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Fantasy Amateur, v. 8, issue 1, September 1944
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be late -- as well as to insure that all active members shall have ample time to vote; regardless of when that mailing is sent out. Also, ballot committees have been somewhat slack in the past in getting the information as to election results to outgoing and incoming members. Now they'll have definite instructions. The proposed revision of Article 12 retains the petition instrument, for the protection of members, as a means to get their wishes known and acted upon, but eliminates aspects of the article in its original form which could have acted unfairly to individuals who were the subject of either petitions to suspend privilege, or petitions to impeach. This gives a definite form to follow, and will allow for a square deal all around. A new appointive post is hereby created, one which we should have thought of before. I refer to the Historical Co-ordinator. A great many members do not have all the mailings, or have easy access to them. It shall be the duty of the Historical Coordinator to act as official (advisory) information bureau to all members, or officers, on either matters constitutional, precedents, or sheerly historical data. It shall further be the Coordinator's job to collect and keep on permanent file all past documents of the organization which can be found, and to file all present and future ones. Ballot counting committees, in the future, will send the complete set of ballots to the H-C, where they will be available for reference; Prexy's, when their term of office has expired, will send him the originals of all petitions, amendments (proposed) etc. And so on down the line for all officers, elected or appointed. Obviously, the Historical Coordinator must be one who has a complete file of FAPA mailings readily available. And the first FAPA member to fill that post will be the man who suggested it (we'll let the punishment fit the crime; after all, Dr. Guillotine was the first man executed in his invention), Don Wollheim. I cannot agree with the suggestion that the official critic's post be eliminated -- even with ye Ed. making comments. However, in the past, some critics (and I suspect I was guilty, too) have not fulfilled their duties. It's the job of the critic to comment upon all items in the mailing; other members may or may not as they like, but the Critic performs so that every member will have at least one comment upon his or her effort, large or small. At the Official Editor's suggestion, and the cheerful agreement of the "Put Wollheim to Work" committee, plus the application of the victim himself, FAPA's co-founder is charged with the Chief Critic's post. And forbidden to squirm out of his duties with any "no comment" signs. Brother Tucker is named as Associate Critic. Suggestion: Any member who loves to work could do a real service by issuing a FAPA Yearbook as each administration ends. This would contain a complete index of publications for the year (including a listing of the contents of each publication); a summary of all suggestions made during the year for improving FAPA; a copy of the Constitution as most recently revised; the Laureate reports, etc. Do I hear volunteers? Oh yes, and if that isn't enough work, I could suggest a complete FAPA 5
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be late -- as well as to insure that all active members shall have ample time to vote; regardless of when that mailing is sent out. Also, ballot committees have been somewhat slack in the past in getting the information as to election results to outgoing and incoming members. Now they'll have definite instructions. The proposed revision of Article 12 retains the petition instrument, for the protection of members, as a means to get their wishes known and acted upon, but eliminates aspects of the article in its original form which could have acted unfairly to individuals who were the subject of either petitions to suspend privilege, or petitions to impeach. This gives a definite form to follow, and will allow for a square deal all around. A new appointive post is hereby created, one which we should have thought of before. I refer to the Historical Co-ordinator. A great many members do not have all the mailings, or have easy access to them. It shall be the duty of the Historical Coordinator to act as official (advisory) information bureau to all members, or officers, on either matters constitutional, precedents, or sheerly historical data. It shall further be the Coordinator's job to collect and keep on permanent file all past documents of the organization which can be found, and to file all present and future ones. Ballot counting committees, in the future, will send the complete set of ballots to the H-C, where they will be available for reference; Prexy's, when their term of office has expired, will send him the originals of all petitions, amendments (proposed) etc. And so on down the line for all officers, elected or appointed. Obviously, the Historical Coordinator must be one who has a complete file of FAPA mailings readily available. And the first FAPA member to fill that post will be the man who suggested it (we'll let the punishment fit the crime; after all, Dr. Guillotine was the first man executed in his invention), Don Wollheim. I cannot agree with the suggestion that the official critic's post be eliminated -- even with ye Ed. making comments. However, in the past, some critics (and I suspect I was guilty, too) have not fulfilled their duties. It's the job of the critic to comment upon all items in the mailing; other members may or may not as they like, but the Critic performs so that every member will have at least one comment upon his or her effort, large or small. At the Official Editor's suggestion, and the cheerful agreement of the "Put Wollheim to Work" committee, plus the application of the victim himself, FAPA's co-founder is charged with the Chief Critic's post. And forbidden to squirm out of his duties with any "no comment" signs. Brother Tucker is named as Associate Critic. Suggestion: Any member who loves to work could do a real service by issuing a FAPA Yearbook as each administration ends. This would contain a complete index of publications for the year (including a listing of the contents of each publication); a summary of all suggestions made during the year for improving FAPA; a copy of the Constitution as most recently revised; the Laureate reports, etc. Do I hear volunteers? Oh yes, and if that isn't enough work, I could suggest a complete FAPA 5
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