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Meeting of June 3, 1983; at Gilliland's, Alexis Gilliland presiding.
The meeting was called to order at 9:16. The minutes were approved as read EXCEPT Lee Shehr noted that his name, address and telephone no. are incorrect as listed in the WSFA Address List for June. Note correction elsewhere in this Journal. As the Treasurer was absent (he showed up later), his report was waived.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Dues are due and payable. Check with Bob Oliver and if you haven't paid your dues, please do so.
MEMBERSHIP: No new members were taken in.
PUBLICATIONS: The June Journal was handed out.
ENTERTAINMENT:
DISCLAVE '83: Around 1,200 people showed up for the convention. Chairman Alan Huff thanked everybody who worked on the con. Special thanks went to Jack Heneghan for starting a new Disclave tradition: Flying Saucers (vanilla ice cream encompassed by two chocolate cookie wafers). We managed to consume 1800+ of them during the con. We didn't make much money but that's good since we're now incorporated. We won't have to pay for the hotel's damaged glass door as it is not certain who the culprit was: Disclave attendees or the high school tour group that invaded the premises that Sunday. Any profits made on the convention will be handed in to the club treasurer after all bills are covered.
DISCLAVE '84: Jane Wagner is still taking volunteers to head up the different functions. Again, please write down your name, address and where you'd like to work and hand it in to Jane.
OLD BUSINESS: John Sapienza noted that a problem arose during Disclave. It seems that gamers were rudely asked to leave the Child Care room by con personnel. As there was no space originally set aside for the gamers, it seems they inadvertently set up shop there. According to Joe Mayhew, Jack Chalker asked him to clear the room of gamers which he did; however, Joe insists that he wasn't rude to the gamers. He explained to them what the room was specifically set up for and asked them to leave. After a long heated discussion, John replied that: 1) whatever the case, in the future rude language has no place at Disclave and 2) a room should be set aside for gamers thus eliminating future problems. Jane Wagner, Disclave '84 Chairperson, announced that she had already set aside a specific room for gamers as well as a specific room for child care so this problem should not arise at the next Disclave.
NEW BUSINESS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The meeting was adjourned at 9:48.
Lee Shehr
[censored]
Bailey's Crossroads, VA 22041
Telephone No.: (703) 671-3592
Meeting of June 17, 1983; at Oliver's, Alexis Gilliland presiding.
The meeting was called to order at 9:15. The minutes, with one correction, were accepted as read. The treasury stood at $5,149.92.
MEMBERSHIP: The following people rejoined WSFA: Dennis Carroll and Mark White. New people to join: Samuel Schwartz, Drake Allen and Ray Galacci. (Ed. Note: Note addresses and telephone numbers elsewhere in this Journal.)
PUBLICATIONS: The June Journal is still available.
ENTERTAINMENT:
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS: None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The meeting was adjourned at 9:52.
Drake Allen
[censored]
Beltsville, MD 20705
(301) 474-4963
Ray Galacci
[censored]
Baltimore, MD 21212
(301) 323-2920
Mark J. White
[censored]
Columbia, MD 21045
(301) 992-5639
Samuel Schwartz
[censored]
Alexandria, VA 22306
(703) 768-5898
Dennis Carroll
[censored]
Vienna, VA 22180
(703) 938-4986
This is dedicated to the fond memory of Robert K. Pavlat who passed away on the afternoon of June 13, 1983, from complications of pneumonia. We will all miss him.
Among his many accomplishments was his membership in First Fandom and the Order of St. Fantony. He, Chick Derry, Frank Kerkhof and a few others were the founders of the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA). For this, we all give him thanks. Bob and his wife, Peggy Rae, at one time or another, held most of the elective offices in WSFA. For a goodly time, WSFA meetings were held at the Pavlat's in College Park, Md. In recent years, Bob and Peggy Rae have become convention going fans.
I met Bob at the first WSFA meeting that I attended back in 1952. I found Bob to be a very congenial, interesting and cheerful individual. I learned that Bob had been dating, among others, one Phyllis King who was later to become my bride. In spite of this, Bob and I became the best of friends. Everyone liked Bob.
On behalf of First Fandom, all WSFA members and fandom in general, I wish to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to Peggy Rae and her family. I repeat, we will ali miss you, Bob.
The sixth chapter of the "Star Wars" saga concludes the middle trilogy. By now most of the hardcore have seen it (several times), and a 'common run-down of the plot' would literally be redundant.
While the third film in the trilogy is by far the most impressive, there seem to be a few stretchmarks where the works spread a bit too thin. For one thing, "Jedi" seems more slapdash in its story than "A New Hope" or "The Empire Strikes Back". "New Hope" spent a lot of its first hour introducing us to the characters, which is why "Empire" was so well structured. We knew who was who and what was possible in the Lucas universe, so the film dealt mainly with a solid story and expansion of the characters we already knew.
"Empire" also opened up many questions that "Jedi" appears to have answered somewhat inadequately, almost in haste. "New Hope", and even "Empire", pointed out in its dialogue that Vader and Luke's father were two physically different people. "The other" Yoda mentions should have been a new character, otherwise Ben would also have realized it.
6/12 Sharon Harris
6/12 Rosa Oliver
6/19 Ray Ridenour
6/22 Mike Tuchman
6/26 Jan Cox
[ sic -- those dates should all be 7/ -- KFL ]
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The WSFA Journal is the inscrutable monthly newsletter of the Washington Science Fiction Association. Editor-in-Chief: Beverly L. Brandt, 3326 Lauriston Place, Fairfax VA 22031. Tel. No.: (703) 573-8230. Assistant Editor & In-house Artist: Warren Rodgers
(Sung to the tune of the Marine Hymn [Halls of Montezuma])
From the spiny plates of stegosaur
To Tyrannosaurus Rex
They will tear the flesh right off your bones
Ir-regardless of your sex
(Chorus)
You may think it quite peculiar
Or find it rather odd
To know that I'm enamored of
A carnivorous theropod
By the gaping jaws of ceratosaur
Under a flapping pteranodon
We will hitch a ride through the Mesozoic
On the back of iguanodon
(Chorus)
We will flee from leaping allosaurs
Who would like to bust our chops
And fend off the pointed advances
Of a horny triceratops
(Reprise of first verse)
From the spiny plates of stegosaur
To Tyrannosaurus Rex
They will tear the flesh right off your bones
Ir-regardless of your sex
FY 1983 Fourth Quarter Treasurer's Report:
As of March 1, 1983: Brought Forward ... 2,775.31
Receipts: Disclave '82 .. 2,954.83
Dues .......... 220.00
Constellation
Memberships . 160.00
D'Utterclave
'83 ......... 66.00
Interest ...... 41.40
+3,442.23 Sub . 6,217.54
Expenditures:
Food & Bev .... 528.50
Computer
Services .... 156.60
Printing ...... 96.24
D'Utterclave
'83 ........ 84.04
- 865.38 Sub . 5,352.16
On Hand . 5,352.16
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Fiscal Year 1983 Brought Forward ... 5,054.92
As of June 1, 1982: Brought Forward ... 5,054.92
Receipts: Disclave '82 .. 4,954.83
Dues .......... 578.00
Constellation
Memberships . 230.00
Interest ...... 221.12
Refund ........ 100.00
D'Utterclave .. 66.00
+6,149.95 Sub .11,204.87
Expenditures
Food & Bev .... 3,050.79
Disclave '83 .. 1,344.76
Supplies/
Services .. 500.81
D'Utterclave .. 484.04
Printing ...... 413.31
Movies ........ 59.00
-5,852.71 Sub . 5,352.16
On hand . 5,352.16