Baen, hc)
   Lord, Karen • The Best of All Possible Worlds • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Lovegrove, James • Age of Voodoo • (Rebellion/Solaris US)
   Marr, Melissa, & Kelley Armstrong • Shards and Ashes • (HarperCollins,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Pratt, Tim • Antiquties and Tangibles and Other Stories • (Merry
Blacksmith, cln, tpb)
   Rawn, Melanie • Elsewhens • (Tor, hc)
   + Redick, Robert V. S. • The Night of the Swarm • (Ballantine Del Rey,
tpb)
   Roberson, Jennifer • Sword-Bound • (DAW, hc)
   Valente, Catherynne M. • Six Gun Snow White • (Subterranean Press, cln,
hc)
   Yep, Laurence • City of Death • (Tor/Starscape, nvl-ya, hc)

March 2013
   Alexander, William • Ghoulish Song • (Simon & Schuster/McElderry,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Bear, Elizabeth • Shattered Pillars • (Tor, hc)
   Bishop, Anne • Written in Red • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Briggs, Patricia • Frost Burned • (Ace, hc)
   Brooks, Terry • Bloodfire Quest • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Card, Orson Scott • The Gate Thief • (Tor, hc)
   Clare, Cassandra • The Clockwork Princess • (Simon & Schuster
McElderry, nvl-ya, hc)
   Czerneda, Julie E. • A Turn of Light • (DAW, tpb)
   Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Hauntings • (Tachyon Publications, anth, tpb)
   Datlow, Ellen, & Terri Windling, eds. • Queen Victoria's Book of Spells
• (Tor, anth, hc)
   de Lint, Charles • The Cats of Tanglewood Forest • (Little, Brown,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Haldeman, Joe • The Best of Joe Haldeman • (Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
   + Harrison, M. John • Empty Space • (Night Shade Books, tpb)
   + Herbert, Brian, & Kevin J. Anderson • Hellhole: Awakening • (Tor, hc)
   Hopkinson, Nalo • Sister Mine • (Grand Central, hc)
   Hoyt, Sarah A. • A Few Good Men • (Baen, tpb)
   Hughes, Matthew • Hell to Pay • (Angry Robot US)
   + Irvine, Ian • Rebellion • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Koontz, Dean • Deeply Odd • (Bantam, hc)
   Lumley, Brian • Necroscope: The Moebius Murders • (Subterranean Press, hc)
   McGuire, Seanan • Midnight Blue-Light Special • (DAW)
   Morden, Simon • The Curve of the Earth • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Murphy, C. E. • Mountain Echoes • (Harlequin/Luna, tpb)
   Reed, Kit • The Story Until Now • (Wesleyan University Press, cln, hc)
   Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the
Year Volume Seven • (Night Shade Books, anth, tpb)
   Vance, Jack • Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three •
(Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
   Weber, David • Shadow of Freedom • (Baen, hc)
   Yolen, Jane, & Adam Stemple • B. U. G. (Big Ugly Guy) •
(Penguin/Dutton, nvl-ya, hc)

============================

Mark Your Calendars

February 2013

   1: Warm Bodies
   1: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   1-3: SuperCon - Minneapolis, MN

   2: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   2: Nashville Anime Day - Murfreesboro, TN

   6: Ren Cowper's birthday
   6: Indy Knights General Meeting - The Athenaeum

   7-10: Capricon - Wheeling IL

   8: Lynette R. F. Cowper's birthday
   8-10: AlmaCon - Alma, MI
   8-10: Kawa Kon - St. Louis, MO
   8-10: Marmalade Dog - Kalamazoo, MI
   8-10: SheVaCon - Roanoke, VA

   9: IAS General Meeting - Holcomb Observatory
   9: Kyle Casteel's birthday

   10: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   13: Beautiful Creatures

   14: Escape From Planet Earth

   15-17: Anime Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI
   15-17: Boskone - Boston MA
   15-17: Con of the North - St. Paul, MN
   15-17: Farpoint - Timonium, MD
   15-17: Kami-Con - Birmingham, AL
   15-17: Katsucon - National Harbor, MD
   15-17: Visioncon - Springfield, MO
   15-17: What The Hell? Con – Greensboro, NC

   16: ArctiCon - Valparaiso, IN

   21-24: Dreamation – Morristown, NJ

   22: Dark Skies
   22-24: Concave - Bowling Green, KY
   22-24: Con-G - Guelph, Ontario
   22-24: Fire and Ice Convention – Manitowoc, WI
   22-24: MystiCon – Roanoke, VA
   22-24: NonCon - Poughkeepsie, NY

   23: Con Ja Nai - Ann Arbor, MI
   23: Fort Wayne Comic Book Convention - Fort Wayne, IN

   24: Ash Comics - Ramada Inn on E 21st St

   26: Samantha Thompson's birthday

   28 (29): Howard Tayler's birthday

March 2013:

   1: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   1: Jack the Giant Slayer
   1: The Last Exorcism Part II
   1-3: ConNooga - Chattanooga, TN
   1-3: GeneriCon - Troy, NY
   1-3: Intercon - Boston, MA
   1-3: Plattecon XXVI – Platteville, Wi
   1-3: Stellarcon 37 – Greensboro, NC

