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Phanteur, whole no. 1, January 1946

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in fantasy. Rocklynne, no doubt, had HCF in mind when he "almost" hissed "So;" but shucks, Ross: there's no pleasing the man And Heck, I aggree with your verdict on the "breathingest couple" in Planet. HORIZONS: First, the suggested revision of the constitution.The first matter to be taken care of is the business of getting rid of the Lowndes amendment requiring a majority vote of the active members  in order for an amendment  to carry. Next, an amendment requiring that a proposed amendment cannot be voted upon until the second Mailing after it is proposed in Official Organ, and then only if there has been  no major change in the proposal. That major change would, of course, need clarifications. After which we get to the Warner suggestions. I favor re-election of the OE (if one who is capable an is also willing to handle the job for more than one year can be found!) I favor determining the amount of the annual dues on the basis of the cost of operation during the preceding year, since such a provision would eliminate two nuisances: the recurring necessity of amending the "dues" provision in the constitution, and the placing of assessments on the membership. I also would like to see the requirements for admissions made more specific. What we nee dis evidence that  the prospective member will participate in the regular activities. Also, if, as Harry suggests, requirements for maintaining a place on the Wait-List are to be set up, then some sort of reward should be proffered these patient petitioners. For example, a sample mailing of selected items, to be circulated among them afterthe fashion of a chain letter. This procedure might have the further salutary effect of leading some of the Wait-Listers to purchase some of the back issues of various FAPA publications, Mercenary, aren't we.  I think retiring or resigning officers should be replaced by offficers selected by the remaining officers (too many officers!) with special provisions to take care of the case when all incumbents (fooled yah, didn't I; didn;t write officers again) resign at once. Stanley has already dropped the CC, a move which I think  will be generally acceptable. But I would like to se the Laureate Award continue in some fashion. I suggest that about ten members might might volunteer to make Laureate Award Selections each mailing.(as proposed by Chauvenent) and that this group make a final selection from the tabulated quarterly lists. If any of this group should find it necessary to drop out for any reason, there would still be enough to work out the final award. Anyone agres? "Down with The Money Changers!" Yeah. But there must be other members like myself who detest browsing - - the process, not the fanzine -- and who, in addition, are so little interested in collectin per se that they are but little bothered by the Money Changers, an=yway. Like me. We'll just go on buying an occasional new book or magazine - - preferably, inthe case of books, one of the two -bit or four-bit editions, and let it go at that. For that matter, I am fairly sure these is no second-hand bookstore here. There are several in Lincoln; notably, one now gone, which used to occupy all of a 50' x 143' storeroom, and a six-foot stack of books pile all over that big floor. I used to wonder whether I might be able to pick up a bargain in a fantasy book there; but I never went in. It was too muck like looking fro a needle in  a hay-stack, without being sure that it was the right stack, ot even that the needle was worth looking for. (Durn, just tore the stencil along the left margin; don't know whether it will be usable or not, but I am going to try it.)  I usually skip hurriedly over the fantastic poems I encounter in the works of poets of another day; those I  have not skipped have usually (not always) left me wishing that I had followed my regular custom. That is a queer attitude for one who claim to be a fancier of fantasy; but not so queer, when said fan is averse to (1) weird and horror fiction in general and (2) most narrative poetry of all kinds. There isn't much poetry of

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in fantasy. Rocklynne, no doubt, had HCF in mind when he "almost" hissed "So;" but shucks, Ross: there's no pleasing the man And Heck, I aggree with your verdict on the "breathingest couple" in Planet. HORIZONS: First, the suggested revision of the constitution.The first matter to be taken care of is the business of getting rid of the Lowndes amendment requiring a majority vote of the active members in order for an amendment to carry. Next, an amendment requiring that a proposed amendment cannot be voted upon until the second Mailing after it is proposed in Official Organ, and then only if there has been no major change in the proposal. That major change would, of course, need clarifications. After which we get to the Warner suggestions. I favor re-election of the OE (if one who is capable an is also willing to handle the job for more than one year can be found!) I favor determining the amount of the annual dues on the basis of the cost of operation during the preceding year, since such a provision would eliminate two nuisances: the recurring necessity of amending the "dues" provision in the constitution, and the placing of assessments on the membership. I also would like to see the requirements for admissions made more specific. What we nee dis evidence that the prospective member will participate in the regular activities. Also, if, as Harry suggests, requirements for maintaining a place on the Wait-List are to be set up, then some sort of reward should be proffered these patient petitioners. For example, a sample mailing of selected items, to be circulated among them afterthe fashion of a chain letter. This procedure might have the further salutary effect of leading some of the Wait-Listers to purchase some of the back issues of various FAPA publications, Mercenary, aren't we. I think retiring or resigning officers should be replaced by offficers selected by the remaining officers (too many officers!) with special provisions to take care of the case when all incumbents (fooled yah, didn't I; didn;t write officers again) resign at once. Stanley has already dropped the CC, a move which I think will be generally acceptable. But I would like to se the Laureate Award continue in some fashion. I suggest that about ten members might might volunteer to make Laureate Award Selections each mailing.(as proposed by Chauvenent) and that this group make a final selection from the tabulated quarterly lists. If any of this group should find it necessary to drop out for any reason, there would still be enough to work out the final award. Anyone agres? "Down with The Money Changers!" Yeah. But there must be other members like myself who detest browsing - - the process, not the fanzine -- and who, in addition, are so little interested in collectin per se that they are but little bothered by the Money Changers, an=yway. Like me. We'll just go on buying an occasional new book or magazine - - preferably, inthe case of books, one of the two -bit or four-bit editions, and let it go at that. For that matter, I am fairly sure these is no second-hand bookstore here. There are several in Lincoln; notably, one now gone, which used to occupy all of a 50' x 143' storeroom, and a six-foot stack of books pile all over that big floor. I used to wonder whether I might be able to pick up a bargain in a fantasy book there; but I never went in. It was too muck like looking fro a needle in a hay-stack, without being sure that it was the right stack, ot even that the needle was worth looking for. (Durn, just tore the stencil along the left margin; don't know whether it will be usable or not, but I am going to try it.) I usually skip hurriedly over the fantastic poems I encounter in the works of poets of another day; those I have not skipped have usually (not always) left me wishing that I had followed my regular custom. That is a queer attitude for one who claim to be a fancier of fantasy; but not so queer, when said fan is averse to (1) weird and horror fiction in general and (2) most narrative poetry of all kinds. There isn't much poetry of