Official Minutes (1998-1999) TASP Web-Wide

January 1, 1998 || March 9, 1998 || June 2, 1998 || November 5, 1998 || January 5, 1999 || March 19, 1999 || May 1, 1999 || July 25, 1999 || September 20, 1999

January 1, 1998

Back to the Start

1. It was decided that TASP should weigh anchor and sail out from the Schuylkill onward to the high seas of the Internet!
2. Instead of recognizing TASP Members in the old manner (i.e., by their first name and the first letter of their surname), we will now be embracing the spirit of the Web by adopting cyber-handles. (My CH is X-Rom, what's yours? ;-)
3. Membership criteria revisions were put to a vote, and it was decided that TASP Membership should be free to anyone registering by email. Further, it was determined that TASP Membership should include: free visitation rights to the TASP website; special "members' only" email updates (at a frequency yet to be determined); the right to help direct TASP on its mission (through unsolicited and solicited suggestions); and the good will of the Board. The Board reserves the right to cancel any TASP Membership and to withdraw this offer at any time, even retrospectively. So, join TASP now! Visit our Membership page by clicking here and sign up today!
4. Upon earlier recommendations from the TASP Promotional Committee, an exciting new "look" for the TASP website was inaugurated by the Board.
5. The goal of obtaining 10,000 TASP Members before Q3 98 was established.
6. Two new pages for the TASP Website will go online before the next full meeting of the Board: a Confession page and a News Flash page.
7. It was determined that the next full meeting of the Board will be held March 9, 1998 at TASP Virtual HQ.

March 9, 1998

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1. Response to the TASP internet membership drive has been phenomenal. We've recruited more than 200 souls (including one well-known Spanish soap star (CH: Dulcinea del *T*) and one military leader of an African country (CH: Tin Chago Tin)!) dedicating themselves to abstinence, in whatever form they choose. The projected figure for end of March is more than 750.
2. We've designed a database to accommodate the membership list and hired a part-time secretary (CH: Gem Ma) to enter the data. Gem Ma will also be responsible for sending out TASP emails to members.
3. The Board considered allowing advertising to appear on the TASP website in order to help keep the coffers full. Advertisers will have to appeal to the particular moral tastes of our various members; otherwise, anything goes.
4. Seventy-six people have thus far entered the first TASP competition. No one has as yet gotten all the answers correct. Number four seems to be causing everyone problems.
5. The next meeting date will be announced shortly (as soon as the Board and Gem Ma are satisfied that the membership lists are in order--something that, for obvious reasons, must take top priority).

June 2, 1998

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1. With so many new members joining literally every day, we've scarcely had time to catch our breath! Our numbers are now nearing 1,500, and the TASP Board is especially proud to have been able to welcome two US Congressmen (Masturba and Linx Milt) and one former British Prime Minister (Big Ed) into our ranks! We are sad to report, however, that Tin Chago Tin has been ousted in a "democratic" coup and is now in hiding in some unspecified Latin American country. We haven't heard from him since he fled the African nation he once ruled with an iron fist, but we wish him well in his exile.
2. Gem Ma, as I'm sure you know, has been promoted to Resident Psychic. Her half-sister Jah Mongg has taken her place as TASP Secretary.
3. COMING SOON: The TASP Reviews page, featuring expert commentary on all aspects of modern culture, both pop and high!
4. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on November 15, 1998.

November 15, 1998

Back to the Start

1. We've just been overwhelmed with new members.  Now we are rapidly approaching 20,000, if you can believe it!  New members include a former lover of President Bill Clinton (who's apparently not yet gone public but has opted for the CH of Torpadial), a famous Pakistani erotic poet (Whipping Boy), and a Brazilian supermodel (Veronica).
2. We're considering designing and mass producing an official TASP t-shirt.  More details later.
3. We've also recently been elected as a "Pennsylvania Destination of the Day" and so now proudly display their logolink on our main page.
4. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Although we've had literally thousands joining in the past few months, we aren't getting as many contributions to the various parts of the site as we'd like.  So send us your contribution today by email at the address at the bottom of this page!
5. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on January 5, 1999.

