[CircularOfJanus] August 2014 Circular of Janus

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Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 August 2014
 Volume 35, Issue 6

Contents:
   Summary of the June Club Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   Summary of the June Board Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   Summary of the July Board Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy – Lynette Cowper
   Mark Your Calendars
   New Books – from Locus
   Meeting Agenda
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

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Summary of the June Club Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The club met on June 7. We had about 30-ish people in attendance including
all club officers except Stephen Kendall, Treasurer.

We briefly went over the May minutes and had a Treasurer's report, then
Drew reported on InConJunction 34. Our hoped-for Media GoH didn't pan out.
Drew reminded everyone to get a hotel room. Jeff reported that he has sent
a contract to Tim Zahn for 2015, so he's not quite officially our Author
GoH, but close. Laura had nothing new for InConJunction 36. Andy reminded
everyone we would have a Board meeting prior to the ConCom meeting at the
Marriott June 21. Laura reported on Pride and needing volunteers for it.

In Old Business, the Bylaws Caucus will be September 20th. We're
discussing changing the Treasurer position to a two-year term or having an
assistant position. There was no New Business.

For announcements, Kat said her niece graduated from hairstyle school, her
son took over a landscaping business, and that she is having bariatric
surgery. Mel mentioned a few events that have passed. Mike Suess
recommended X-Men Days of Future Past and Godzilla. He is also looking
forward to Lucy and Guardians of the Galaxy. Leigh has two novels being
serialized at Jukepopserials.com. Randy also had a notable niece, who was
featured in the Indy Star for her cosplay at Indy Pop Con. He also talked
about the next red box D&D coming out in July and things at Gen Con.  
Andy mentioned Skin Games, a new Harry Dresden book. Kat reminded folks
with allergies to always check the ingredients, even on medical tests, as
she had problems with aspartame recently in a medical test concoction.
Lynette was proud of Ren for making the honor roll.

And that was it for June!

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 Don't Forget!
   If you have purchase receipts for InConJunction for which you need
reimbursed, please, bring them to the August meeting, as Stephen will
not be available in September.

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Summary of the June Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met June 21, 2014, at the Indianapolis Marriott East. All of the
Board members, except Chairman Andy Andrews and Treasurer Stephen Kendall,
were present. Anjala and Dillan Dick were also in attendance.

We briefly went over the May minutes, then quickly ran through reports on
Pride and the New Year's Eve Party. The Bylaws Caucus was mentioned and
tabled. Stephen was absent, so there was no Treasurer's report and we
skipped InConJunction 2015 and 2016 reports in the interest of time.

We then moved to the main event, Drew reporting on InConJunction 34. We
have swag bags. Color-changing cups and tee-shirts are on the way. We
still need a few more room nights. Stuff in the storage unit needs sorted
and old stuff tossed. The Program Book is with the printer. And that was
the meeting!

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Summary of the July Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met July 26, 2014, at Valley Mills Christian Church. All of the
Board members, except Secretary Beckie Margedant and InConJunction 36
ConChair Laura Edwards, were present. Kathie Thompson and Joe Greene were
also in attendance.

The June minutes were unavailable, so approval was tabled till the
September meeting. Stephen gave a Treasurer's Report, then Drew ran
through the highlights of InConJunction 2014. For InConJunction 2015, Jeff
announced we have GoHs-- Author Tim Zahn, Artist Eddie J. Del Rio,
Toastmaster Lou Harry, and one Featured Guest, David Reddick. We sent
flyers to a couple cons. The ConCom is coming together. He's added a new
position, Club and Group Liaison, to connect with local fannish and
related groups. Some ideas for ConSuite, pre-sale of tee shirts, the
database rollover, and Expo Hall layout were discussed. He is working on
breaking down the data from the surveys. Laura had emailed some reports.
She is looking for a media GoH for 2016.

In Old Business, signage for the club and con was discussed. Laura needs
volunteers for Pagan Pride on Sept. 27 and is also looking to turn over
the Community Outreach position after the 2015 con. We're still working on
the New Year's Eve party. Kathie will check with the Marriott on space for
the Bylaws Caucus.

