2005-10-18

Minutes
Attendance: Miles Skorpen '09, Eric Astor '09, David Benitez '06, Nelson Pavlosky '06, Alex Benn '08, Rob Matthews '09, Meggie Ladlow '09, Eric Loui '09, David Pupkin '09, David Chudzicki '07, Lauren Stokes '09, Ben Blonder '08.

Discovery Weekend

 * We have been approved, now Sunday at 7:30-9, 170 dollar budget from Admissions, 140 dollars left after 30 dollar "incidentals" budget used on CDs
 * Rob will show Meggie and Nelson how to remix things on FRIDAY in the afternoon at 3 PM at Hallowell, which is the one closer to the science center and also "Swat North," which is not real North
 * We need CDs and DVDs, which Rob has, and a burner, which Rob also has (Rob rocks!)
 * Pupkin will go over to the co-op to get refreshments with Rob, they also need to buy for the Study Break
 * We could also get pizza because everyone hearts pizza!
 * Dominos bombs abortion clinics so we shouldn't support them
 * We'll get Renato's instead; supporting your local pizzeria is good!
 * Damn, we're competing with Mendhi Night and DDR and the Art Party

Study Break

 * We don't have space yet, but we'll see what happens
 * We have 65 whole bucks for it, pizza again?
 * Pizza again! http://www.myjavaserver.com/~galvins Eric Astor will advance capital and get paid back
 * Nelson has the movie on his computer--NELSON, CHECK FOR THE MOVIE
 * How far ahead do we need to do prop? (Pandemonium)
 * Eric L. will hunt down Space tomorrow and get them to give us space so we can start prop
 * On the plus side, we do have 75 free photocopies from SAC
 * Woo-hoo! I'm so glad we have a plus
 * Should we move the Study Break forward? No.

Parrrty

 * Where the hell is Luke?
 * Let's not have Luke in charge of this anymore
 * Eric L. and Lauren are now in charge of it, we'll get a date
 * Pupkin will ask about alcohol policy and text message the core-list

Library

 * Lauren will order the DVDs from Illegal Art
 * Who will do the display? We need to think about captions, what needs to go in these cases
 * Nelson and Lauren will continue on that
 * Lauren will ask Kelly Mueller when the books will come in

Michener

 * Eric "prettified" the e-mail we're sending to Eldridge, once we send that we'll see what happens
 * Please make it happen by Friday, kids

Jimbo

 * Jimbo was paid 3000 to speak at Haverford last fall
 * What department would foot 3000 dollars?
 * Oh, hey, let's siphon bits of money from lots of departments and the Forum for Free Speech
 * Or, hey, let's wait to see if Jimbo is even going to go tour before thinking about this anymore

Theater Department and Copyright

 * Who will talk to Erin Mee about the weirdness of Beckett's estate?
 * David C. will e-mail Erin Mee
 * Whoa, cool, Erin Mee's dad puts plays on the Internet for free!

FC.org Conference Calls

 * Every Sunday at 6, people need to come along with Nelson so that we'll be OK when he graduates
 * Rob can do it, maybe Meggie, maybe Miles
 * If you want to hang out with Nelson, go use the speakerphone in his room
 * Nelson will send the phone number to the core list

Student Summit/Regional Get-Togethers

 * We'd have to foot the travel budget for people from far away
 * It would be way expensive, but way cool
 * We should get funding from outside sources
 * What would the theme be? Students and the FUTURE OF COPYRIGHT
 * Regional Get-Togethers for Northeast, Southern, California chapters during Winter Break, good idea?
 * Rob will look into a Northeast get-together with Nelson, Miles will try to find us space at Columbia

Demonstration against DRM next Tuesday in NYC by NYU students

 * It's on BOINGBOING!
 * Wouldn't it be way cool if we could go?
 * Oct. 25 at 7 PM, could we do it on public transportation?
 * The Chinatown bus doesn't run at night
 * It would require 6 hours of travel for tops a 2 hour event
 * If we left at 10:30 PM, we could get home by 2 AM
 * Who would want to do this?
 * Only Nelson and David C. seem interested

FC.org name change?

 * Should we change the name?
 * Option: "Students For Free Culture"?
 * What's wrong with just "Free Culture"?
 * A non-scientific poll: 2 for FC.org, 4 for Free Culture, 3 for Students for FC

Alumni Thing

 * The alumni council is holding an activities fair with a dinner
 * They are asking David C. to be there
 * Please have the Michener letter done so he can show it
 * Meggie and Nelson would be interested in coming as well

Films of Fury

 * Nelson wrote a column about this
 * Should we do an event with FoF?
 * Max Singleton and Nelson will talk about this, get back to us next week

DRM Dinner Meeting?

 * DRM Dinner at 5:30 tomorrow
 * Too soon to do prop, so use word of mouth--BRING YOUR FRIENDS

Blog!

 * Miles did it, and it is beautiful
 * We want everyone to get accounts on the blog itself
 * We love Miles so much