[CircularOfJanus] October 2014 Circular of Janus

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Circle of Janus Science Fiction Club of Indiana
 The Circular of Janus
 October 2014
 Volume 35, Issue 7

Contents:
   Summary of the August Club Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   Summary of the September Board Meeting – Lynette Cowper
   Recommendations of the Bylaws Caucus – Beckie Margedant
   Mark Your Calendars
   New Books – from Locus
   A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy – Lynette Cowper
   Meeting Agenda
   Meeting Info & Club Officers

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Summary of the August Club Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

Beckie Margedant, the club Secretary, has had computer problems and hasn't
been able to get to the August minutes. Mike and I have wracked our brains
as to whether anything noteworthy happened in August, and we can't think
of anything. As soon as Beckie can access the Minutes, they'll go out to
the Club.

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Don't Forget!

October is the month in which we open nominations for Club Office. Anyone
who has been a member for two full years immediately prior to the election
(this election, that would be all of 2013 and 2014) and will be 18 or
older by the January meeting is eligible to run for any office except
Chairman of the Board, which has an additional requirement that the
nominee has previously held club office. A person may run for and hold
more than one office, except for Chairman of the Board, who cannot hold
another office while Chairman. Any current member may nominate someone
(including him/herself) for office, or second a nomination. In order to
appear on the ballot, a person must fulfill the membership and age
requirements,  be nominated and seconded, and accept the nomination either
at a meeting or via email or other communication with the Election
Officer. (Nope, you can't railroad someone into office.)

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Summary of the Sept. Board Meeting
 by Lynette Cowper

The Board met September 20, 2014, at the Indianapolis Marriott East. All
of the Board members as well as Deb Happli and Sam Hartman were present.
After approving the July minutes and hearing a Treasurer's report, Drew
went over the highlights of InConJunction 2014. We had a brief discussion
as to how to get new people (especially young people) attending. For 2015,
we have a Music GoH-- Marian Call. For 2017, Laura asked if she could go
ahead and start getting contracts, which she can. She's looking for
featured guests and a second charity.

In Old Business, the incorporation is still ongoing, Laura's on top of
things with Pagan Pride, and for this year at least, we don't need to
charge folks who don't stay over in the hotel for the New Years Eve Party,
though we may put out a kitty. Since the Bylaws Caucus was right after the
Board meeting, we skipped Bylaws discussion and moved to New Business.

Jeff is working on a budget for InConJunction 2015. We need to move both
the October and December meetings. Both will be on the second Saturday of
the month rather than the first. November will be on the regular weekend.
The next Board Meeting is November 15th at 1pm at VMCC.

And that was it for the September Board.

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Recommendations of the Bylaws Caucus
 by Beckie Margedant

Change Treasurer paragraph IV F, first sentence, to
   “The duties of the Club Treasurer shall be to maintain the funds of the
Club and to report on them at each regular meeting. The Club Treasurer
shall also ensure the collection of all debts, paying of all bills, the
keeping of all the accounts of the Club, and the preparation and filing
of all taxes and incorporation papers before the end of their term.”

Add at end of all Officer duties (Paragraph IV, subparas B, C, D, E, F, G,
and H):
   “... and orient the incoming [specific officer position] for his/her
responsibilities, and turn over all materials, records, and accounts in
a timely manner.”

Add to Chairman of the Board duties, paragraph IV, Subpara B, after
“report to the Membership about Board business at meetings of the Club;”
and before the newly proposed “... and orient the incoming...”:
   “... perform banking functions if the Treasurer is unavailable;”

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Mark Your Calendars

October 2014
   9-12: New York Comic Con – New York City, NY

   10-11: Knoxville Toy and Comic Expo - Knoxville, TN
   10-12: Banzaicon - Columbia, SC
   10-12: Capclave - Gaithersburg, MD
   10-12: Conclave - Detroit, MI
   10-12: Tsubasacon - Huntington, WV

   11: CoJ meeting - VMCC
   11: IAS Meeting & Public Lecture - Holcomb Observatory

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

   14: Tony Patterson's birthday

   17: Dracula Untold
   17-19: Anime Fusion - Bloomington, MN
   17-19: Walker Stalker Con - Atlanta, GA

   18: Anjala Dick's birthday
   18: Galacti-Con – Valparaiso, IN
   18: Kokomo-Con - Kokomo Event & Conference Center
   18-19: ToyConNJ - Parsippany, NJ

   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: FANTASTICON - Milwaukee, WI
   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
   31-11/2: Izumicon – Oklahoma City, OK
   31-11/2: Meta Con - Minneapolis, MN
   30-11/2: Youmacon – Detroit, MI

