[CircularOfJanus] April 2012 Circular of Janus

[Lynette R. F. Cowper]

Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 April 1, 2012
 Volume 33, Issue 4

Contents:
   President's Reflections - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   Summary of the March Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   Summary of the March Board Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   New Books - from Locus
   April Meeting Agenda
   Mark Your Calendars
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

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President's Reflections
 by Lynette Cowper

I hope everyone's been enjoying their spring! Kai had her spring break a
couple weeks ago and then this week has been Ren's spring break. Our house
has been full of friends of both of them!

This month, we're hosting Rob Pyatt and his Weird Science talk. Later in
the month, we've got the Lyrids meteor shower. Anyone who would like to
come watch for meteors is free to come out to our house in the boondocks
where there's not so much light pollution.

InConJunction planning is going well. I'll take this time to remind
everyone to book their room.

I hope to see everyone at the meeting!

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Summary of the March Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

I'm doing this from memory, as I seem to have mislaid the meeting minutes.
The club met on March 3rd at LifeJourney Church. We were slim on
attendance due to Who's Yer Con.

We went through the various volunteer positions with the club and sought
people to fill them. Many of them remain unfilled. If you are interested
in helping out the club, please email president at circleofjanus dot org.

I handed out copies of the Club Constitution and the first page of the
Bylaws and asked people to look them over in the coming month and make
note of anything that was unclear or lacking and either bring the pages
back to the next meeting or email board at circleofjanus dot org with
them.

Not much else was accomplished and the meeting was rather short.

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Summary of the March Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met on March 24 at Valley Mills Christian Church. All Board
members were present, but no guests. We opened at 1:06 pm with the
approval of the January and February minutes.

We talked about a lot of different things-- Who's Yer Con, cash registers
for the convention, networking and promotions, our online presence, what
to do with the bank accounts, storage, the Bylaws caucus, scheduling of
2013 meetings with conflicts in mind, convention plans, and so on.

Lynette brought up the idea of starting a fund to cover memberships for
people in financial difficulties, so they don't drift away from the club
or lose their officer eligibility. The idea would be that they could apply
after the January meeting, so if they wanted to vote or run for office,
they'd need to come up with their dues for themselves. They'd be expected
to pay back into the fund once their situation improved. The Board seemed
to like the idea and Melissa suggested doing a similar thing called
“Sponsor a Geek” for the con where people could add any amount of donation
to their badge price for others, who could then fill out an application
and be selected through some process to be worked out by the ConChairs. We
discussed who would administer the CoJ fund and what to do with a case of
too many applicants and not enough money. There were suggestions that the
loan be for one year only and only one per family with a preference given
to those who have actively contributed to the club through service as an
officer, appointee, committee member, concom member, or volunteer. We
decided it was a good enough idea to take to the club and get their input.

We went over our action items, then adjourned at 2:42 pm.

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New Books
 From locusmag.com

