We began to have the workings of a real club. We hammered out a constitution and Bret invented the really snazzy name for the club, all in preparation for official recognition as a student club by our local Federation of Students. Most of all, this summer involved a lot of discussion about what we wanted CTRL-A to be and what it would do.

The aim of the club became, and still remains: to promote and serve interest in anime, especially among people who have never been exposed to it before. This meant we had to stay accessible to the general public and be in a position to be able to freely advertise our club and its events. We would have only sabotaged this by engaging in bootleg copying and trading, or any activity that might have been construed as unethical, illegal, or distasteful. Hence, integrity has become very important to our club, as has a sensitivity to the content of our shows.

Bret posted to rec.arts.anime and got a lot of advice on starting up an anime appreciation club.

We set up the format for our principal means of reaching people -- our shows. We did two, using favours to get us the equipment and space (DC1302 through Mark Tilden, and the Village I Great Hall through Andy Yang). Our starting material was donated by a local resident, Steve Koo, who had himself been introduced to anime by Mark Tilden.

Our most successful means of internal communication was also begun at this point. Bret set up an electronic mailing system by which we informed a list of members about upcoming shows, events, and other club news.

Executive

Even though this was the first term with a constitution, it was difficult to find people who were willing to act as the executive. But through the term the positions were occupied as follows:

[Tim Lahey resigned his position during the term due to external pressures. Caroline Kierstead assumed his duties.]