Cambridge University Ro|e-Playing Society ========================================= Newsletter the Fifth 1996/97 The Funny Bit ------------- Just turn on the TV and watch the politicians. Handy-Dandy, At-A-Glance Diary Of Forthcoming Attractions --------------------------------------------------------- 3-4 May RAG Dungeon 10 May PolyCon 20 May CURS AGM 14 June Unicon & Annual Dinner 15 June CURS Punt Party Varsity Match - Date TBA as soon as Oxford gets its act together. RAG Dungeon ----------- The year is 1937. Annexation of European countries by Hitler has begun. Armies are being raised. War is beginning to seem inevitable. The British Government has organised a diverse group of specialists to tackle a suspected Nazi threat, details unknown. We need YOU to fight Nazis, crack bullwhips and drink coffee for 24 hours non-stop to raise money for RAG. The game will take place at a secret location far from Cambridge, from 3pm on Sat. 3rd May to 3pm on Sun. 4th May. Sponsorship forms are available on the WWW for you to print your own at http://hammer.chu.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs/rag_dung.html. Remember, this is for RAG. You have no excuse not to get out there and do it. We need to know numbers *in advance*, so mail the Secretary to book your place. Characters will be picked in the order you write off, so get typing *now*. PolyCon ------- Two conventions in Cambridge! Are you lot spoiled or what? PolyCon will be held at the Cambridge Regional College, Kings Hedges Road on May 10th, from 9am to 8:30pm. Attractions include a team competition, Bring'n'Buy stalls and tournaments (AD&D, CoC & Star Wars) for the really serious gamers among you. CURS is going to enter teams in the competition, so contact a committee member if you're thinking of coming. One more thing: it can be tricky finding the venue - there are several Cambridge Regional Colleges. If in doubt, tag along with one of last year's grizzled veterans. CURS Annual General Meeting --------------------------- Tuesday 20th May. 8pm, Clare Buttery. There will be two main bits: discussion of motions, then elections. First bit: motions. If you want to change the way the society works, show off what a clever nob you are or force all committee members to wear their underwear on the outside, submit a motion to the President. It needs to be in writing, with your name (proposer) and of another member to second it. Both signatures are also needed. Details of motions to be discussed will appear in a newsletterette a few days before the AGM. Next: the elections. Do you think the committee are cretins? Are you a cretin? Then stand for election! Simply pick a post, get two other people to nominate and second you (in writing, wiv signatures), and get the note off to El Presidente before noon on Saturday 17th May. Then come along to the meeting on Tuesday and explain neither of the other parties can be trusted on taxes. Notes for Advanced Students and Young Conservatives: The posts will be voted for in the following order: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Junior Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, Live Role-Playing Officer, External Officer and finally Chief Caprine Entity. You can choose to stand for two posts - if you fail to get elected to the first, you may stand for the second. If you're confused, then congratulations - you're ideal committee material. Ask a committee member for help, or check out the constitution on the CURS Web site for more information. Unicon ------ A convention run by CURS! Come along and join in the games... Location is the Stone Yard Centre. Saturday 14th June. More details to follow. Afterwards, why not come along to the... CURS Annual Dinner ------------------ Relax, eat too much, drink too much. 'Nuff said. More details later (tickets must be bought beforehand). Sleep it off overnight, in time for the... CURS Punt Party --------------- On Suicide Sunday, 15th June. Everybody meets up on the green by The Anchor at noon, lazes around until the off-licenses open, then sets off for Grantchester. When we get there, a scrump-licious picnic will be laid on by the Extravagant Eight. Tickets will be probably be seven pounds (eight for non-members), including punt and food. You must get these in advance - noon on the day before (Saturday 14th) at the latest. If you can, bring a college punt - we'll pay for it *and* refund your ticket price. If you can get book a punt, please let a committee member know (so we can be organised. Not that we aren't already.) Oh, and bring your own drink. Serious and Important Bit: Despite what their GMing indicates, the committee cares deeply about your health, and would be inconvenienced if you died half-way to Grantchester. Even though it would mean more sandwiches for the rest of us. So remember, kids: the sun can get very hot, particularly in a punt with no shade. Bring some non-alcoholic drink to avoid dehydration, and wear sun cream. If you get hayfever, you will *really* suffer, so bring your medicine. Oh, and if you don't enjoy getting wet, think twice about coming. Or wear a diving suit. This goes double for committee members. Varsity Match ------------- Oxford are probably hosting it this year - they don't seem to have made their minds up yet. And you think *we're* bad. We'll need five players for our team - buzz your committee member if you think you're up to it. Finalists will be given priority. Weekly Meetings --------------- These will be on Tuesdays, 8pm in Clare Buttery. As usual. A good place to start if you need a committee member. The Library ----------- The CURS library is now a bit fatter, including stuff like Dragon Dice and the AD&D CD-ROM. If you want to borrow something, call on the Librarian, Tim Cooke (tmac2@hermes.cam.ac.uk). His room is L2, Whewell's Court, Trinity. The Last EGM ------------ took about 10 minutes. Paul Baxter was elected as VP unopposed. The constitution was amended so that a co-opted committee member could be Librarian. This Week's Committee Is: President Steve Strafford (The First Doctor) Christ's sds22@hermes.cam.ac.uk Vice-President Paul Baxter (The Second Doctor) Girton pdb26@hermes.cam.ac.uk Secretary Steve McIntyre (The Third Doctor) Churchill stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk Junior Treasurer Rohan Platts (The Fourth Doctor) Homerton rp207@hermes.cam.ac.uk Assistant Sec. Matthew Charles (The Fifth Doctor) Trinity mjc42@hermes.cam.ac.uk LRP Officer Alden Spiess (The Sixth Doctor) Corpus aos20@hermes.cam.ac.uk CCE Dave Stewart (The Seventh Doctor) Churchill dbs20@hermes.cam.ac.uk External Officer Rob Wilcox (The Eighth Doctor) Real World robw@chiark.greenend.org.uk [If you can do better, *please* let us know!] http://hammer.chu.cam.ac.uk/~sam1007/curs/ or http://yuggoth.girton.cam.ac.uk/curs/ Mat Charles 21/04/97