Vol. I, No. 1. Introduction.

Matt and Kyle provide disclaimers, rules, prefaces, rationales, and background information concerning the Society and this podcast.

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Minutes of the Meeting.

For corrections to this issue, see errata of Vol. I, Nos. 2 and 3.

The meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, 16 June 2020, remotely, the co-chairs pro tempore being in the chairs and the secretary being present.

0:00:46 Meeting called to order.

0:01:40 Disclaimer: This meeting has been held several times.

0:02:44 Apologized for jocularity. ["Conflicted and interesting thoughts on humor" were indeed discussed in Vol. I, No. 2.]

0:03:09 Apologized for poor audio. Solicited advice from audio editors. Mentioned NPR (National Public Radio), PRI (Public Radio International), This American Life, All Things Considered, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Ben Shapiro Show, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, Serial, How Did This Get Made?, 99% Invisible, A Prairie Home Companion.

0:10:01 Pleaded for money to hire an audio editor, voice actors, and the like. Pleaded for musicians to re-record theme music.

0:11:53 (Global) pandemic has required meetings be convened online. Society decided to begin publishing proceedings. Cited definition of pandemic from Lexico by Oxford Dictionary.

0:14:26 Rule of discussion: Only topics not in members’ areas of competency.

0:15:36 Rule of discussion: Only one hour may be spent in preparation.

0:16:12 Why the Society is publishing these proceedings: to facilitate the “workshopping” of ideas, to facilitate others developing idea