[CircularOfJanus] May 2013 Circular of Janus

[Lynette R. F. Cowper]

Apologies for lateness. I had a migraine when I finished this up and
totally spaced actually sending it!

Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 April 27, 2013
 Volume 34, Issue 5

Contents:
   Notes from the President - Kat Robertson
   Summary of the April Meeting - Lynette R. F. Cowper
   Mark Your Calendars
   May Meeting Agenda
   New Books - from Locus
   Tidbits from Our Members
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

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Notes from the President
 by Kat Robertson

This month has been rather busy for me, as I am sure it has been for a lot
of you. People have been working outside in their gardens, getting college
kids home for the summer, and preparing for schools end for those in other
grades. I hope all of you are enjoying things, but can still take a small
break and join us this Saturday for the wonderful world of Weird Science
by Rob Pyatt. His wild and wacky stories are always entertaining. I look
forward to seeing you all there this month.

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Summary of the April Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The club met on April 6 at LifeJourney Church. All officers except
InConJunction 34 & 35 ConChairs Drew Happli and Jeff Thompson were
present. We had around 30 adults and 9 kids, including Kevin's girlfriend
Karen and her daughter Katie, and new member Ian.

We accepted the last meeting minutes as published. Kent passed out the
printed Treasurer's reports and announced he was looking for a Treasurer's
assistant for InConJunction.

Mel reminded everyone to be sure to pre-register and book their rooms
early, and to sell ads for the Program Book and seek possible sponsors. We
need folks to volunteer for panels. Go to the Programming page on the
webpage and follow the link. We are still looking for things for the
costume bash-- cardboard boxes, Pringles cans, paper towel tubes, and so
on. Bring your stuff to Joe Greene at the meeting. Be sure when you  book
your hotel room, that if you have a special need (want to be on the party
floor, do not want to be on the party floor, need to be near the
elevators, need a lower floor room), that you email hotel at inconjunction
dot org.

As neither Drew nor Jeff were present, we moved to committee reports.
Archivist Bob hasn't gotten any materials to archive yet. If you have
things he can scan and give back to you, get it to him. Quartermasters
Dillan and Ricky will be inventorying the storage space soon. Kat read
Laura's Outreach report. Indy Pride is Saturday, June 8. She is looking
for volunteers to cover 2-hour blocks. We also need volunteers for Pagan
Pride in September. You do not need to be Pagan to volunteer! Tracey
reported on the meeting location search. The one place she had talked to
had just changed hands, so she will be contacting the new folks. Ricky
also has several feelers out, but no firm numbers yet.

In Old Business, we discussed upcoming member activities, including Rob
coming in May for Weird Science and having a 3D printing demo in June.
Member cards were passed out. Kat encouraged folks to speak to local
businesses about getting discounts for members.

There was no New Business so we moved on to announcements. Of those still
relevant: Gary mentioned that the Weather Channel has a couple of
interesting shows-- one on apocalypse weather and another on weather in
space / other planets. Various folks said the recent Oz movie was good.
Joe said the most recent GI Joe was good, but had a massive plot hole with
the tungsten rod thing. John encouraged everyone to check out ThinkGeek's
April Fools Day product, as in the past if they've gotten good feedback
they've actually made some of them (like canned unicorn). Kat mentioned
that Broadway Across America is selling season tickets, which were pretty
reasonable at the lower levels for 5 shows. And that was it for the April
meeting.

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Mark Your Calendars

May 2013

   1: Indy Knights General Meeting - The Athenaeum

   2-5: AnCon (Another Game Convention) - Hudson, Oh
   2-5: Morphicon - Columbus, OH

   2: Iron Man 3

   3: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   3-5: Boréal - Montreal, Quebec
   3-5: CoreCon - Moorhead, MN
   3-5: National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention
Program - Philadelphia, Pa

   4: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   4: IAS General Meeting - Link Observatory
   4-5: Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   5: Art-O-Con - Burlington, Ontario

   9-12: Geekway to the West - St. Louis, MO

   10: Aftershock
   10-12: BAMCon - Pittsfield, MA
   10-12: Link Campout - Link Observatory

   11: Barry Childs-Helton's birthday

   12: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   14: Deb Hunt's birthday

   15: Star Trek Into Darkness

   16-19: Nebula Awards Weekend - San Jose, CA

   17: Kat Robertson's birthday
   17-19: Anime Central - Rosemont, IL
   17-19: MOBICON - Mobile, AL
   17-19: Sci-Fi Valley Con - Altoona, PA
   17-19: Spectrum Fantastic Art Live - Kansas City, MO

   18: CoJ Board Meeting - VMCC
   18: Mike Wickliff's birthday
   18: Public Star Gaze - McCloud Nature Park, North Salem, IN
   18: South Bend ComicCon - South Bend, IN

   19: Cheryl Miller Andrews's birthday
   19: Debbie Happli's birthday
   19: CloverCon - Bridgewater, NJ