In New Business, the After-the-Con Bash will be September 6, starting at
5:00pm, at Valley Mills Christian Church. Drew will bring a portable grill
or two. The con provides meat, drinks, and paper products. Everyone else
brings sides or desserts. Andy has some old club minutes, and Drew has
some lost and found items from the con. Stephen said that people who have
receipts for reimbursements should, if at all possible, bring them to the
August meeting, as he will not be present at the September meeting. We
went over some business with the 2013 books and discussed signing
contracts with the Marriott for 2017, 2018, and 2019. And that was it.

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A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy
 By Lynette Cowper

* Events with an asterisk are free!

*Target Free Family Night: The first Thursday of each month, the
Children's Museum opens free of charge.
 August 7, 4:00pm to 8:00pm, The Children's Museum.

Indiana’s Ice Age Giants: The Mystery of Mammoths and Mastodons:
Underneath Indiana’s soil lies a hidden graveyard of Ice Age giants that
continue to be uncovered by Hoosiers across the state. The Indiana State
Museum has been hard at work discovering, digging, studying and preserving
the remains of mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age animals.
 Through August 17, Indiana State Museum.

*Ray Bradbury in the 21st Century: Longtime friend of Bradbury's and one
of two official biographers that Bradbury chose, Dr. Jonathan Eller, IUPUI
Professor and Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, has just
published Vol 2 of his literary biography of Bradbury. Come hear his many
fascinating stories about Bradbury and his books.
 August 20, 2014 from 6:00-8:00 pm., the Central Library of the
Indianapolis Public Library.

*Fabled Kings: Featuring 16 Indian paintings dating from the late 17th to
the 18th centuries, this exhibition highlights works from the IMA’s Asian
collection and a selection of paintings from a Panchatantra series painted
at Udaipur, on loan from a private collection. The Panchatantra is based
on an ancient Indian oral tradition that uses tales to teach life lessons.
Shown for the first time together, the works in Fabled Kings represent the
vivid and varied tradition of Indian narrative painting.
 Through September 14, Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Terra Cotta Warriors: The Emperor’s Painted Army: The Shaanxi provincial
government assisted in creating this one-of-a-kind, Indianapolis-only,
hands-on experience. Artifacts from the Terra Cotta Warrior site have only
visited a handful of cities in the United States. Features more than 100
artifacts, including real Terra Cotta Warriors, some never before seen by
the public.
 Through November 2, The Children's Museum.

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Mark Your Calendars

August 2014

   1: Susan Rati Lane's birthday
   1-3: Akai Con - Nashville, TN
   1-3: Fandomfest – Louisville, KY
   1-3: Go!Daiko-Con - Pontiac, MI
   1-3: Ikasucon - Fort Wayne, IN
   1-3: MuseCon - Itsaca, IL
   1-3: Shore Leave - Baltimore, MD

   2: CoJ meeting - VMCC
   2: Whoosier Network picnic - Garfield Park

   3: Kent Raquet's birthday

   6: Indy Knights Meeting - Athenaeum

   7-10: PulpFest - Columbus, OH

   8: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
   8-10: Motaku - Kansas City, MO
   8-10: Otakon - Baltimore, MD
   8-10: VividCon - Chicago, IL
   8-11: Mythcon - Norton, MA

   10: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   12-13: Perseids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   14-17: Gen Con – Indianapolis, IN
   14-18: Loncon/WorldCon - London England

   15: The Giver
   15-17: OmegaCon - Charlottesville, VA

   16: South Bend Comic Book Con - South Bend, IN
   16-17: S.S. Kaizoku Con - Muskegon, MI
   16-17: Video Gamers United – Washington DC, DC

   18: Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter - Look, up in the sky!

   20: Ray Bradbury in the 21st Century – Central IPL Library

   22: Keith Chike's birthday
   22: Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
   22-24: Geek.Kon - Madison, WI
   22-24: Intervention – Rockville, MD
   22-24: Kita-Kon - Thunder Bay, ON
   22-24: Matsuricon - Columbus, OH
   22-24: SaikouCon - Breinigsville, PA

   25: Scott Picha's birthday

   28-31: Fan Expo Canada – Toronto, ON

   29-9/1: Dragon Con – Atlanta, GA
   29-9/1: TCEP – Sterling, VA

   30-31: Cosplay America - Cary, NC

   31: Deidre Rynard's birthday
   31: Ash Comic Book Show - Ramada Inn, E 21st St

September 2014

   2: Chris Umbreit's birthday

   3: Mark Fewell's birthday
   3: Indy Knights Meeting - Athenaeum

   5: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   5: The Green Inferno
   5-7: Cincy ComicCon - Covington, KY
   5-7: Geek Fan Expo – Dearborn, MI
   5-7: Midoricon - Oregon, OH
   5-7: tiltExpo – Durham, NC

