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Te Shutle April 2012 The Next NASFA Meeting is 21 April 2012 at the Regular Time and Location ConCom Meeting 3P, 21 April at Renasant Bank meeting Saturdays. When possible, they will be at the bank d Oyez, Oyez d meeting room. When that room is not available early enough, the concom meeting will typically be at Mike Kennedy’s The next NASFA Meeting will be Saturday 21 April 2012 at house. The July club meeting is one week earlier than usual; the regular time (6P) and the regular location. Meetings are the concom meeting that month will probably (but not yet cer- at the Renasant Bank’s Community Room, 4245 Balmoral tainly) be on the same day as the club meeting. Drive in south Huntsville. Exit the Parkway at Airport Road; CHANGING SHUTTLE DEADLINES head east one short block to the light at Balmoral Drive; turn The deadline for the NASFA Shuttle is in the process of being left (north) for less than a block. The bank is on the right, just tweaked yet again. The likely repro date has shifted somewhat past Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant. Enter at the front door of to the right (roughly the weekend before each meeting) but the bank; turn right to the end of a short hallway. most of each issue will still need to be put to bed as much as APRIL PROGRAM The April program will be Paul Wieland <www. The turn onto English threshold2020.com/author.html> speaking on “The Future of Map To Drive is about 4 miles Space Exploration.” ATMM south of the turn from APRIL ATMM Airport Road onto The April After-the-Meeting Meeting will be at Adam and Location Memorial Parkway Parkway Memorial Maria Grim’s house—2117 Buckingham Drive SW, off South Parkway in Huntsville. See the map at right for directions. The usual rules apply—that is, please bring food and drink to share. Adam & Maria Grim English Drive CONCOM MEETINGS 2117 Buckingham Drive The next Con†Stellation XXXI concom meeting will be at the Huntsville AL 35803 Lane Picadilly Renasant Bank meeting room on Saturday 21 April 2012—the same day as the club meeting—at 3P. There will be a dinner break between the concom and the NASFA meeting. The dates of the Buckingham May and June meetings are TBD; this will be a topic at the April Drive meeting. Technically, the location(s) of the May and June meetings are also TBD, but they will probably be at Mike Kennedy’s house. The general plan is for future concom meetings to be on club Continuing Our 32nd Year of Publication Inside this issue… NASFA Calendar ..................................................................2 Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominations .............................4 Minutes of the March Meeting ..............................................3 Awards Roundup ..................................................................6 News & Info .........................................................................3 Letters of Comment ..............................................................8 Deadline for the May 2012 issue of The NASFA1 Shuttle is Monday 30 April 2012 two weeks before the monthly meeting. 21–22 Toy & Hobby Show—Gray TN. Please check the deadline below the Table of Contents each 22 Earth Day. month to submit news, reviews, LoCs, or other material. We 25 Administrative Professionals’ Day. will generally need to enforce that deadline strictly. 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. FUTURE PROGRAMS AND ATMMs 27 Arbor Day. Future programs include: 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. • May: The More-Or-Less-Annual NASFA Cookout/Picnic (at 30 Día del Niño. Peggy Patrick’s house) will replace the meeting, program, MAY and ATMM. It starts at 1P and continues until Peggy kicks us TBD* Con†Stellation XXXI Concom Meeting—date, time, out. Folks should bring extra food and drink (more than for a and location of the May Concom meeting are TBD. normal ATMM) since this will overlap a mealtime. 01 BD: Russell McNutt. • June: No program, the club meeting will be at DeepSouth- 01 Día del Trabajo. Con 50. 03 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Robopocalypse, • July: Stephanie Osborn, topic TBD. Daniel H. Wilson; 6P. • August: Les Johnson speaking on his book Going Interstel- 04-06 Outlantacon—Atlanta GA. lar. 05 Cinco de Mayo. • October: Probably the Con†Stellation Post-Mortem. 10 Día de la Madre. • December: Probably the More-Or-Less-Annual NASFA Gift 13 Mothers’ Day. Exchange. 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. We need volunteers for ATMMs for June (in your hotel 17-20 Nebula Awards Weekend—Arlington VA. room?), and almost all months past (though November is spo- 18-20 Mobicon—Mobile AL. ken for). 