   31-11/2: Hallowcon - Dalton, GA
   31-11/2: Owensboro Collector Con - Owensboro, KY
   31-11/2: Wizard World Ohio Comic Con - Columbus, OH

November 2014

   1: South Bend Comic Book Con - South Bend, IN

   5: Andrew Looney's birthday
   5: Indy Knights Meeting - Athenaeum
   5-6: Taurids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   6-9: World Fantasy Convention - Arlington, VA

   7: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   7: Big Hero 6
   7: Interstellar
   7: Theory of Everything
   7-9: Anime Blast Chattanooga - Chattanooga, TN
   7-9: Fanboy Expo - Knoxville, TN
   7-9: Nekocon - Hampton, VA
   7-9: TsunamiCon 2014 – Wichita, KS

   8: IAS Meeting & Public Lecture - Holcomb Observatory
   8-9: Akron Comicon - Akron, OH
   8-9: King Con 2014 – Warner Robins, GA

   11: Steven Marsh's birthday

   14-15: NerdaCon - Columbus, GA
   14-16: AtomaCon - North Charleston, SC
   14-16: MEPACON Fall 2014 – Clarks Summit, PA
   14-16: PentaCon XXX – Fort Wayne, IN
   14-16: SFContario - Toronto, ON
   14-16: WindyCon - Lombard, IL

   15: CoJ Board Meeting - VMCC
   15: Tomkat Conventions Hammond F.O.P. Show - Hammond, IN
   15-16: Geek Galaxy Comic Con - Evansville, IN
   15-16: The Great Allentown Comic Con! - Allentown, PA

   16: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

   17-18: Leonids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   21: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
   21-23: Awesome Con Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
   21-23: Daisho Con - Wisconsin Dells, WI
   21-23: Days of the Dead Chicago - Schaumburg, IL
   21-23: Grand Rapids Comic-Con - Grand Rapids, MI
   21-23: Philcon – Cherry Hill, NJ
   22-23: Super Megafest Comicon - Framingham, MA
   22-23: VA Comicon - Richmond, VA

   28: Mary Bischoff's birthday
   28-30: Chessiecon - Timonium, MD
   28-30: Starbase Indy - Indianapolis Marriott East

December 2014

   3: Indy Knights Meeting - Athenaeum

   4: Crystal Wolf's birthday

   5: Whoosier Network meeting - LifeJourney Church
   5: The Pyramid
   5-7: Sangawa Project - Pittsburgh, PA
   5-7: Steel City Con - Monroeville, PA
   5-7: Sukoshi Con Prime - Birmingham, AL
   5-7: Yama-Con - Pigeon Forge, TN

   6: Darkside's Nightmare Before Christmas - Clarion Waterfront
   6-7: New York Winter Comic and Sci-Fi Expo - Jamaica, NY
   6-7: NorthEast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza - Wilmington, MA

   12: Wendy Carson's birthday
   12-14: Geekonomicon – Biloxi, MS - Mississippi

   13: CoJ Anniversary Party - VMCC
   13: Laura Edwards's birthday
   13: IAS Meeting & Public Lecture - Holcomb Observatory
   13-14: Geminids Meteor Shower - Look, up in the sky!

   16: George Starkey's birthday

   17: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

   19: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
   19-21: Con+Alt+Delete - Rosemont, IL

   20-21: Biggs Park Mall Comic Book, Toy and Collectibles Show -
Lumberton, NC

   21: IAC Meeting - Glendale Library

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

   23: Gordon Huxford's birthday

   25: Hot Tub Time Machine 2
   25: Into the Woods

   28: Ash Comic Book Show - Ramada Inn, E 21st St

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New Books
   From locusmag.com