   6: After-the-Con Bash - VMCC

   9: Mike Cowper's birthday

   12-14: Portal - Lexington, KY
   12-14: ScareFest – Lexington, KY

   14: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   16: Mark Shidler's birthday

   17: Lane Wickliff's birthday

   19: John Belden's birthday
   19: The Maze Runner
   19-21: CarbonCON 1 – Carbondale, IL
   19-21: Queen City Conquest 2014 – Buffalo, NY
   19-21: Ramencon - Merrillville, IN

   20: CoJ Board Meeting & Bylaws Caucus – Indpls Marriott East

   26: Laura Hohman's birthday
   26: The Boxtrolls
   26-28: Anime Weekend Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
   26-28: Blurriecon - Erie, PA
   26-28: Context - Worthington, OH
   26-28: Nashville Comic Con – Nashville, TN
   26-28: FALCON – Stamford, CT

   27: Fort Wayne Comic Book Con - Fort Wayne, IN
   27-28: Unplugged Expo - Toronto, ON

   28: Jeff & Kathie Thompson's anniversary

   29: Dongeons & Dreadnaughts Game Con – Ypsilanty, MI

   30: Alec Rollison's birthday

October 2014

   1: Indy Knights Meeting - Athenaeum

   3: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   3: Annabelle
   3-5: Anime USA - Washington, DC
   3-5: Archon - Collinsville IL
   3-5: Kentokyocon - Lexington, KY
   3-5: Maneki Neko Con - Matteson, IL

   4: CoJ meeting - VMCC

   8: Total Lunar Eclipse - Look, up in the sky!
   8-9: Draconids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   9-12: New York Comic Con – New York City, NY

   10-12: Banzaicon - Columbia, SC
   10-12: Capclave - Gaithersburg, MD
   10-12: Conclave - Detroit, MI
   10-12: Tsubasacon - Huntington, WV

   12: Pam Easterday's birthday
   12-14: TRAVELLERcon USA – Lancaster, PA

   14: Tony Patterson's birthday

   17: Dracula Untold

   18: Anjala Dick's birthday
   18: Kokomo-Con - Kokomo Event & Conference Center

   19: Paul Vincenti's birthday
   19: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   20: Dave Spicer's birthday

   22-23: Orionids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   23: Emily Rodgers's birthday
   23: Partial Solar Eclipse - Look, up in the sky!

   24: Ouija
   24-25: Rising Star - Bluefield, WV
   24-26: FlatCon - Bloomington, IL
   24-26: OVFF - Worthington, OH
   24-26: RVACon - Richmond, VA

   26: Kai Cowper's birthday
   26: Ash Comic Book Show - Ramada Inn, E 21st St

   27: Charissa Bihl Spencer's birthday

   30: Joe Greene's birthday
   30-11/2: Youmacon – Detroit, MI

   31-11/2: Hallowcon - Dalton, GA

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New Books
 From locusmag.com

August 2014
   Abraham, Daniel • The Widow's House • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Anders, Lou • Frostborn • (Random House/Crown, nvl-ya, hc)
   Anderson, Kevin J. • Slimy Underbelly • (Kensington, tpb)
   Armstrong, Kelley • Visions • (Penguin/Dutton, hc)
   + Asher, Neal • Hilldiggers • (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, tpb)
   Barron, Laird, ed. • The Year's Best Weird Fiction • (ChiZine
Publications/Undertow, anth, tpb)
   Bear, Elizabeth • One-Eyed Jack • (Prime Books, tpb)
   Berg, Carol • Dust and Light • (Penguin/Roc, tpb)
   Bernheimer, Kate • How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales
•(Coffee House Press, cln, tpb)
   Blake, E. C. • Shadows • (DAW, hc)
   Brenchley, Chaz • Being Small • (Per Aspera Press, hc)
   + Egan, Greg • The Arrows of Time • (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, hc)
   + Esslemont, Ian C. • Assail • (Tor, hc)
   Files, Gemma • We Will All Go Down Together • (ChiZine Publications, tpb)
   Fox, Andrew • Hellfire and Damnation • (MonstraCity Press, tpb)
   Goodkind, Terry • Severed Souls • (Tor, hc)
   Gregory, Daryl • We Are All Completely Fine • (Tachyon Publications, tpb)
   Hobb, Robin • Fool's Assassin • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   + Joyce, Graham • The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit • (Random
House/Doubleday, hc)
   Kadrey, Richard • The Getaway God • (Harper Voyager US, hc)
   Lovegrove, James • World of Fire • (Rebellion/Solaris US)
   Scalzi, John • Lock In • (Tor, hc)
   Silverberg, Robert • The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume
Nine: The Millennium Express • (Subterranean Press, cln, hc)
   Snyder, Lucy • Soft Apocalypses • (Raw Dog Screaming, cln, tpb)
   Tepper, Sheri S. • Fish Tails • (Harper Voyager US, hc)
   Varley, John • Dark Lightning • (Ace, hc)
   Watts, Peter • Echopraxia • (Tor, hc)
   Weeks, Brent • The Broken Eye • (Orbit US, hc)
   Whates, Ian, ed. • Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science
Fiction• (Rebellion/Solaris US, anth)

