marc a. drexler
Wed Jan 8 16:35:35 PST 2014

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TSFS meeting 5 January 2014


Present in person:

Joanne Hogan
Sam Hogan
Marc Drexler
Greg Swiger
Ian Delaney

Present by remote computer connection:

Betsy Marks
Eric Fleischer
Electra Hammond
Josh Kronengold
Michael Houghton

Proxies held by Marc Drexler:
Charles Butler

Proxies held by Eric Fleischer:
Nancy Janda


Budget -- the budget which was sent out to everyone prior to the 
meeting (chessiecon projected budget.xls) was looked at commented on, 
along with the advertising plans

We approved the idea of doing a costumed ball/social instead of a masquerade.

We have paid the $1,000 deposit to the hotel, now doing business as 
Baltimore North Plaza Hotel, and signed the contract for next year.

Larisa VanWinkle resigned as Art Show director and from TSFS (message 
sent to the list). She pointed out some problems with group dynamics 
we should be careful of, which were discussed.

Nancy Janda resigned as Workshop coordinator, but will continue to be 
involved in TSFS (message sent to the list).


Treasurer's report:  ~$23,000 remaining in bank accounts after paying 
out for hotel and some of the marketing expenses. We should not 
suffer any cash flow problems for Chessiecon 2014.

Elections -- the slate of candidates for the TSFS offices up for 
election was approved by acclimation:

Trustee                Joanna Dionne (continuing)
President              Joanne Hogan
Vice-President         Elektra Hammond
Treasurer              Sam Hogan (continuing)
Recording Secretary    Marc Drexler

Art Show -- We need to find a new head for this department in the 
wake of Larisa's resignation.

Dealer's Room -- Discussed Leo's retirement in the face of the hotel 
disallowing his working directly with them. Possible replacements are 
Dan Barnett and Sonya Gross.

Artist Guest of Honor -- we still need one. People should be making 
suggestions.

Workshops will be rolled into programming, and may have an individual 
or individuals coordinating them on an ad hoc basis (dealing with 
registrations and supplies and such).

The video room should run itself fairly well, but Ian would like some 
volunteers pre-con or at least Friday of the convention who can staff 
it with a very minimal amount of training at certain scheduled times.

Did not set a date for the next meeting.

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