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NASFA 'Shuttle' Jun 2003 mail to! I’m also having to resort to different and less Oyez, Oyez flexible software to lay out the zine. You will no doubt see some differences in the issue resulting from that. If you see The next NASFA meeting will be 21 June 2003 the issue at all that is. Sigh. at the regular time (6P) and the regular location. Call BookMark at 256-881-3910 if you need directions. The June program (7P) should be very mooving — or possibly udderly ridiculous. Most of you have heard of the ConCom Meetings “Cow Parade” decorated cows. At this program you’ll have a chance to create your own two-dimensional version. Outline The next Con†Stellation XXII con committee meeting drawings of the cows, a plethora of markers, and some pre- will be held 2P Sunday 6 July at Mike Kennedy’s house — printed starter ideas will be available. 7907 Charlotte Drive SW, Huntsville AL. An email The June after-the-meeting meeting will be a announcement with additional information will be sent out pool party at Russell McNutt’s house. Russell has also closer to the day. In honor of the Independence Day weekend, volunteered to host the July and August ATMMs. We will there will be a cookout following the meeting. need ATMM volunteers for September and after. Future concom meetings are currently scheduled for As I type this, I am not sure whether I will be able to Sundays 3 August, 17 August, 7 September, 21 September, get the Shuttle in the mail or not. My old desktop and 5 October at Mike’s house. There will also be the usual computer, which has the mailing list on it, has a mysterious last-minute concom meeting on Thursday 9 October at the ailment so I may or may not be able to figure out who to hotel. Inside this issue… 3 Lord of the Rings Musical Planned 2 NASFA Calendar 4 Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Additions 2 Minutes of the May Meeting 4 Saturn Awards Announced 2 Rocket City FurMeet Review 4 MTV Movie Awards 3 Another Rocket City FurMeet Review 5 American Film Institute Heroes and Villains 3 Psychic Festival 6 Letters of Comment Inside this issue… 3 Lord of the Rings Musical Planned 2 NASFA Calendar 4 Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Additions 2 Minutes of the May Meeting 4 Saturn Awards Announced 2 Rocket City FurMeet Review 4 MTV Movie Awards 3 Another Rocket City FurMeet Review 5 American Film Institute Heroes and Villains 3 Psychic Festival 6 Letters of Comment nearby convention being held that weekend — in which case NASFA Calendar we usually hold the meeting on the second or fourth weekend.) The regular meeting location is the upstairs JUNE meeting room at BookMark on South Memorial Parkway. 02 BD: Lloyd Penney. The Executive Committee meeting (if scheduled) is at 5P. 08 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike The business meeting is at 6P. The program is at 7P. Kennedy’s house. Anyone is welcome to attend any of the meetings. There is 08 Pentecost. usually an after-the-meeting meeting with directions 14 Flag Day. available at the program. 15 Father’s Day. 19 BD: Julius Schwartz. 21* NASFA Meeting — 6P Business, 7P Program, at BookMark. ATMM at Russell McNutt’s house. May Minutes 21 Summer begins. by Samuel A. Smith, May-Bee JULY The May meeting of the North Alabama Science 01 Canada Day. Fiction Association was called to order on Saturday, May 02 BD: Deb Stone. 17, 2003 in the upstairs meeting room at BookMark at 04 Independence Day. 6:17:41P by Vice-President Mike Kennedy, who was 06 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike subbing for the missing President Mary Ortwerth. Kennedy’s house. PROGRAM BUSINESS 19* NASFA Meeting — 6P Business, 7P Program, at We have no program tonight, however, some people BookMark. ATMM at Russell McNutt’s house. from the Huntsville Public Library are here to discuss the 24 BD: Jay Johns. programs they are having in the Fall. 25–27 DeepSouthCon 41/LibertyCon 16 — East Ridge Karen Hopkins has had a change in her job situation, (Chattanooga) TN. and needs an assistant Program Director. Mia Smith said she 25–28 MythCon XXXIV — Nashville TN. might be able to be the assistant — she’ll get in touch with 27 Parents’ Day. Karen and see. 29 BD: Mark Paulk. CONVENTION BUSINESS Mike Kennedy: Situation normal. The next con AUGUST committee meeting will be Sunday, June 8 [now past]. We 03 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike will have an ad in the Rocket City Furmeet’s program book, Kennedy’s house. and possibly a room party also [which we did]. 