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	       Minutes of the December 3, 1995 meeting
				of the
			 MIT Assassins' Guild


At 2:10 we have quorum, though we still don't have pizza.  Not to
worry, vast quantities appear with the Sec'y Exchequer soon thereafter.

Grandmaster's Report (Andrew Menard):  The Guild is not dead.
The Vice Master (Tom Giordano) was not present, though his proxy
 reported that rush had gone well and we got lots of freshmen, many of
 whom were quite cool.
The Scribe (Laura Baldwin) reported that she had tidied the office
 (well, okay, she tidied some of the office and Mike Person tidied a
 lot more, but she got to take credit for it because he wasn't there),
 and answered a lot of mail from people who spotted our page on the
 web.
(that's http://www.mit.edu/activities/assassin/home.html)
The Secretary of the Exchequer (Dean Christakos), reports that the
 guild is solvent, has received lots of money from Finboard to pay for
 the many upcoming games, and has extra left over for emergencies.

The retiring Court Wizard (Dan Winship) reported on the state of our
 computer system: assassin.mit.edu is up and running, and supporting
 the archives.  However, it's way slow (and the Scribe still can't
 change any of the files, which irritates her to no end).  Many other
 games are to be ported there soon, though things like Jamaharet and
 Star Wars need cleaning up first (hint hint).  Nathan Williams is the
 new Court Wizard.

A suggestion is made by Jeremy Brown that GM teams leave the office
 clean within a week of finishing their game, rather than the current
 procedure of "fling things about while you find what you want and
 then dump it in the middle of the floor when the game is over."
 There is general consensus that this is a good idea, though the
 friendly amendment that it be left in "as clean a state as it was
 found in" is not promising for long-term tidiness.

Derek Hererra, nominated for Master at the last meeting, is discussed.
 "Role-playing to win" is cited (as well as the non-play-to-win
 Hobbes), major victories in Ankara and Siege, and being a motivating
 force for the Dem Inc. games.

Derek is voted in as Master, unanimously.

Jeremy Brown and Jamie Morris are pestered into mentioning the effect
 of the MIT Card on Guild members.  As the Guild has a high and active
 population of both alumni and non-students, and many of our
 activities take place after 6pm and on weekends, the proliferation of
 locked doors is inconvenient.  Jamie is investigating the possibility
 of an alumni card, and there are indications that a written letter
 from a faculty member requesting a card can be also be made.  The
 Scribe is attempting to contact Dean Eisenmann, our faculty advisor,
 to see if this could be done.
People wanting more information on this should investigate:
  http://web.mit.edu/asa/www/mit-card.html
or the mailing list
  friendly-cards@mit, archived to discuss in
  jhereg.mit.edu:/usr/spool/discuss/cards Friendly-cards, cards-mtg.

In a new record, the meeting is over in under two hours.

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Spring Schedule (as forgotten by the Scribe at the actual meeting)

Jan 12-21 Peace In Our Time
 (Science Fiction, aliens, and weird shit)

Feb 16-24 (includes Pres Day) Revelations
 (The game formerly known as Nexus, mystic horror)

Mar 2 weekend Badlands
 ("No more plots!")

Mar 9 weekend Tea Party
Mar 16 weekend Cyberpunk
 (Cyber, no magic)
Mar 30 weekend Mad Libs
 ("You want to VERB the world!")
April 13 weekend Fires of the Earth (includes Pat Day)
 (Cyber/magic)
Mar 19 - 27 Perigee
May 20-24 Finals
May 24 - June 2 Calypso
 (Pirates!  Voodoo!  Virtual Reality!)

Summer some time: Randland
 ("Me and Dave Cho and some guy named Derrick I'm never met are
   running this game based on the Wheel of Time")

Some farther future things include a summer/fall game set in feudal
Japan, and "Heathers" some time in the summer.