   2: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   2-3: Clarksville/Ft. Campbell Anime and Comic Kon - Oak Grove, KY
   2-3: The Indy Open – Clarion Hotel
   2-3: SIMCON - Rochester, NY

   6: Indy Knights General Meeting - The Athenaeum

   8: Oz The Great and Powerful
   8-9: UD Con – Dayton, Ohio
   8-10: Furnal Equinox - Toronto, ON
   8-10: MomoCon - Atlanta, GA

   9: IAS General Meeting - Holcomb Observatory

   10: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   12: Randy Porter's birthday

   13: Cathy Dailey's birthday
   13: Janet Dailey's birthday

   14-17: Furry Weekend Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
   14-17: Gary Con - Lake Geneva, WI

   15: Arabella Rollison's birthday
   15-17: Lunacon – Rye Brook, New York
   15-17: MillenniCon - Cincinnati, OH
   15-17: Naka-Kon - Overland Park, KS
   15-17: Who's Yer Con – Clarion Waterfront

   16-17: Lexington Comic & Toy Con - Lexington, KY
   16-17: SpringFestNY - Brooklyn, NY

   17: Amanda Dailey-Weaver's birthday
   17: Dee Ann Moore's birthday

   21: Mike & Lynette Cowper's anniversary

   22: The Croods
   22-24: CaesarCon – Montpelier, OH
   22-24: EvilleCon - Evansville, IN
   22-24: FantaSciCon - Dalton, GA
   22-24: Kitsune Kon - Appleton, WI
   22-24: MidSouthCon – Memphis, TN
   22-24: PAX East – Boston, MA
   22-24: Triad Anime Convention - Winston-Salem, NC
   22-24: Vericon - Cambridge, MA
   22-24: Zenkaikon - Lancaster, PA

   23: CoJ Board Meeting – VMCC
   23: Animarathon - Bowling Green, OH
   23: Shobou Con - Chesapeake, VA
   23-24: Tora-Con - Rochester, NY

   25: Neil Thompson's birthday

   26: Chris Canary's birthday

   29: The Host
   29-31: Marcon - Columbus OH
   29-31: Middle Tennessee Anime Convention - Nashville, TN
   29-31: Minicon - Bloomington, MN

April 2013:

   1: Judy Eudaly's birthday

   3: Indy Knights General Meeting - The Athenaeum

   4: Mark Bischoff's birthday

   5: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   5: Nann Fewell's birthday
   5: Jurassic Park 3D
   5-7: Ad Astra - Toronto, ON
   5-7: Animation and Gaming Ohio – Cincinnati, Ohio
   5-7: ConGlomeration - Louisville, KY
   5-7: Shuto Con - Lansing, MI
   5-7: Tekkoshocon - Pittsburgh, PA

   6: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   6: IAS General Meeting - Holcomb Observatory
   6-7: Jaycon - Elizabethtown, PA
   10: Kyra Shidler's birthday

   12: Evil Dead
   12: Oblivion
   12: Scary Movie 5
   12-14: Anime St. Louis - Collinsville, IL
   12-14: No Brand Con - Eau Claire, WI
   12-14: Odyssey Con – Madison, Wi
   12-14: Shinboku Con - Elyria, OH
   12-14: Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention - Lombard IL

   13: Anime Park - Canton, MI
   13: Kappa Kon - South Milwaukee, WI
   13-14: NashiCon - Columbia, SC

   14: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   15: Melissa Kocias's birthday

   19: Jessica Carrico's birthday
   19: JOBS
   19-21: Anime Detour - Bloomington, MN
   19-21: CODCON XVIII – Glen Ellyn, IL
   19-21: FilKONtario - Missisauga, ON
   19-21: GnomeCon - Savannah, GA
   19-21: T-MODE - Rockville, MD
   19-21: The Gaming Hoopla – Janesville, WI
   19-21: UBCon - Buffalo, NY

   20: Public Star Gaze - McCloud Nature Park, North Salem, IN

   21-22: Lyrid Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   22: Mark Racop's birthday

   23: Jeff Thompson's birthday

   24: Susan Parker's birthday

   26-28: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) – Chicago, IL
   26-28: Nadeshicon - Quebec City, Quebec

   28: Brian Davidson's birthday
   28: Ash Comics - Ramada Inn on E 21st St

   29: Theresa Shidler's birthday
   29: Harry Bunn's birthday

============================

Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be Saturday, February 2,
2013, at LifeJourney Church, 2950 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN,
starting at 7:00 pm. There is a ConCom meeting preceding it from 5:15
to 6:45.

Officers
   Board Chairman - Andy Andrews
   President - Kat Robertson
   Vice-President - John Belden
   Secretary - Lynette Cowper
   Treasurer - Kent Raquet
   Sergeant at Arms - Ricky Lile
   InConJunction 33 ConChair - Melissa Kocias
   InConJunction 34 ConChair - Andrew Happli
   InConJunction 35 ConChair - Jeff Thompson

============================

Have something for the newsletter? We welcome announcements, news items,
reviews, and artwork. Email it to circularfile at circleofjanus dot org by
the Thursday before the last Saturday of the month for inclusion.

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

All material © 2013, Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Central
Indiana, Inc. All rights reserved.



-- 
Lynette R. F. Cowper

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and
by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." --
Galileo