2006-01-28

Attendance: Lauren Stokes, Mark Kharas '08, Jackie Werner '07, Susan Zell '07, Ben Blonder '08, Jamie Saxon '09, Jeff Kaufman, Noda, Alex Benn, David German, Eliza Blair

MPAA Threats

 * Jeremy Thorpe researched the MPLC which licenses showings for public places but they don't license to colleges or outside organizations
 * Swank is the only choice--if we don't license from them, we'll get in trouble from the MPAA
 * Other colleges--have they been threatened? Bryn Mawr, Cornell???
 * Swank has been stalking us--Daily Gazette, Space reservations--the MPAA knows
 * We need to either find a reasonable definition or find a way to get around it
 * We need to talk to the administration-- find out what other schools do and have our school do the same thing
 * The administration should be looking into this, not the student groups
 * Movie budgets have been temporarily frozen by SBC-- how long is this for?
 * Library can't find its own license-- they don't know what it covers
 * Go to Myrt Westphal-- Dean for Student Life--and get her to tell us who to talk to
 * "With a small enough group of people, I think you're on pretty decent legal territory" --Nelson
 * But is SWIL willing to risk being sued on that standing? Swank says more than six people is public
 * When should we have a meeting with Myrt?
 * Friday at 4:30; Nelson and David will go, along with movie committee members

LAN Party

 * Alex Benn will order the pizza on Saturday
 * David German will get the non-pizza stuff
 * We should be covered as far as TVs, computers, games
 * Games; Alex Benn needs to download Westnoth and Cube 3D and burn games to CDs
 * Nelson would like to test open-source games before the party; other people don't have time/ don't see the point

Anime Club

 * Dan Peterson has several ideas for events and will show up at a meeting soon

Films of Fury

 * Matt Singleton is also excited about events; we need to contact him

Bubble

 * Steven Soderbergh is simultaneously releasing a movie on DVD and in theaters; we should figure out how to support him