January 5, 1999

Back to the Start

1. With our membership figures safely over the 25,000 mark, the Board has decided that it's time to move into Phase Two of our program. While Phase One has been characterized mainly by a desire to grow the number of our members, Phase Two will consist of the projection of a more "militant" attitude toward our focus on Abstinence. In keeping with this shift in direction, we'll be commissioning a full re-design of the TASP website to make the public (and ourselves) more aware of our determination to spread the word about Abstinence.
2. The official T-shirt has been put on hold to incorporate into its design our new militancy.
3. The TASP Board is compiling a list of "enemies of the cause" to be published on this site at a later date.
4. REPEATED CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Don't forget to send us your thoughts and ideas today by email to the address at the bottom of this page... and remember to try to "beef" your contributions "up" with a greater sense of militant urgency!
5. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on March 19, 1999.

March 19, 1999

Back to the Start

1. X-Rom reported that the full re-design of the TASP site is in full swing and, once approved, will be uploaded to our server.
2. It was decided that TASP should have its own desktop theme. This will help get the TASP message out to a wider audience, reminding them every time they use their computer of the benefits of our program. A committee was formed to discuss the content of such a theme. Watch this space!
3. Special announcement: new members include Inversion Bias (a Bethesda physician who operated twice on Ronald Reagan), Saramide R (a London club-owner of some renown) and Lex Talionis (a Saudi prince).
4. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on May 1, 1999.

May 1, 1999

Back to the Start

1. Hurray! The re-design of the TASP website was approved and uploaded. In keeping with our newer, more militant stance, the site has been stripped down and dressed up in olive drab.
2. We've had a host of new celebrity joiners since the last meeting: Verry Kose (a well-known advocate of consumer rights in the United States), Sun Wizzle (an ex-Beatle), Sex Sex (a former cast member on "The Waltons"), Dellacroy Maisie (a recent Nobel Prize winner [Chemistry]), and Qart Weel (a Chinese secret agent currently operating in Tokyo).
3. A committee was formed to coordinate the dispersal of information regarding the TASP millennium.
4. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on July 25, 1999.

July 25, 1999

Back to the Start

1. The first design for the TASP desktop theme (Windows 95/98/NT) was submitted for approval to, and subsequently rejected by, the TASP Board.  The reason for the rejection of the first design given was, and I am quoting, that, "[a]lthough the TASP Board is very much impressed with the fervor with which the designers embraced the core message of our Organization in the production of their first desktop theme--and likewise with the inspired use of color in all the elements of said theme--, it is felt by the TASP Board that a less overtly 'partisan' approach is needed to guarantee wide-spread acceptance and use of the Organization's desktop theme(s)."  The group of designers have, therefore, been sent back to the drawing board, so to speak, and will provide the TASP Board with two new designs (tentatively classed as "TASP Man" and "TASP Woman") by the end of the current year.
2. The TASP Board is saddened to report the sudden death (by assassin's bullet) of TASP Member Tin Chago Tin.  He will be remembered with fondness and admiration for his many contributions to the cause.
3. New TASP members since the last meeting include: Marsh Beast (a French civil servant of some renown recently recovered from a widely reported series of scandals involving sporting accidents) and Chikkon Pax (a US congressman from sunny California).
4. It was reported that membership had reached 43,000 as of July 21, 1999.
5. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on September 20, 1999.

September 20, 1999

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1. Since the last meeting, 1,241 people joined TASP, including three particularly unusual characters: Hertha Berlin (a former Salvadoran death-squad commander now living in an unspecified European country); Sandpaper Saltlick (one of the "net-heads" in alt.config and the moderator of another newsgroup focusing on a science-fiction television program); and Ming Le Roi (the audacious transvestite "madam" of one of Soho's most famous S&M/B&D clubs/brothels).
2. As many Members will know, TASP does not recognize the beginning of the new millennium at either of the two most popular years (i.e., 2000 or 2001).  An information section on the TASP Millennium has been commissioned by the TASP Board for inclusion on the TASP website.  This special section should appear early in the new year, so keep your eyes peeled! [Special note: the TASP site has undergone a "purifying" slim-line design change to get us all ready for the dramatic changes to come!]
3. The next TASP Board meeting will be held on January 15, 2000.

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