The next Minn Stf meeting will be Saturday March 3rd starting at 2 pm at Toad Hall, 3444 Blaisdell Ave. S., Mpls. This will be the second board of directors nominations meeting. It will also be the return of the dessert party. And it will be a Minicon Hospitality work party. For further information call Geri or Jeff at 612-###-#### Saturday March 3rd will be the Minneapa 381 Collation at the Minn-StF Meeting. For Further Information call Dean Gahlon at 612-###-#### Saturday March 3rd starting at 7 pm will be MISFITS Karaoke night at the Radisson South Hotel, 7800 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington. Cost is $5 or $3 with a nonparishable food or hygene item for the Aliveness Project For further information email karaoke@misfit.oXg Sunday March 4th starting at 1 pm will be a Diversicon 9 meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Sunday March 4th starting at approximately 2 pm will be the first Diversicon 10 meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Saturday March 10th starting at 1 pm there will be a Minicon concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information contact David Dyer-Bennet via email at dd-b@dd-b.nXt or call him at 612-###-#### Saturday March 10th will be the Stipple-APA collation. For further information call Judie Cilcain at 651-###-#### Saturday March 10th is the Last Call for Programming Ideas for MarsCon For further information email 2001info@marscon.oXg Sunday March 11th from 2 to 4 pm Second Foundation will be meeting at David Christenson's 3728 Longfellow Ave. S., Mpls. This month's topic will be the works of Connie Willis. For further information call David at 612-###-#### Monday March 12th starting at 7:30 pm there will be a Minn-StF Board of Directors Meeting at Scott Raun's, 3928 11th Ave S, Mpls. For further information contact any board member. #################### Thursday March 15th is the preregistration deadline for Minicon For further information email registration@minicon.mnstf.oXg Thursday March 15th is also the deadline for getting information into the Minicon program book. For further information email publications@minicon.mnstf.oXg Friday March 16th MISFITS Read the Book/See the movie club will be meeting. This months book and movie is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. For further information contact Tim Wick via email at odison@aol.cXm. Friday March 16th and Saturday March 17th are MISFITS movie nights at the Plaza Theater, 1847 East Larpenteur, Maplewood. The movie is Tremors. Tickets are $4 and the shows start at 11:30 pm. For further information contact the theater at 651-###-#### Saturday March 17th starting at 1 pm there will be a meeting of the Worldbuilding Society at Arone's, 500 Central Ave. SE, Mpls. the topic will be "Future Education". For further information contact Dan Goodman via email at dsgood@visi.cXm or call him at 612-###-#### #################### Saturday March 17th starting at 2 pm will be the Minn Stf pool party at the Radisson South Hotel, 7800 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington. This will be the voting meeting for the board of directors. For further information call Lydy at 612-###-#### Saturday March 17th starting at 5 pm will be Boiled in Lead's Annual St. Patrick's Day Concert at First Avenue. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. For further information look on the web at www.omnium.cXm/bil/dates.html Sunday March 18th from 1 to 4 pm will be a MarsCon concom meeting at the Radisson South Hotel, 7800 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington. This is also the MarsCon Final Programming Deadline For further information contact Marscon via email at 2001info@marscon.oXg, via postal mail at MarsCon, P.O. Box 600458, Saint Paul, MN 55106 or look on the web at marscon.oXg Sunday March 18th starting at 1:30 pm there will be a meeting of The Rivendell Group at the Southdale Public Library 701 York Ave., Edina. The topic will be the Children's Theater Company production of C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe For further information contact David Lenander via email at d-lena@tc.umn.eXu or call him at 651-###-#### #################### Further information about the Minnesota Science Fiction Society can be found on the web at www.mnstf.oXg or you can write to Minnesota Science Fiction Society PO Box 8583, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408 or you can leave a message after the beep and I will get the message to the appropriate person If you would like to have an event listed on the hotline you can send email to hotline@mnstf.oXg or leave a message after the beep.