08 BD: Jim Woosley. Sam Smith reported that the Con†Stellation web site 08–10 Conglomeration — Louisville KY. received 775 visitors in the April, and the NASFA web site 14 BD: Edward Kenny. received 85 visitors in the same time period. 16* NASFA Meeting — 6P Business, 7P Program, at The meeting was adjourned at 6:33:40P. The After-The- BookMark. ATMM at Russell McNutt’s house. Meeting Meeting started at Terry’s Pizza and ended up at 17 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike Sam Smith’s place. Kennedy’s house. The people from the Huntsville Public Library gave a 21 BD: Deborah Denton. short talk after the meeting to let us know about their fall 28–01 Torcon 3/Worldcon 61 — Toronto ONT Canada. program for 2003: “Celebrating the Centennial of Flight.” 29–01 DragonCon — Atlanta GA. They have a number of programs related to flight, space travel, and science fiction planned; and are soliciting input as SEPTEMBER well as volunteers. 01 Labor Day. 07 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike Kennedy’s house. 07 Grandparent’s Day. Rocket City FurMeet 09 BD: Mike Cothran. 11 BD: Ray Pietruszka. Review 17 Citizenship Day. by Maria Lucia West Smith 20* NASFA Meeting — 6P Business, 7P Program, at BookMark. ATMM TBD. Well, I went the Rocket City Furmeet (23–25 May 21 Con†Stellation Con Committee Meeting — Mike 2003 in Huntsville AL). A little over a hundred people Kennedy’s house. showed up. Considering that this was the first year of the 23 Autumn begins. con, the attendance was pretty good. The con suite was quite 26 BD: Jenna Victoria Stone. adequate and was well stocked most of the time. I missed the 27 Rosh Hashanah. fur parade, but there were several people in fur suits walking OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO around throughout the weekend. There was a bird, a The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on dalmatian, 2 jaguars (Jugular Jaguar was one of them), a the third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large saint bernard, and a few others. The dealers room was a little small, but there was a nice variety of stuff. I encountered “furry art” for the first time. It Psychic Festival was “interesting.” Let’s just say a lot of it is not for the by Anita Eisenberg kiddies. Bill Holbrook was there and he was selling some of his books. He is a really neat guy and he signed the book I The New Earth Holistic and Psychic Festival took bought. Also, some guy was making friendly plastic teeth. place at the Tom Bevill Center in Huntsville AL on 7–8 On Saturday night around midnight we played “Who’s June 2003. I took off from work early on Saturday (the first the werewolf?”. It’s a fun game and I actually remember the day) to attend, meeting up with Maria Smith in front of the rules. We also played twister. On Saturday afternoon, two of Bevill Center a little past 12:30 (a few minutes later than the fursuiters played a game where they tried to pop each promised). other’s balloons (4 per person) by stomping on them. That Admission was $10 for both days with 2-for-1 was fun to watch. admission if you brought a canned good. We did, so it was a The video room had a stack of stuff to watch. I saw bargain at $5 each plus a can of black-eyed peas. Titanic, the Animated Movie. It was voted the worst There was a track of programming nicely balanced animated movie ever made. And for good reason. It really between holistic medicine and psychic phenomenon. A stunk, but I had fun watching it. I also saw Meet the lecture on holistic medicine was given by Dr. Dan Ecklund Feebles. “Muppets on crack” does not begin to describe it. on energy medicine, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and It was a bad bad movie. I don’t plan to watch it again, and I other healing modalities. Phyllis Light, who is a registered like good bad movies. Master Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild, lectured German was there. He wore a leopard-print short dress on homeopathy, flower essences, and herbal medicine. Other with matching panties. He also had a leopard-print necklace, lectures included “Developing your psychic abilities” by tights, and purse, along with a black wig. It was an Walter Rice and “How to see and interpret auras” by interesting outfit. Serafina. This is only to mention a few of the total of 14 There was an auction for PCDS (Parenting Children of panels and lectures given by a total of 12 guest lecturers a Different Species). It’s a dog and cat rescue organization in over the two-day festival. the northern Alabama area. They raised at least $400. I One large function room was devoted to a dealers donated two lamp shades.
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