[CircularOfJanus] May 2012 Circular of Janus

[Lynette R. F. Cowper]

Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 April 30, 2012
 Volume 33, Issue 5

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

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President's Reflections
 by Lynette Cowper

Another school year is drawing to a close. I'm already starting to look at
our summer schedule. Time flies so quickly! Be sure you've got your rooms
booked for InConJunction and that your volunteer plans are in order.

At the last couple of meetings, I've handed out pages of the Bylaws for
people to review. I've only had one person turn in comments and questions.
Be sure to look them over and bring them to the meeting or email the Board
with your comments and questions.

This month, we've got gaming and a pitch-in after the regular meeting.
Later in the month, we've got a “come hang out at the Thompsons' place”
non-meeting on the 12th. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!

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Summary of the April Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The club met on April 7. All the officers except Vice-President Kyra and
InConJunction 33 ConChair Melissa were in attendance. We had several
guests-- Rick and Joan Lile, Ron Hawkins, and Kim. Out-of-state member Rob
Pyatt was also at the meeting, since he was doing his Weird Science talk
afterward.

Lynette had Laura read through the March minutes and then Kent gave a
Treasurer's report. Kathie reported on InConJunction. Programming is still
looking for panel ideas. The website has a submissions page. Mel still
needs a Dealers' Room assistant this year and ConCom folks for next year.
Drew has been gathering email addresses for potential GoHs for his year.
Andy gave a brief Board report.

Laura asked for volunteers to help run the CoJ/InConJunction booth at Indy
Pride on June 9th. We made some plans for member activities which included
a gaming night and pitch-in for the May meeting and a hang-out and
pitch-in at the Thompsons' on May 12th.

Lynette handed out more Bylaws pages for folks to go over.

In New Business, we discussed the idea of starting a membership loan
program. The money would be donated rather than being from the CoJ
accounts. This would cover one person in a family for one year and would
be to help out those who have suffered financial hardships such as
extended unemployment or unexpected expenses. Once a person had gotten
their finances straightened out and the back bills paid, they'd repay the
money back into the fun for someone else to use. Applications would be
taken in January and the loans wouldn't be given out till February at the
earliest (so if you wanted to run for office or vote in the election,
you'd need to find your own funds). Preference would be given to those who
have served the club or convention in the past-- former officers, concom
members, folks serving on club committees or outreaches such as the booth
at Pride. The members gave the go-ahead for the Board to develop the idea
further.

We had a brief period of announcements and that was it!

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Summary of the April Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met via Skype on the 22nd. All the officers except VP Kyra and
ConChairs Kathie and Mel were present. We went through convention reports
briefly, then discussed putting together membership loan guidelines. We
went over who had been appointed to various positions, plans for the May
Board meeting, the SOPs, the InConJunction mailing list, Pride, storage,
the webpage, and the Bylaws Caucus. Then we discussed advertising the club
on Facebook. We briefly covered some old budgets and plans and that was
it!

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New Books
>From locusmag.com

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)

June 2012
   Aaronovitch, Ben • Whispers Under Ground • (Ballantine Del Rey)
   Anderson, Kevin J., ed. • Blood Lite III: Aftertaste • (Simon &
Schuster/Gallery, anth)
   Brin, David • Existence • (Tor, hc)
   Brown, Eric • Weird Space: The Devil's Nebula • (Rebellion/Abaddon, tpb)
   Carroll, Jonathan • The Woman Who Married a Cloud • (Subterranean
Press, cln, hc)
   + Corey, James S. A. • Caliban's War • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Davidson, Maryjanice • Undead and Unstable • (Berkley Sensation, hc)
   Erikson, Steven • The Devil Delivered and Other Tales • (Tor, cln, tpb)
   Evenson, Brian • Windeye • (Coffee House Press, cln, tpb)
   Flewelling, Lynn • Casket of Souls • (Ballantine Spectra)
   Grant, Mira • Blackout • (Orbit US)
   Guran, Paula, ed. • Obsessions: Tales of Irresistible Desire • (Prime
Books, tpb)
   Hamilton, Laurell K. • Kiss the Dead • (Berkley, hc)
   Hartwell, David G., & Jacob Weisman, eds. • The Sword & Sorcery
Anthology • (Tachyon Publications, anth, tpb)
   Hartwell, David G., & Kathryn Cramer, eds. • Year's Best SF 17 •
(Harper Voyager US, anth)
   Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • Permeable Borders • (Fairwood Press, cln, tpb)
   Jemisin, N. K. • The Shadowed Sun • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Lackey, Mercedes, & Rosemary Edghill • Dead Reckoning • (Bloomsbury
USA, nvl-ya, hc)
   Lackey, Mercedes • Home from the Sea • (DAW, hc)
   Melko, Paul • The Broken Universe • (Tor, hc)
   Millet, Lydia • The Shimmers in the Night • (Small Beer Press/Big Mouth
House, nvl-ya, hc)
   Nix, Garth, & Sean Williams • Troubletwisters: The Monster •
(Scholastic Press, nvl-ya, hc)
   Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter • The Long Earth • (Harper, hc)
   Pratchett, Terry • The World of Poo • (HarperCollins, nvl-ya, hc)
   Remic, Andy • Toxicity • (Rebellion/Solaris, tpb)
   + Reynolds, Alastair • Blue Remembered Earth • (Ace, hc)
   Scalzi, John • Redshirts • (Tor, hc)
   Silverberg, Robert • The Best of Robert Silverberg • (Subterranean
Press, cln, tpb)
   + Wallace, Sean, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Steampunk • (Running Press,
anth, tpb)
   Williams, Liz • Worldsoul • (Prime Books, tpb)

