“Paying It Forward!” This Is What We All Are About July 2004 The Heinlein Society, a non-profit corporation, is an educational charity. http://www.heinleinsociety.org PO Box 1254 Venice, California, USA 90291-1254 What Weʼre All About ................Page 1 and 17 Annual Meeting Notice ............................Page 2 Secretaryʼs Report ..............Pages 2 and 12 On the Academic Front ...…...........Pages 3 and 4 Extraordinary Meetings ...................Pages 5 to 8 2004 Heinlein Awardee .............Pages 10 and 11 Oral History Project ..........................Page 13 Programming Report and Refinements ....Pages 14, 15, 18 & 19 Awards Dinner & Hotel ..........................Page 16 More on Blooddrives ..........................Page 17 by Michael Sheffield likely had Robert and Ginny smil- McHenry Library Display Blood Drives Committee Chair ing to themselves! ..........................Page 19 Wonderful, willing donors have “Sitting in the Sun … ” That radiantly smiling beautiful never been the problem. Getting young woman above donating the opportunities to her and those like ..........................Page 20 gift of life at Con Kopelli more than Contʼd on Page 17 1 From the Secretaryʼs Table: New Memberships, Library Donations, and Dues Galore! Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Rules in Toronto and today. In our last issue I reported that Our by-laws, adopted by the Board of Directors in 2002, require that we conduct our membership had surged into an annual general membership meeting each year during the time and at the place of the 300s. Well, hold on and stand the annual World Science-Fiction convention, when held in North America. This year, back, we are now over 420. the World Science-Fiction convention is being held in Boston, Massachusetts, from Thursday, September 2, to Monday, September 6, 2004, and known as “Noreascon4.” We expect to increase that num- See, http://www.noreascon.com. ber substantially, over the next few This is the written notice of that meeting as required in our by-laws to each member months, with our participation at entitled or likely to be entitled to vote at the meeting. A copy of those by-laws may Norescon4 and our Annual Awards be requested from the Secretary, by return e-mail requesting one. It will be sent you in PDF format which may be read by using a copy of freeware Adobe Acrobat Reader. Banquet and Dinner Dance. This You will be entitled to vote only if you are registered as a regular member and only is truly an event you donʼt want to if your dues are fully paid up and through the current year of 2004 at the time of the miss. We expect there will be con- meeting. An opportunity to make dues current will be afforded members prior to and at siderable interest and excitement the beginning of the meeting. Special members are not entitled to vote, but, subject to ruling of the chair, may address the meeting. around the awards portion of this This yearʼs meeting will be our Societyʼs third annual general meeting. It will be gala evening and there just might held at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Friday, SEPTEMBER 3, 2004, at 3:00 pm, EDT, be a very nice bonus for everyone in a conference room of the SHERATON BOSTON HOTEL, either “Liberty A” or “Liberty who is there. C,” as yet to be assigned by Noreascon4 SIG programming, 39 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The Sheraton is directly connected to the Hynes Center, which is where With the expansion of our mem- the annual World SF convention is being held. It is your responsibility to determine the bership there has been a great deal room location which will be published in the program distributed by Noreascon. You of activity in all of our committees. need not be a purchaser of Noreascon membership to attend the meeting. The Sheraton Our web page has been honed; is a public venue, open to non-Noreascon members. Visitors who are not members of the Society are encouraged to attend, subject to ruling of the Chair. links are sprouting up all over; we The regular order of business specified in the by-laws to be observed is that are a force to reckon with in ʻgue- customary for non-profit membership charitable corporations and will include, this rilla programmingʼ; weʼve attended year, election of two of the seven directors of The Society for the two junior non-exempt numerous conventions this year positions on the Board for a term of three years, as specified in the by-laws. The two senior incumbents are Dr. Yoji Kondo and Joe Haldeman, both of whom are and one major academic meeting; filling the remainder of terms caused by resignation of prior incumbents. Either, or blood drives are growing through both, or neither, may stand for reelection, as he each may announce at or before the the roof; and our membership time of the meeting. Dr. Kondo has served as a director of this Society