April 2012
   Adams, John Joseph • Armored • (Baen, anth)
   Armstrong, Kelley • The Calling • (HarperCollins, nvl-ya, hc)
   Baker, Kage • The Best of Kage Baker • (Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
   Barnes, John • Losers in Space • (Penguin/Viking, nvl-ya, hc)
   Beckett, Galen • The Master of Heathcrest Hall • (Ballantine Spectra, tpb)
   Black, Holly • Black Heart • (Simon & Schuster/McElderry, nvl-ya, hc)
   + Chadbourn, Mark • The Burning Man • (Prometheus/Pyr, tpb)
   Courtenay Grimwood, Jon • The Outcast Blade • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Evenson, Brian • Immobility • (Tor, hc)
   Foster, Alan Dean • Body, Inc. • (Ballantine Del Rey, tpb)
   Hand, Elizabeth • Radiant Days • (Penguin/Viking, nvl-ya, hc)
   Hopkinson, Nalo • The Chaos • (Simon & Schuster/McElderry, nvl-ya, hc)
   Hughes, Matthew • Costume Not Included • (Angry Robot US)
   Johnson, Alaya • Wicked City • (St. Martin's, hc)
   Kowal, Mary Robinette • Glamour in Glass • (Tor, hc)
   Kress, Nancy • After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall •
(Tachyon Publications, tpb)
   Kress, Nancy • Fountain of Age • (Small Beer Press, cln, tpb)
   Lovegrove, James • Age of Aztec • (Rebellion/Solaris US)
   + MacLeod, Ken • The Night Sessions • (Prometheus/Pyr, tpb)
   Moore, Christopher • Sacre Bleu • (HarperCollins/Morrow, hc)
   Sawyer, Robert J. • Triggers • (Ace, hc)
   Sheckley, Robert, edited by Jonathan Lethem & Alex Abramovich • Store
of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley • (NYRB Classics, cln,
hc)
   Shinn, Sharon • The Shape of Desire • (Ace, hc)
   Slattery, Brian Francis • Lost Everything • (Tor, tpb)
   Smith, Sherwood • Banner of the Damned • (DAW, hc)
   Stover, Matthew • Caine's Law • (Ballantine Del Rey, tpb)
   Wagner, Karl Edward, edited by Stephen Jones • The Best Horror Stories
of Karl Edward Wagner, Volume 1: Where the Summer Ends • (Centipede,
cln, hc)
   Wellington, David • 32 Fangs • (Random House/Broadway, tpb)
   Wilce, Ysabeau S. • Flora's Fury • (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Harcourt,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Youers, Rio • Westlake Soul • (ChiZine Publications, hc/tpb)

May 2012
   Abraham, Daniel • The King's Blood • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Bacigalupi, Paolo • The Drowned Cities • (Little, Brown, nvl-ya, hc)
   Barron, Laird • The Croning • (Night Shade Books, hc)
   Campbell, Alan • Damnation for Beginners • (Subterranean Press, hc)
   Cashore, Kristin • Bitterblue • (Penguin/Dial, nvl-ya, hc)
   Clare, Cassandra • The Mortal Instruments: City of Lost Souls • (Simon
& Schuster/McElderry, nvl-ya, hc)
   Cook, Glen • Winter's Dreams • (Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
   Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four • (Night
Shade Books, anth, tpb)
   DiTerlizzi, Tony • A Hero for Wondla • (Simon & Schuster, nvl-ya, hc)
   + Esslemont, Ian C. • Orb Sceptre Throne • (Tor, tpb)
   Files, Gemma • A Tree of Bones • (ChiZine Publications, hc/tpb)
   Gentle, Mary • The Black Opera • (Night Shade Books, tpb)
   Griffin, Kate • The Minority Council • (Orbit US)
   Harris, Charlaine • Deadlocked • (Ace, hc)
   Hopkinson, Nalo • Report from Planet Midnight • (PM Press, cln, tpb)
   Jemisin, N. K. • The Killing Moon • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Kelly, James Patrick, & John Kessel, eds. • Nebula Awards Showcase 2012
• (Prometheus/Pyr, anth, tpb)
   Kontis, Alethea • Enchanted • (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Harcourt,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Mieville, China • Railsea • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Milford, Kate • The Broken Lands • (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion,
nvl-ya, hc)
   + Mills, K. E. • Wizard Undercover • (Orbit US)
   Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Princeps • (Tor, hc)
   + Nix, Garth • A Confusion of Princes • (HarperCollins, nvl-ya, hc)
   Redick, Robert V. S. • The Night of the Swarm • (Ballantine Del Rey, tpb)
   Roberson, Chris • Further: Beyond the Threshold • (Amazon/47North, tpb)
   Robinson, Kim Stanley • 2312 • (Orbit US, hc)
   Sagara, Michelle • Silence • (DAW, hc)
   VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. • Weird • (Tor, tpb)
   Wallace, Sean, ed. • War and Space: Recent Combat • (Prime Books, anth,
tpb)
   Wentworth, K. D., ed. • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future
Volume XXVIII • (Galaxy, anth)


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April Meeting Agenda

April 7, 2012
 LifeJourney Church.

