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Fantasy Amateur, v. 8, issue 1, September 1944
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STATEMENT OF THE HISTORICAL CO-ORDINATOR By Donald A. Wollheim The office of Historical Co-ordinator was created to try to get together all the documents and official papers of the FAPA into one spot. To try to create a repository for FAPA history. Somehow it does not seem proper that old ballots, for instance, should somehow be dumped in some wastebasket. In fact most ballot counters have held on to these masses of paper without knowing what to do with them. And certainly the original copies of the amendments should have merit and preservation somewhere. Accordingly, I am requesting that all members who have in their possession papers of any official sort concerning the FAPA in all the years of its existence should kindly send them to me for filing and permanent record. This applies to amendments, copies of petitions, official decisions (if rendered by mail), ballots, and appeals. My address is 98-50 67th Avenue, Forest Hills, N. Y. Please comply. A second duty of the office as defined by President Lowndes is that of Constitutional Advisor. Which means exactly what it says. The Vice-President's office rules on disputes. But what when no protest is made, nothing is appealed to him, and yet something occurs that plainly appears to violate or likely to violate the constitution of the club. That is the role I have been asked to play. It is not executive, of course. It is strictly advisory, and it mainly made a duty of mine to seek out such potential friction angles and remind whatever officer in charge of it. Though every member has a similar obligation, in my case it becomes an official duty. Thus, in the role of Constitution Advisor, I should make a case where no one else has when some issue comes up. So far, I have only performed two actions. I have reminded the new Secretary-Treasurer of the ruling of Vice-President Chauvenet last term concerning dual membership, advising him that he is obligated to correct the status of Ashley, Al & Abby Lu, and of Brown-Fern. My second action was to point out to newly elected V-P Ashley certain discrepancies that appeared in his mimeographed notice of election results. THE OFFICIAL MESSAGE OF THE OFFICIAL EDITOR (II) Just to be different, thanks a lot to all those who voted for me. on the other hand, hearty razzberries to all those who did not vote at all. Well, not quite all--but I counted only eight on the membership last time who might have found it impossible or exceedingly difficult to send in a ballot. Where were the rest of you? Frankly, I have come to the conclusion that we should have some sort of penalty for those ambitious individuals who could vote but just don't get around to it. If they aren't any more interested in the FAPA than that, why do they remain in it? Let's either wake up and get moving or crawl back into our holes and hibernate permanently, eh? 16
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STATEMENT OF THE HISTORICAL CO-ORDINATOR By Donald A. Wollheim The office of Historical Co-ordinator was created to try to get together all the documents and official papers of the FAPA into one spot. To try to create a repository for FAPA history. Somehow it does not seem proper that old ballots, for instance, should somehow be dumped in some wastebasket. In fact most ballot counters have held on to these masses of paper without knowing what to do with them. And certainly the original copies of the amendments should have merit and preservation somewhere. Accordingly, I am requesting that all members who have in their possession papers of any official sort concerning the FAPA in all the years of its existence should kindly send them to me for filing and permanent record. This applies to amendments, copies of petitions, official decisions (if rendered by mail), ballots, and appeals. My address is 98-50 67th Avenue, Forest Hills, N. Y. Please comply. A second duty of the office as defined by President Lowndes is that of Constitutional Advisor. Which means exactly what it says. The Vice-President's office rules on disputes. But what when no protest is made, nothing is appealed to him, and yet something occurs that plainly appears to violate or likely to violate the constitution of the club. That is the role I have been asked to play. It is not executive, of course. It is strictly advisory, and it mainly made a duty of mine to seek out such potential friction angles and remind whatever officer in charge of it. Though every member has a similar obligation, in my case it becomes an official duty. Thus, in the role of Constitution Advisor, I should make a case where no one else has when some issue comes up. So far, I have only performed two actions. I have reminded the new Secretary-Treasurer of the ruling of Vice-President Chauvenet last term concerning dual membership, advising him that he is obligated to correct the status of Ashley, Al & Abby Lu, and of Brown-Fern. My second action was to point out to newly elected V-P Ashley certain discrepancies that appeared in his mimeographed notice of election results. THE OFFICIAL MESSAGE OF THE OFFICIAL EDITOR (II) Just to be different, thanks a lot to all those who voted for me. on the other hand, hearty razzberries to all those who did not vote at all. Well, not quite all--but I counted only eight on the membership last time who might have found it impossible or exceedingly difficult to send in a ballot. Where were the rest of you? Frankly, I have come to the conclusion that we should have some sort of penalty for those ambitious individuals who could vote but just don't get around to it. If they aren't any more interested in the FAPA than that, why do they remain in it? Let's either wake up and get moving or crawl back into our holes and hibernate permanently, eh? 16
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