for two years growth, wellllll (picture Jack Benny, since his appointment in August 2002. Mr. Haldeman has served as a director since his appointment in August 2003. Other nominations may be made as provided in the By- arms crossed, rolling his eyes). Laws and accepted at the meeting. The books we sent to Dave Further business consistent with the by-laws will occur at the meeting. Jennings in China arrived in ex- You may vote at the meeting in person, or by an assigned written proxy, if you cellent condition and complete, are eligible to vote at the time of the meeting. All proxies must be written, signed, and notarized, or signed and accompanied by a clear and legible photocopy of a as did the reinforced bindings we government-issued photo identification containing a signature for comparison sent along to give some strength purposes, to be valid. and durability to those gems that I Further, they must designate in writing the person to exercise the proxy; and they know have been read many times must be received by the Secretary of the Society by postal mail or in person at or before the time of the meeting. If you mail your proxy to the Societyʼs postal address in Venice, already and will continue to be. It Calfornia, please note that an officer of the Society will finally check that post office box feels good. Congratulations to ev- address on the afternoon of Monday, August 31, 2003, before he departs to Boston; eryone for the donations you sent and it is solely your responsibility to ensure it arrives before his departure. You may earmarked for this event. Weʼve designate any natural person to attend the meeting and vote your proxy. Further, the by-laws specify that failure of a non-attending member to designate a proxy shall also had a few donations directed constitute designation of the president as the holder of the proxy of the member not in to hometown public and school li- attendance. braries. That is one definite way to We all hope as many of the Societyʼs members as possible do attend the meeting. get Heinlein back on the shelves! FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Please consider this route of dona- tion this year when you make your /s/Jane E. Silver usual charitable deductions. Jane E. Silver Our Library committee chats Secretary-Treasurer Pro Tempore have not been drawing a sufficient Secretary Treasurer, Membership Labor Day Weekend is just a month number of people on a regular Services, and Library Committee and a half away. I wonʼt say going basis, either Monday or Saturday, Report to Worldcon just seems like yes- to warrant them continuing. This by Jane Silver terday because so much has hap- does not mean that the Library Worldcon (Noreascon4) in Boston pened between the last Worldcon committee is defunct, only in sus- Contʼd on Page 12 3 On the Academic Front: New Participations, Valued Associations, and New Members! Recent Events notated summaries of the papers cyclopedia for this project. in Heinlein Scholarship presented in San Antonio, and Ms. Through the encouragement of by Geo Rule Edmondsʼ recent Heinlein Journal our Society, there are now Heinlein In our last Newsletter we re- article talking about “ ... a universe entries or links to the Societyʼs ported the then-upcoming PCA/ of possibilities and the relatively website at such respected liter- ACA conference in San Antonio virgin academic territory” that ary bastions as Professor Paul would feature several THS-affili- Heinlein Studies will be mining for Reubenʼs Perspectives in Ameri- ated scholars presenting papers years to come. Also please note can Literature and Professor Jack on Robert A. Heinlein. We offered that next yearʼs “Call for Papers” Lynchʼs Literary Resources on the hope that it would be “A candle for the March 23-25, 2005 confer- the Web. Space prevents me from in the dark ... the first of many we ence in San Diego has already is- listing several more recent addi- hope to light in the future.” sued. The deadline for submission tions, but please visit the Societyʼs Today we report it was indeed a of extracts is October 15, 2004. website links page and explore cheery glow lighted in San Antonio, Those of us who have the back- some of them to see that THS is and there is every reason to be- ground and inclination for such increasingly viewed as a legitimate lieve that it will grow in brightness work are invited to participate in partner by a growing number of with the continuing cooperation this exciting new development in academic organizations. and encouragement of our Society. Heinlein scholarship. Other indicators of growing re- Heinlein scholars from around the As gratifying as developments spect in the academic world for country met in a dialogue that they with PCA/ACA have been, there THS have been forthcoming in re- universally agreed will direct and have been other signs of late that cent months as well.