University of Winnipeg English Students' Association
UW ESA
Minutes Sept 25, 2002
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Minutes taken by Marc Ducusin

The Book/Bake Sale Fast Approaches. . .

(We discuss the first major ESA event of the year. Talk of serious business rapidly degenerates into smutty gutter prattle. Mavis arrives to save us all with wholesome snacks.)

-Eireann away doing an interview for Frontier College

-we pause to admire the lovely photograph of Jude & Ewan caught -- flagrante delicto -- in bed with two kittens and a stack of fine leather-bound books (Who could ask for anything more?)

-go-around commences only to be sidetracked

-welcome, Lisa & Jodi!

-Erica: we have alerted the elusive, globe-trotting James (currently hiding out in Vancouver) of our dire financial straits; problems coming under control

-Book Sale – Cortney has kindly alphabetized the Morton books; Thank You!

-we must contact Sara Harms about the books cluttering up her basement (later carried out after meeting by Cortney)

-details for next week:

Meet in Common Room between 9:30 & 10am to transport books to Riddell & set up shop
Please stay afterward to clean up.
-Cortney has volunteered to print literary fortunes; please email them to her at cortneypachet@hotmail.com

-Marc: idea of giving a free book to the recipient of the fortune bearing our "Reading is sexy" slogan

-reminder to list ingredients for all baked goods

-following an impassioned tirade against human stupidity, Steph sweeps out of the room, making a grand and most memorable exit

-Book Sale prices (tentative):

New Hard-covers: $10 (may go down as the week progresses, depending on sales)
New Paperbacks: $5 (also may drop)
Old Hard-covers: $5 - $7
Old Paperbacks: $0.50 - $1.00 (depending on condition)
-Hilary: we should compare prices at different stores & sales (paying special attention to the much maligned book man’s dubious wares)

-Kristian initiates applause for the minute-taker; in response, Marc reveals that he is the proprietor of the ill-famed "Attention-Whore" brothel, much to the surprise of Cortney, who takes instant umbrage at her egregious exclusion from this erotic enterprise ("I thought we were a team!"); the two former cohorts (and traveling burlesque show performers) eye each other with thinly veiled resentment for the rest of the meeting. . .

-Kristian rambles on about esoteric things in a charmingly sheepish & apologetically Kristianesque manner

-looking further ahead, Book Auction on Nov. 6, 11:30 – 2:20; still in process of booking Bulman Centre; possibility of showcasing musicians; Kristian will ask his friend Matt Tapscott, while Jodi will ask her co-worker Dave Quanbury (Matt & Dave being members of the wonderful but now woefully disbanded Tequila Mockingbird); promotion to start soon?

-Cortney: we should ask for donations for our book baskets; Cortney evinces a keen familiarity with the Love Nest and Discreet Boutique; tipped off by Ms. Pachet’s interest in 8-man showers, Larissa shows no surprise at Cortney’s unabashed inclinations

-go-around recommences; Marc & Cortney share some rather telling dreams (the former receiving a highly fascinating interpretation from the ever-scholarly Geza), while Erin (Gurr) submits some truly fantastic literary fortunes (she was also the only other member, apart from our co-presidents, to help make posters yesterday)

-the Oxford-bound Mavis enters bearing sandwiches for all!