   23-26: Animazement - Raleigh, NC

   24: Epic
   24-26: Alabama Phoenix Festival - Birmingham, AL
   24-26: Anime Boston - Boston, MA
   24-26: Anime North - Toronto, Ontario
   24-26: ConQuest - Kansas City, MO
   24-26: TimeGate - Atlanta, GA
   24-27: Balticon - Hunt Valley MD
   24-27: MediaWest*Con - Lansing, MI
   24-27: WisCon - Madison, WI

   25: JABEcon! - Lebanon, TN

   27: Lynn Ciurej's birthday

   31: After Earth
   31: Katt McConnell's birthday
   31-6/2: ConCarolinas - Charlotte, NC
   31-6/2: HamaCon - Huntsville, AL

June 2013

   1: CoJ Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   1: IAS General Meeting - Link Observatory

   3: Andy Andrews's birthday

   5: Indy Knights General meeting - Athenaeum

   6-9: Colossalcon - Sandusky, OH

   7: The Purge
   7: Whoosier Network Meeting - LifeJourney Church
   7-9: AnimeNEXT - Somerset, NJ

   9: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   10: Chuck Budreau's birthday

   12: This is the End
   12: David Lee Pancake's birthday
   12-16: Origins - Columbus, OH

   14: Man of Steel
   14-16: Anime Mid-Atlantic - Chesapeake, VA
   14-16: Hypericon - Nashville, TN
   14-16: OMGcon - Paducah, KY
   14-16: Too Many Games - Philadelphia, PA

   15: CoJ Board Meeting - ??
   15: Public Star Gaze - McCloud Nature Park, Salem, IN
   15-16: Knoxville Comic & Anime Con - Knoxville, TN

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

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

   21: Monsters University
   21: World War Z
   21-23: 4th Street Fantasy Convention - Minneapolis, MN
   21-23: Anime Blues Con - Memphis, TN
   21-23: DieCon - Collinsville, IL
   21-23: Fieldcon - Morgan County, OH
   21-23: Northeast Filk Convention - Gaithersburg, MD

   22-23: JAFAX - Allendale, MI

   26-28: Bootid Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   27: Reed Hartman's birthday
   27-30: Cosplacon - Jefferson City, MO
   27-30: Midwestcon - Cincinnati, OH

   28-30: AniMinneapolis - Bloomington, MN
   28-30: DucKon - Wheeling, IL
   28-30: Hetalia Con! - Wyndham Indianapolis West
   28-30: Hoshicon - Winston-Salem, NC
   28-30: Seishun-Con - Atlanta, GA
   28-30: Soonercon - Midwest City, OK

   29: IAS General Meeting - Link Observatory

   30: Doug Rollison's birthday
   30: Ash Comic Book Show - Ramada Inn at E 21st St
   30: Senshi Matsuri - New York, NY

July 2013

   2: Ellen Schuck Patterson's birthday

   3: Indy Knights General meeting - Athenaeum

   4-7: AnthroCon - Pittsburgh, PA

   5-7: InConJunction - Marriott East
   5-7: Anime Midwest - Rosemont, IL

   6: Dillan Dick's birthday

   10: Kristin Looney's birthday

   11: Beckie Margedant's birthday
   11-14: Readercon - Burlington, MA

   12: Pacific Rim
   12-14: Anime Festival Wichita - Wichita, KS
   12-14: Anime SouthEast - Sevierville, TN
   12-14: Ikasucon - Fort Wayne, IN

   14: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   16: Jeff & Kathie Thompson's anniversary

   19: The Conjuring
   19: R.I.P.D.
   19-21: Quincon 28 - Quincy, Illinois
   19-21: SukoshiCon: Pokécon - Louisville, KY
   19-21: WausaubiCon - Wausau, WI

   20: CoJ Board meeting - VMCC

   22: Stephen Kendall's birthday

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

   25: Kathie Thompson's birthday
   25: Amanda Erwin's birthday
   25-28: PulpFest 2013 - Columbus, OH

   26: The Wolverine
   26-28: ConBravo! - Hamilton, ON
   26-28: Fandomfest - Louisville , Kentucky
   26-28: Ryu-Kon 2013 Anime & Gaming Convention - Niagara Falls, NY
   26-28: TFcon - Mississauga, Ontario

   27-28: Fantasy Gamer's Conclave - Cary, North Carolina

   28-30: Delta Aquarid meteor shower - Look, up in the sky!