September 2014
   Barnett, David • Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon • (Tor, tpb)
   Briggs, Patricia • Shifting Shadows • (Ace, cln, hc)
   Card, Orson Scott • Ruins • (Simon Pulse, nvl-ya, hc)
   Daniel, Tony, & David Drake • The Savior • (Baen, hc)
   Gould, Steven • Exo • (Tor, hc)
   Harrison, Kim • The Witch With No Name • (Harper Voyager US, hc)
   Headley, Maria Dahvana, & Kat Howard • The End of the Sentence
•(Subterranean Press, hc)
   + Jones, Stephen, ed. • Fearie Tales • (Quercus/Jo Fletcher US, anth, hc)
   Kress, Nancy • Yesterday's Kin • (Tachyon Publications, tpb)
   Lake, Jay • Last Plane to Heaven • (Tor, cln, hc)
   Link, Kelly, & Gavin J. Grant, eds. • Monstrous Affections •
(Candlewick Press, anth, hc)
   Mamatas, Nick, & Masumi Washington, eds. • Phantasm Japan: Fantasies
Light and Dark, From and About Japan • (VizMedia/Haikasoru, anth, tpb)
   McGuire, Seanan • The Winter Long • (DAW)
   Pratchett, Terry • A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction •
(Random House/Doubleday, nf, hc)
   Priest, Cherie • Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches • (Penguin/Roc, tpb)
   Spencer, Wen • Wood Sprites • (Baen, hc)
   Stephenson, Neal, & Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, eds. • Heiroglyph
•(HarperCollins/Morrow, anth, hc)
   VanderMeer, Jeff • Acceptance • (Farrar Straus Giroux/FSG Originals, tpb)
   Williams, Tad • Sleeping Late on Judgement Day • (DAW, hc)

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August Meeting Agenda

 The Circle of Janus
    August Meeting
    August 2, 2014

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
    June meeting minutes
 Communications
    Treasurer's Report
    Convention Report, InConJunction 34
    Convention Report, InConJunction 35
    Convention Report, InConJunction 36
    Board Report
    Committee Reports, if needed
       Member Services
       Audit Committee
       Archivist
       Quartermaster
       Outreach Coordinator
          Indy Pride
          Pagan Pride
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Member Activities
    New Year's Eve Party
    Bylaws Caucus
    Anti-Harassment Policy
    Anything else?
 New Business
    After-the-Con Bash
    Hotel Contracts
    Anything else?
 Announcements
 Close of meeting – Chaos

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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.

Meeting Info
   The next meeting of the Circle of Janus is Saturday, August 2, 2014, at
Valley Mills Christian Church, 5555 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, IN,
starting at 7:00 pm. There is no speaker or special event after the
meeting, so it will just be a basic hang-out time.

Officers
   Board Chairman – Andy Andrews
   President – Mike Cowper
   Vice-President – Lynette Cowper
   Secretary – Beckie Margedant
   Treasurer – Stephen Kendall
   Sergeant at Arms – Reed Hartman
   InConJunction 34 ConChair – Andrew Happli
   InConJunction 35 ConChair – Jeff Thompson
   InConJunction 36 ConChair – Laura Edwards

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 & Beckie Margedant, Editors



-- 
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