19* NASFA Picnic—at Peggy Patrick’s house, 1P until FUTURE CLUB MEETING DATES we’re kicked out. This will substitute for the NASFA All remaining 2012 meetings are currently scheduled for meeting, program, and ATMM. See the “Oyez, Oyez” the usual 3rd Saturday except the July meeting, which will be column for any other details. the 2nd Saturday due to a conflict with LibertyCon. 19 BD: David O. Miller. The June meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday, but will be 19 Armed Forces Day. held at DeepSouthCon 50 (in Huntsville) rather than the usual 19 Collectors Showcase—Morristown TN. meeting place. Whether or not that means an actual meeting 25–27 Rocket City FurMeet—Huntsville AL. will take place is left as an exercise for the reader. 25-27 Timegate—Atlanta GA. NASFA CALENDAR ONLINE 25-27 Oasis 25—Orlando FL. NASFA has an online calendar on Google. Interested parties 25-27 NashCon—Franklin TN. can check the calendar online, but you can also subscribe to the 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. calendar and have your Outlook, iCal, BlackBerry, or other 28 Memorial Day. calendar automatically updated as events (Club Meetings, Con- JUNE com Meetings, local sf/f events) are added or changed. You can TBD* Con†Stellation XXXI Concom Meeting—date, time, view the calendar online at <tinyurl.com/NASFACal>. and location of the June Concom meeting are TBD. 01–03 ConCarolinas—Charlotte NC. 01–03 Hamacon—Huntsville AL. 02 BD: Lloyd Penney. NASFA Calendar 07 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson; 6P. APRIL 08–10 Sci Fi Summer Con—Atlanta GA. 01 April Fool’s Day. 08–10 OMGcon—Paducah KY. 05 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: Briar Rose, Jane 09–10 Salute To Supernatural—Nashville TN. Yolan; 6P. 09–10 Con Kasterborous—Huntsville AL. 06–08 MTAC Omega—Nashville TN. 09–10 Comic & Anime Con—Knoxville TN. 06–08 Frolicon—Atlanta GA. 09–10 Creation Star Trek—Nashville TN. 07 BD: Mary Lampert. 13 BD: Bill S. 07 Collectors Showcase—Knoxville TN. 14 BD: Ali Scanland. 08 Easter. 14 Flag Day. 13–15 ConGlomeration 2012—Louisville KY. 15–17 DeepSouthCon 50—Huntsville AL. 15 BD: “Uncle Timmy.” 16* NASFA Meeting—at DSC 50; stay tuned for details 15 BD: Manda Freeman. including time and exact location. Program: None. 16 Emancipation Day (DC only) ATMM: Possibly none (but who knows, we could al- 17 Federal Income Taxes due. ways party in someone’s hotel room). 20–22 JordanCon 4—Roswell GA. 15–17 Anime Blues Con—Memphis TN. 20–22 TrekTrax—Atlanta GA. 15–17 Faerie Escape—Atlanta GA. 21* Con†Stellation XXXI Concom Meeting—3P at Re- 16 Collectors Showcase—Johnson City TN. nasant Bank. 17 BD: Jeff Freeman. 21* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Re- 17 Fathers’ Day. nasant Bank. Program: Paul Wieland “The Future of 20 BD: PieEyedDragon. Space Exploration.” ATMM: Adam and Maria Grim’s 20 First day of Summer. house. 22–24 Seishun-Con—Atlanta GA. 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. 22–24 Imagicon—Columbus GA. 2 29–01 BayouCon—Lake Charles LA. meeting. The book club meets at the branch of the public li- 29–01 Mid America Comiccon/Fandomfest/Fright Night Hor- brary near the corner of Weatherly and Bailey Cove, and they ror Weekend and Film Festival—Louisville KY. usually meet on the first Thursday of each month. [The JULY “NASFA Calendar” column usually carries announcements of 01 Canada Day. the books to be discussed for a sliding 4-month period. -ED] 02 BD: Deb Stone. CON BUSINESS 04 Independence Day. A concom (convention committee meeting) was held earlier 05 Bailey Cove Library Book Discussion: The Martian that day. Some future meeting dates were set: there will be a Chronicles, Ray Bradbury; 6P. concom at 3P on April 21 at the usual meeting room at the 09 Nunavut Day. bank, and a concom at 3P on May 19, with the location to be 13–15 Anime Southeast—Sevierville TN. determined. [Not quite. The May meeting date is TBD due to 14* Tentative Con†Stellation XXXI Concom Meeting—3P the Cookout/Picnic taking up the club meeting Saturday. -ED] at Renasant Bank (if available at that time). A special concom was scheduled for two weeks after the 14* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 7P Program, at Re- NASFA meeting at Mike K.’s to discuss scheduling and space nasant Bank. Program: Stephanie Osborn, topic TBD. utilization for main events at Con†Stellation. The meeting ATMM: TBD. PLEASE NOTE that this is one week should be about two hours long. earlier than the usual weekend, to accommodate Lib- Sunn saw that the Knights of Columbus hall was up for sale, ertyCon. and wondered if the club would want to buy it. Various prob- 14 Sukoshi Con—Athens GA. lems with the idea were discussed. 20–22 LibertyCon 25—Chattanooga TN. Sam finally succeeded at moving to adjourn at 6:33:28P. 21 Rob-Con—Bristol TN. The scheduled program was “Building Props for the Chal- 22 Parents’ Day. lenge,” a talk by David Reimer of 2StoryProps. He didn’t show 24 BD: Jay Johns. up, so Mike K.
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