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May Meeting Agenda

 May 5, 2012
 LifeJourney Church

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
    April 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
       May Meeting
          Kat's birthday month gaming and pitch-in
       May Non-Meeting
          Pitch-in/ Hang-out at the Thompsons
       June Meeting
          Traditionally reserved for final con work. Do we need it?
       June Non-Meeting
          Anyone want to volunteer?
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Member Cards
    Bylaws Caucus
       This month, go over the pages 4 & 5 of the CoJ Bylaws and mark issues
    Membership Loans
    Appointments
       Board Appointments
          Outreach Committee
             Promotional Events Coordinator - Laura Edwards
             Online Ambassador
                Forum Moderators
             Indianapolis-Area Club Ambassador
             Indianapolis-Area Convention Ambassador
          Audit Committee
          Club and Convention Archivist
          Quartermaster - Joe Greene and Reed Hartman
          Hotel Liaison - Kathie Thompson
          Webmaster - Jeff Thompson
       Presidential Appointments
          Member Activities Committee
          Member Services Committee
             Welcoming Coordinator - Tracey Rollison
          Meeting Location Search Committee - Tracey Rollison is coordinator
          Newsletter Editor
 New Business
    Anything else?
 Announcements - one per person please
 Close of meeting - Chaos

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Mark Your Calendars

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: Nauticon - Provincetown, MA
   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
   24-28: International Space Development Conference - Washington, DC

   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
   26: HickoryCon - Hickory, NC

   27: Lynn Ciurej's birthday

   30-6/3: Origins - Columbus, OH

   31: Katt McConnell's birthday
   31-6/3: WizardWorld Philadephia - Philadelphia, PA

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!

   5: Venus Transit – IMA

   7-10: Colossalcon - Sandusky, OH

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

   9: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
   9: Indy Pride (CoJ/InConJunction have a booth) – Legion Mall
   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: The Tortured
   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: Another Game Con (AnCon2012) - Hudson, OH
   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

   28-7/1: SFRA Conference - Detroit, MI

   29-7/1: Anime Festival Wichita - Wichita, KS
   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

July 2012:

   2: Ellen Schuck Patterson's birthday

   3: The Amazing Spider-Man

   4-7: ALCON - Chicago
   4-8: Dexcon - Morristown, NJ

   5-8: CONvergence - Minneapolis, MN

   6: Dillan Dick's birthday
   6: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   6-8: InConJunction - Indianapolis Marriott
   6-8: AnimeWorld Indianapolis - Sheraton at Keystone Crossing
   6-8: Anime Midwest - Lisle, IL
   6-8: Anime Punch: Fieldcon - Morgan County, OH
   6-8: Chiisaicon - Shepherdsville, KY
   6-8: Polaris - Toronto, ON

   10: Kristin Looney's birthday

   11: Beckie Margedant's birthday

   12: Venus at Greatest Brilliancy - Look, Up in the Sky!
   12-15: Readercon - Burlington, MA

   13-15: Anime SouthEast - Sevierville, TN
   13-15: G-Fest - Rosemont, IL
   13-15: Ikasucon - Grand Wayne Convention Center, Ft. Wayne

   14: IAS Meeting - Link Observatory
   14: Sukoshicon: Athens - Athens, GA

   15: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library
   15-17: Persacon - Huntsville, AL

   16: Jeff & Kathie Thompson's anniversary redux

   19-22: Historicon - Fredricksburg, VA
   19-22: Indiana Family Star Party - Prairie Grass Observatory,
Frankfort, IN

   20: The Dark Knight Rises
   20-22: LibertyCon - Chattanooga, TN
   20-22: N.A.P.P.A. Con - Decatur, AL
   20-22: Quincon 27 - Quincy, Illinois
   20-22: Tokyo in Tulsa - Tulsa, OK

   22: Stephen Kendall's birthday
   22: Ryu-Kon - Canandaigua, NY

   23: Ricky Lile's birthday
   23: Ron Hawkins's birthday

   25: Kathie Thompson's birthday
   25: Amanda Erwin's birthday

   27: Neighborhood Watch
   27-29: Conbravo - Burlington, Ontario, Canada
   27-29: Confluence - Pittsburgh, PA
   27-29: Otakon - Baltimore, MD
   27-29: WausaubiCon - Wausau, WI

   28: New Astronomers Group - McCloud Nature Park, North Salem, IN
   28-29: Fantasy Gamer's Conclave - Cary, NC
   28-30: Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower - Look, Up in the Sky!

   31: Kim Huff's birthday

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Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be Saturday, May 5, 2012,
at LifeJourney Church (formerly Jesus Metropolitan Community Church),
2950 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN, starting at 7:00 pm. There is a
ConCom meeting preceding it from 5:15 to 6:45. An evening of board and
card games and pitch-in 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.