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
 March meeting minutes
 Communications
    Treasurer's Report
    Convention Report, InConJunction 32
    Convention Report, InConJunction 33
    Convention Report, InConJunction 34
    Board Report
    Outreach Committee
       Indy Pride
       Pagan Pride
    Member Activities
       April Meeting
          Pyatt's Weird Science?
       April Non-Meeting
          Lyrids Meteor Shower viewing on the 21st at the Cowpers
       May Meeting
          Kat's birthday month gaming and pitch-in
       May Non-Meeting
          Anyone want to volunteer?
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Member Cards
    Bylaws Caucus
       This month, go over the pages 2 & 3 of the CoJ Bylaws and mark issues
 New Business
    Membership Loans
    Anything else?
 Announcements - one per person please
 Close of meeting – Chaos
 8:00 pm Rob Pyatt's Weird Science presentation

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Mark Your Calendars

April 2012:

   1: Judy Eudaly's birthday

   4: Mark Bischoff's birthday

   5: Nann Moneck's birthday

   6: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   6-8: Anime Boston - Boston, MA
   6-8: MarCon - Columbus, OH
   6-8: Middle Tennessee Anime Convention - Nashville, TN
   6-8: Minicon - Minneapolis, MN
   6-8: PAX East - Boston, MA
   6-8: Triad Anime Convention - Winston-Salem, NC

   7: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church

   10: Kyra Shidler's birthday

   13: The Cabin in the Woods
   13-15: Ad Astra - Toronto, ON
   13-15: Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - Chicago, IL
   13-15: Conglomeration - Louisville, KY
   13-15: RavenCon - Richmond, VA
   13-15: UB Con 2012: Mis-Judgment Day - Buffalo, NY

   14: IAS General Meeting - Holcomb Observatory

   15: Melissa Kocias's birthday
   15: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   19: Jessica Carrico's birthday

   20: Lockout
   20-22: Anime St. Louis - Collinsville, IL
   20-22: CODCON XVII - Glen Ellyn, IL
   20-22: FilKONtario - Missisauga, ON
   20-22: GnomeCon - Savannah, GA
   20-22: Odyssey Con - Madison, WI
   20-22: T-MODE - Rockville, MD
   20-22: Tora-Con - Rochester, NY
   20-22: TrekTrax Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

   21: NerdCon - Boone, North Carolina
   21-22: Lyrids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!
   21-22: Nadeshicon - Quebec City, Quebec

   22: CoJ Board meeting, 6pm - Skype
   22: Mark Racop's birthday

   23: Jeff Thompson's birthday

   24: Susan Parker's birthday

   27: The Raven
   27-29: Anime Central - Rosemont, IL
   27-29: EerieCon - Niagara Falls, NY
   27-29: Penguicon - Troy, MI
   27-29: Shinboku Con - Elyria, OH

   28: Brian Davidson's birthday
   28: New Astronomers Group - McCloud Nature Park

   29: Theresa Shidler's birthday
   29: Harry Bunn's birthday
   29: Ash Comic Show - Ramada Inn

May 2012:

   3-6: Morphicon - Columbus, OH

   4: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   4: Marvel's The Avengers
   4-5: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!
   4-6: Boreal - Quebec City, Quebec
   4-6: CoreCon - Moorhead, MN
   4-6: No Brand Con - Eau Claire, WI

   5: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church

   11: Barry Childs-Helton's birthday
   11: Dark Shadows
   11-12: Zenkaikon - Oaks, PA

   12: IAS General Meeting - Link Observatory
   12: Anime-Park - Canton, MI

   17: Kat Robertson's birthday
   17-20: Nebula Awards Weekend - Crystal City, VA

   18: Mike Wickliff's birthday
   18-20: IAS Link Campout - Link Observatory
   18-20: Mobicon - Mobile, AL
   18-20: Sci-Fi in the Valley Con - Johnstown, PA