   31: Kim Huff's birthday

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May Meeting Agenda

 The Circle of Janus
 May Meeting
 May 4, 2013

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
    April meeting minutes
 Communications
    Treasurer's Report
    Convention Report, InConJunction 33
    Convention Report, InConJunction 34
    Convention Report, InConJunction 35
    Board Report, if needed
    Committee Reports, if needed
       Member Services
       Audit Committee
       Archivist
       Quartermaster
       Outreach Coordinator
          Indy Pride
          Pagan Pride
       Meeting Location
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Meeting space
    Member Activities
       May non-meeting
       June meeting- 3D printing demo
       June non-meeting
       August meeting
    Member Cards
    Anything else?
 New Business
    Anything?
 Announcements - one per person please
 Close of meeting - Chaos

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New Books
 From locusmag.com

May 2013
   Abraham, Daniel • The Tyrant's Law • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Asaro, Catherine, ed. • Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 • (Prometheus/Pyr,
anth, tpb)
   + Asher, Neal • Zero Point • (Night Shade Books, tpb)
   + Esslemont, Ian C. • Blood and Bone • (Tor, hc)
   Feist, Raymond E. • Magician's End • (Harper Voyager US, hc)
   Frei, Max • The Stranger's Shadow • (Overlook Press, hc)
   Gaiman, Neil • Make Good Art • (HarperCollins/Morrow, nf, hc)
   Hanover, M. L. N. • Graveyard Child • (Pocket)
   Hill, Joe • NOS4A2 • (HarperCollins/Morrow, hc)
   + Koontz, Dean • Deeply Odd • (Bantam, hc)
   Lafferty, Mur • The Shambling Guide to NYC • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Antiagon Fire • (Tor, hc)
   Moriarty, Chris • Ghost Spin • (Ballantine Spectra, tpb)
   Niffenegger, Audrey, Et Al., & Susan Fisher Sterling & Krystyna
Wasserman • Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger •
(powerHouse Books, art, hc)
   Palwick, Susan • Mending the Moon • (Tor, hc)
   Sanderson, Brandon • The Rithmatist • (Tor Teen, hc)
   Scalzi, John • The Human Division • (Tor, hc)
   + Silverberg, Robert • Tales of Majipoor • (Penguin/Roc, tpb)
   Smith, Michael Marshall • The Gist • (Subterranean Press, hc)

June 2013
   Beukes, Lauren • The Shining Girls • (Little, Brown/Mulholland Books, hc)
   Bledsoe, Alex • Wisp of a Thing • (Tor, hc)
   Card, Orson Scott, & Aaron Johnston • Earth Afire • (Tor, hc)
   Corey, James S. A. • Abaddon's Gate • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five • (Night
Shade Books, anth, tpb)
   Elliott, Kate • Cold Steel • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Gaiman, Neil • The Ocean at the End of the Lane •
(HarperCollins/Morrow, hc)
   Guran, Paula, ed. • After the End: Recent Apocalypses • (Prime Books,
anth, tpb)
   Lackey, Mercedes, & Eric Flint & Dave Freer • Burdens of the Dead •
(Baen, hc)
   Lackey, Mercedes • Steadfast • (DAW, hc)
   McIntosh, Will • Love Minus Eighty • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Moon, Elizabeth • Limits of Power • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Nickle, David • The ‘Geisters • (ChiZine Publications, hc)
   Niven, Larry, & Matthew Joseph Harrington • The Goliath Stone • (Tor, hc)
   + Nix, Garth, & Sean Williams • Troubletwisters: The Mystery •
(Scholastic Press, nvl-ya, hc)
   Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter • The Long War • (Harper, hc)
   Ross, Deborah J. • The Seven-Petaled Shield • (DAW)
   Scholes, Ken • Requiem • (Tor, hc)
   Shevdon, Mike • The Eighth Court • (Angry Robot US)
   Simmons, Dan • The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz • (Subterranean
Press, hc)
   Spencer, Wen • Eight Million Gods • (Baen, hc)
   Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Fearsome Journeys • (Rebellion/Solaris US, anth)
   Yolen, Jane, & Adam Stemple • The Hostage Prince • (Penguin/Viking,
nvl-ya, hc)

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Tidbits from Our Members

Joe Greene (Head of InConJunction Programming): Please remember we are
collecting random crafting bits and supplies for a Costume bash event at
InConJunction XXXIII! So bring your scraps and oddments to be recycled
into last minute costumes.

Cheryl Miller-Andrews is looking for book donations to a small school
library. Most of the kids are not into SF. The school is grade 7-12, but
many of the kids are below grade level in reading. Anyone that has books
to donate can bring it to her at the meeting.

Laura Edwards: Indy Pride is Saturday, June 8. We need volunteers to cover
2-hour blocks at our booth.

Lynette Cowper: Monty Python’s Spamalot is coming to the Athenaeum Theatre
June 14-15, 20-23, and 28-29, 2013.

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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.

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Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus will be Saturday, May 4, 2013,
at the LifeJourney Church, 2950 55th Place, Indianapolis, IN, starting
at 7:00 pm. There is a ConCom meeting preceding it from 5:30 to 6:45.
Rob's Weird Science talk will follow the meeting.

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

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


-- 
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