FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR NUCLEATION AND CONVENTIONS Minutes of Meeting Doubletree Guest Quarter Suites, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida November 15, 1998
Joe Siclari Melanie Herz Edie Stern Jack Weaver Peter (Mal) Barker
* Chairman Joe Siclari reported we had a new FANAC member and he introduced Peter (Mal) Barker. Mal is a Florida fan who has been working on the Fan History Project for about a year. The Committee members welcomed Mal to the organization. Congratulations Mal! * Joe reported that a final report of MagiCon figures was sent to the current Worldcon. Mark Olson submitted them for us. A copy of these figures will be given to the secretary for filing. * Joe also briefly discussed possible FANAC projects since we do have funds available. These projects may be necessary to keep our 501(c)(3) Status. No decisions resulted from this discussion.
* A brief discussion occurred on the Trademark issue. Currently we are moving forward on the MagiCon trademark and not on the FANAC trademark because of a perceived similarity with a French company.
* Joe outlined the current membership discussion, which has been posted on FANAC e-mail. He encouraged all FANAC members to read this data and to provide him with comments etc. Joe asked if the secretary could locate copies of the FANAC Articles of Incorporation and Operating Procedures. These documents are needed to clarify current membership rules.
* Due to the membership procedures and other administrative needs, Joe reported that Melanie Herz had suggested we continue this FANAC Board meeting in February 1999 at Boskone in Framingham, MA. It was pointed out that there was an immediate need to continue discussions with other members of FANAC. Since most of the FANAC members would be attending Boskone (with the exception of Jack Weaver, Becky Peters and Mal Barker) it would be advantageous to continue this board meeting at that time. We will attempt to arrange an IRC link to allow the Florida members to participate.
JACK WEAVER MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY 1999 AT BOSKONE. MELANIE HERZ SECONDED IT. THE MEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AND PASSED THIS MOTION.
Minutes of the November 1997 meeting were reviewed and changes were made. Motion made by Jack Weaver to accept. Edie Stern seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.
Becky Peters gave a short overview of the FANAC Finances. Currently our bank statement shows $51,820.76. Current members of FANAC are:
Ben Yalow Judy Bemis Tony Parker Jack Weaver Becky Peters Laurie Mann Melanie Herz Gary Feldbaum Mark Olson Joe Siclari Edie Stern Tom Veal Mal Barker (Received check for 1999 Dues)
Becky also reported she wanted to create new procedures concerning writing FANAC checks. There have been potential problems when a check needed to be co-signed and the other signatory was unavailable. This was a problem. Discussion occurred.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY JACK WEAVER TO HAVE ALL THE FANAC OFFICERS LISTED AS SIGNATORIES ON OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND EACH CHECK REQUIRES TWO SIGNATURES.
EDIE STERN SECONDED THE MOTION. IT WAS VOTED AND PASSED BY THE MEMBERS PRESENT.
Nominating Committee for 1999 Officers
A brief discussion occurred on the slate of officers for 1999. A nomination committee consisting of Melanie Herz, Becky Peters, and Edie Stern was created. ((At SMOFcon, Joe asked Laurie Mann, Mark Olson & Tony Parker to also participate. Laurie agreed to chair this committee.)) This committee will report the proposed slate of officers on the the FANAC mailing list (fanacinc@scifi.squawk.com) at least three (3) weeks before the February 1999 Continuation Board meeting at Boskone in Framingham, MA
Meeting was adjourned at 11:45AM.
Melanie Herz Secretary
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