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Subject: October M.A.S.S. F.I.L.C. Bulletin
Date: 13 Oct 92 10:53:58 GMT
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From: jslove@starch.enet.dec.com 
From  ucivax!enet-gw.pa.dec.com!starch.enet.dec.com!jslove

This is the October M.A.S.S. F.I.L.C. Bulletin.

The October meeting will be at 2PM, on Sunday 18 October 1992, at the Taylor
home in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  Directions are appended to the end of this
notice.

All the usual things apply.  Bring friends, filkbooks, instruments, tape
recorders, food, etc.  The Taylor's have a large living room.  They also have
three cats; bring allergy medication if appropriate.

Meetings don't usually start on time.  We have trouble collecting enough
people.  So we will start out with a Critical Mass rehearsal.  You have been
warned.  Otherwise, try to arrive between 3PM and 6PM.

The only item on the agenda for the business meeting, around 6PM (10 minutes
or so) is the selection of a site and date for the December meeting.

The November meeting will be Sunday 8 November, at the house of Judy Anderson,
in Sharon, MA.  This is a new location; directions will be sent next month,
including mass transit directions and schedule.  Judy came to the September
meeting and volunteered.  (This is a good way to make sure the meeting is at a
convenient location and strongly influence the choice of date and time, hint,
THUD).

The annual meeting, held at my house in September, was moderately well
attended.  A number of people arrived on time, to my shock.  Almost everyone
actually brought food, which added to the supplies I had laid in and the
bucket of dismembered Colonel (Sanders), meant that everyone had lunch and/or
dinner.  A few submerged in the hot tub.

The elections reconfirmed the same old gang of three who are running the club
(into the ground?)  This includes me, J. Spencer Love, president; Gary McGath,
clerk; and Ellen Kranzer, treasurer.

I'll produce a newsletter soon describing filking at WorldCon and at ConChord
(which I was able to attend Friday and Saturday but not Sunday).  My current
plans are not to circulate the thing (which usually runs 8-10 pages) on usenet
and the filk echo; if people out there other than on the direct list would
like copies please let me know, via e-mail to

                        JSLove@Starch.ENet.DEC.Com

You can also send mail to be dropped from the list, change your address, add
friends, or switch to the U.S. Postal version of the bulletin, written,
printed and mailed by Gary McGath (who appreciates donations toward postage
but who doesn't want to maintain individual postage accounts).

That's all for this month.  Keep on singing.
                                                -- Spencer

                              Directions

                       Paul and Virginia Taylor
                         213 Groveland Street
                         Haverhill, MA  01835
                             508-374-9865

From the Boston area, take I-93 North to I-495 North.  From other
    points South and West, use a map or other method to get to I-495
    North.  Take exit 49 from I-495 North.  At the top of the ramp,
    turn right.  Go to #A below.

From the North and East, get to I-495 South.  (From the North Shore
    and Cape Ann there are shorter routes, but they are not explained
    here.)  Take exit 49 from I-495 South.  At the top of the ramp,
    turn left, passing over I-495.

#A: You are now on River Street, aka state routes 110 and 113.
    Proceed approximately 2 miles into Haverhill to the first
    stoplight.  Continue straight, shortly passing under the railroad
    tracks.  Do not be confused by changes in the name of the street
    you are on.

#B: Soon after the railroad tracks, you will come to a large square.
    Continue straight through.  Beyond the post office (on the right),
    about 0.6 miles from the first stoplight mentioned above, you will
    come to a second stoplight.  Continue straight through.  By now
    the road is called Water Street.

    About 0.4 miles after the second stoplight, you will come to a
    third stoplight.  Bear to the right.  There is a large Schwinn
    bicycle shop across the intersection to the left.

    About 0.2 miles past the light, you will pass an island in the
    middle of the street.  Bear left onto Groveland Street at the end
    of the first island.

    Proceed 0.7 miles to #213 Groveland Street, a brown, single-family
    house with yellow trim on the right.  Enter via kitchen door on
    the left side of the building.  Note that you will pass Potter's
    Variety store on the right shortly before your destination.  There
    is another such store about 0.25 miles past the Taylor house; if
    you pass a second store you have gone too far.

                        Public Transportation

It is possible to reach Haverhill by commuter rail even on Sunday.
The train to Haverhill leaves North Station at 10AM and 4PM, arriving
in Haverhill about an hour later.  A return train to Boston leaves
Haverhill at 9:22 PM.

If you feel like walking, take the train all the way to Haverhill.
The station is elevated; as you come down the ramp to street level,
turn left.  Follow directions from #B, above; the distance is 1.8
miles.

Alternatively, you can get off the train at Bradford and phone for a
ride.  The phone number is (508) 374-9865.  (There is no convenient
pay telephone at the Haverhill station.)

Chances are good that you can negotiate a ride home even if you
couldn't find a ride to the filksing, especially if you live in the
Boston area.  Also, there may be an earlier return train;
unfortunately, we didn't find out about it, but you can call the
commuter rail.

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