   19: Cheryl Miller Andrews's birthday
   19: Debbie Happli's birthday
   19: South Bend ComicCon - South Bend, IN

   20: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
   20: Annular Solar Eclipse

   24-27: Animazement - Raleigh, NC

   25: Chernobyl Diaries
   25: Men in Black 3
   25-27: Alabama Phoenix Festival - Birmingham, AL
   25-27: Anime North - Toronto, ON
   25-27: ConQuesT - Kansas City, MO
   25-27: Forge Gaming & Comics Con - Lexington, KY
   25-27: TimeGate - Atlanta-Perimeter, GA
   25-28: Balticon - Baltimore, MD
   25-28: MediaWest*Con - Lansing, MI
   25-28: WisCon - Madison, WI
   25-28: World Steam Expo - Dearborn , Michigan

   26: CoJ Board meeting, 1pm - VMCC
   26: New Astronomers Group - McCloud Nature Park

   27: Lynn Ciurej's birthday

   30-6/3: Origins - Columbus, OH

   31: Katt McConnell's birthday

June 2012:

   1: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   1: Piranha 3DD
   1: Snow White and the Huntsman
   1-3: ConCarolinas 2012 - Charlotte, North Carolina
   1-3: DucKon - Schaumburg, IL
   1-3: HamaCon - Huntsville, AL

   2: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church

   3: Andy Andrews's birthday

   4: Partical Lunar Elcipse - Look, Up in the Sky!

   7-10: Colossalcon - Sandusky, OH

   8: Prometheus
   8-10: AnimeNEXT - Somerset, NJ
   8-10: OMGcon - Paducah, KY

   9: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
   9-10: Knoxville Comic & Anime Con - Knoxville, TN

   10: CoJ Board meeting, 6pm - Skype
   10: Chuck Budreau's birthday
   10: Ash Comics - Ramada Inn

   12: David Lee Pancake's birthday

   14-17: AnthroCon - Pittsburgh, PA

   15-17: Anime Blues Con - Memphis, TN
   15-17: Anime Mid-Atlantic - Chesapeake, VA
   15-17: SoonerCon - Oklahoma City, OK
   15-17: Too Many Games - Oaks, PA

   17: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   18: Greg Dunn's birthday
   18: Dillan & Anjala Dick's Anniversary

   19: Mike Suess's birthday
   19: Kevin Spencer's birthday

   21-24: Midwestcon - Cincinnati, OH

   22: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
   22: Brave
   22: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
   22-24: 4th Street Fantasy Conversation - Minneapolis, MN
   22-24: DieCon 12 - Collinsville, IL
   22-24: Seishun-Con - Atlanta, GA

   23-24: JAFAX - Allendale, MI

   27: Reed Hartman's birthday

   29-7/1: AniMinneapolis - Bloomington, MN
   29-7/1: Fandomfest - Louisville , Kentucky
   29-7/1: Hetalia Con! - Indiana Convention Center
   29-7/1: Northeast Filk Convention - Boxborough, MA

   30: Doug Rollison's birthday

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Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be Saturday, April 7,
2012, at the LifeJourney Church (formerly Jesus Metropolitan Community
Church - same location, new name), 2950 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN,
starting at 7:00 pm. There is a ConCom meeting preceding it from 5:15
to 6:45. Rob Pyatt's Weird Science will follow at 8:00.

Officers
   Board Chairman - Andy Andrews
   President - Lynette Cowper
   Vice-President - Kyra Shidler
   Secretary - Laura Edwards
   Treasurer - Kent Raquet
   Sergeant at Arms - Ricky Lile
   InConJunction 32 ConChair - Kathie Thompson
   InConJunction 33 ConChair - Melissa Kocias
   InConJunction 34 ConChair - Andrew Happli

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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Lynette R. F. Cowper

My email address has changed to lcowper at prismnet.com. Please, adjust your
records.