October 2014
   Armstrong, Kelley • Otherworld Nights • (Penguin/Plume, cln, tpb)
   Ashby, Madeline • Company Town • (Angry Robot US, tpb)
   + Asher, Neal • Line War • (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, tpb)
   Bacigalupi, Paolo • The Doubt Factory • (Little, Brown, nvl-ya, hc)
   Bear, Greg • War Dogs • (Orbit US, hc)
   Bernobich, Beth • The Time Roads • (Tor, tpb)
   Brust, Steven • Hawk • (Tor, hc)
   Buehlman, Christopher • The Lesser Dead • (Berkley, hc)
   Carey, Jacqueline • Poison Fruit • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Carroll, Jonathan • Bathing the Lion • (St. Martin's, hc)
   Datlow, Ellen, ed. • The Cutting Room • (Tachyon Publications, anth, tpb)
   + Fforde, Jasper • The Eye of Zoltar • (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
nvl-ya, hc)
   Fowler, Christopher • Nyctophobia • (Rebellion/Solaris US)
   Gaiman, Neil, & Lorenzo Mattotti • Hansel & Gretel • (Candlewick
Press/Toon Books, nvl-ya, hc)
   Gibson, William • The Peripheral • (Penguin/Putnam, hc)
   Guran, Paula, ed. • Time Travel: Recent Trips • (Prime Books, anth, tpb)
   Hamilton, Peter F. • The Abyss Beyond Dreams • (Ballantine Del Rey, hc)
   Joshi, S. T. • The Madness of Cthulhu • (Titan US, tpb)
   Lackey, Mercedes • Closer to Home • (DAW, hc)
   Latham, Rob, ed. • The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction • (Oxford
University Press USA, nf, hc)
   Leckie, Ann • Ancillary Sword • (Orbit US, tpb)
   Martin, George R. R., & Elio Garcia & Linda Antonssen • The World of
Ice and Fire• (Bantam, nf, hc)
   Morgan, Richard K. • The Dark Defiles • (Ballantine Del Rey, tpb)
   Newman, Kim • An English Ghost Story • (Titan US, tpb)
   Nix, Garth • Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen • (HarperCollins, nvl-ya, hc)
   Rice, Anne • Prince Lestat • (Random House/Knopf, hc)
   Rothfuss, Patrick • The Slow Regard of Silent Things • (DAW, nva, hc)
   Scalzi, John • Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome •
(Subterranean, nva, hc)
   Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Fearsome Magics: The New Solaris Book of
Fantasy 2• (Rebellion/Solaris US, anth)
   VanderMeer, Jeff, & Desirina Boskovich • The Steampunk User's Manual •
(Abrams Image, hc)
   + Warrington, Freda • The Dark Blood of Poppies • (Titan US, tpb)
   Wilce, Ysabeau S. • Prophecies, Libels, and Dreams • (Small Beer Press,
cln, tpb)


November 2014
   + Baxter, Stephen • Proxima • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Brett, Peter V. • Messenger's Legacy • (Subterranean Press, nva, hc)
   Card, Orson Scott • Visitors • (Simon Pulse, nvl-ya, hc)
   + Carey, Mike, & Linda Carey & Louise Carey • House of War and Witness
•(ChiZine Publications, tpb)
   Carriger, Gail • Waistcoats & Weaponry • (Little, Brown, nvl-ya, hc)
   Czerneda, Julie E. • A Play of Shadow • (DAW, tpb)
   + Erikson, Steven • Willful Child • (Tor, hc)
   Fleskes, John, ed. • Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art •(Flesk Publications, anth, hc/tpb)
   Fox, Andrew • The Bad Luck Spirits' Social Aid and Pleasure Club •
(MonstraCity Press, tpb)
   Grant, Mira • Symbiont • (Orbit US, hc)
   Harrison, Harry • Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! • (Tor, nf, hc)
   Herbert, Frank • Frank Herbert: Collected Stories • (Tor, cln, hc)
   Huff, Tanya • The Future Falls • (DAW, hc)
   Jones, Stephen, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25
•(Skyhorse, anth, tpb)
   King, Stephen • Revival • (Simon & Schuster/Scribner, hc)
   Klima, John, ed. • The Best of Electric Velocipede • (Fairwood Press,
anth, tpb)
   Marillier, Juliet • Dreamer's Pool • (Penguin/Roc, hc)
   Martin, George R. R., ed. • Wild Cards: Lowball • (Tor, anth, hc)
   McDevitt, Jack • Coming Home • (Ace, hc)
   Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Heritage of Cyador • (Tor, hc)
   Naam, Ramez • Apex • (Angry Robot US, tpb)
   Sanderson, Brandon • Legion: Skin Deep • (Subterranean Press, hc)
   Sherman, Delia • Young Woman in a Garden • (Small Beer Press, cln, tpb)
   Shinn, Sharon • The Turning Season • (Ace, hc)
   Williams, Sean • Crashland • (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, hc)

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A Few Cool Things to Do in Indy
 By Lynette Cowper

* Events with an asterisk are free!

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.

*Target Free Family Night: The first Thursday of each month, the
Children's Museum opens free of charge.
November 6, 4:00pm to 8:00pm, The Children's Museum.

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October Meeting Agenda

The Circle of Janus
   October Meeting
   October 11, 2014

 Opening of Meeting (7:00pm)
    Introduction of guests and member attendance
    August 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
          Pagan Pride
    Other Communications
 Old Business
    Member Activities
    New Year's Eve Party
    After-the-Con Bash
    Hotel Contracts
    Anything else?
 New Business
    Officer Nominations
    Bylaws changes
    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, October 11, 2014,
at Valley Mills Christian Church, 5555 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis,
IN, starting at 7:00 pm. A ConCom meeting will precede it. Don't forget
nominations for office open this month!

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