SFLIS MINUTES - MAY 26, 1999

- Tonight:  Gaming after the meeting - our last big event in River Room 3.
- Lynda is hoping to move this weekend.  The other people should be
  out of the apartment by then.  Show up at 10am Sunday anyway, because
  even if the new apartment's not ready, they'll have to move their stuff
  somewhere.  Free pizza and soda, and beer for those who want it.
- At Barnes&Noble tonight: a discussion of Assasin's Apprentice.
  Next SF book discussion is June 16.
- Hijinx at next week's meeting.
- The Star Wars thing:  There were a few people there for our expedition.
  Who do you think is more annoying - Anakin Skywalker or Jar-Jar?
  Is George Lucas doing the 3rd three parts of Star Wars?  There are
  conflicting rumors.  He should be at the meeting tonight, so maybe
  we can ask him then.
- Deep Space 9:  According to a genuine stolen internal document which is
  public information, channel 9 is airing the 2-hour series finale at
  12:05am Saturday June 5.  (actually very early Sunday morning).
- TV/Movies:  Austin Powers is coming out June 11.
  Wild Wild West is June 30, probably.
  Tarzan on June 18.
  Tim Allen's (the Home Improvement guy) new series is supposedly
  science fiction.
  The finale of Buffy didn't air last night.  When will they show it?
- Anime:  Had a show Sunday, but hardly anybody came.  Possibly because it
  was in a new room and started late.
  A survey was passed around - pick the next series to show.  You can also
  do it through the webpage.
  http://omocha.shc.uiowa.edu/swamp/surveys.html
  There should be a flyer for the next two shows by next Wednesday.
  The AnimeIowa hotel is remodeling in front of the reception desk.  They
  should be done before the con.
- Gamicon will NOT be held on Feb. 25-27, 2000 at the Armory, since they
  will be bringing in a new unit then.  Yes, they do occasionally use the
  Armory for military stuff.
  Gamicon may be at the Armory a week earlier, or it may be held on the
  25th-27th somewhere else.  Stay tuned.
- Forever Peace won the Nebula.  We're going to send a congratultions card
  to Joe Haldeman.
- ICON:  Forms for the art show are now online.  They're .pdf files.
  Deadline for LARP submissions is probably June 5.
- May 31 is the postmark deadline for registering for Convergence.  It's
  in Minneapolis on the July 4 weekend.
- Cryptonomicon by Neil Stevenson is out in hardcover, and is on the best
  seller list.
- A report of problems with the links to the minutes on the SFLIS web
  page.
- Cheesecake is here.  Unfortunately George Lucas got tired of waiting
  for it, so he left earlier with Jar Jar.
- Blade Runner at movie nite next month.  May or may not be the directors
  cut.
- In keeping with the tradition established by our previous secretary,
  the secretary will be spending the summer in Japan.  This will be his
  last SFLIS meeting, at least for a while.
- We shut this puppy down.
- Be sure to show up at Lynda's Sunday.