The Board of Directors of the Political Film Society held a meeting at the time, on the day and at the place set forth hereinbelow, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Procedure:

TIME: 7 p.m.
DATE: February 5, 2000
PLACE: 8481 Allenwood Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Present at said meeting were the following persons:
Michael Haas, Chair of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Political Film Society
Eric J. Dacumos, Secretary of the Board of Directors and Member of the Political Film Society

The following named persons served as Chair and Secretary of the meeting:

Chair: Michael Haas
Secretary: Eric J. Dacumos.
Minutes for the previous meeting (June 19, 1999) were read, and the following resolution was adopted.

RESOLVED, that the minutes for the meeting of June 19, 1999, are hereby accepted.

As Chief Financial Officer, Michael Haas submitted a financial report for the Political Film Society for 1999; the report, including a list of donations and the names of 12 new members who joined in 1999, is appended to these minutes. He noted that bank statements had not been received from California Federal for most months of the year due to a mixup at the post office, so he closed the checking account on January 19, 2000, and then opened a savings account at California Federal on January 21, 2000, with the same opening balance plus a donation (from Michael Haas) of $77.27. Following circulation of the report to the members present, the following resolution was duly adopted:

RESOLVED, that the financial report for 1999 is hereby accepted.

As Secretary, Eric J. Dacumos presented a membership report for 1999. He noted that as of December 31, 1998, there were 74 email members, 3 paid snailmail members, and 110 members who had neither submitted email addresses nor paid the annual $5 fee to receive newsletters through snailmail. Among the 8 Honorary Memberships awarded in 1999, 6 failed to renew for 2000, though 2 have been retained because they supplied email addresses. Following circulation of the report to the members present, the following resolution was duly adopted:

RESOLVED, that the membership report for 1999 is hereby accepted.
The next order of business was to count the pre-nomination ballots. The Chair turned over the votes to the Secretary, who in turn counted the votes and presented the following resolution, which was adopted by the Board:

WHEREAS members of the Political Film Society had an opportunity to narrow the list of nominees to five or fewer for best films for 1999 from January 1, 2000, to February 5, 2000; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following films have been nominated for an award in the following categories for 1999:

DEMOCRACY
East of Hope Street
Fight Club
The Insider
Three Kings
Naturally Native

EXPOSÉ
Boys Don’t Cry
The Insider
Naturally Native
Three Kings
Three Seasons

HUMAN RIGHTS
Boys Don’t Cry
The Green Mile
Hard
Naturally Native
Xiu Xiu

PEACE
Cabaret Balkan
Light It Up
One Man’s Hero
Three Kings
West Beirut

The Chair noted, in accordance with Rule 9f, that final ballots for all categories will be circulated to members by February 15 and that the deadline for return of ballots is March 1. The next meeting of the Board, when the final ballots will be counted, was scheduled for Saturday, March 4, at 7 p.m. at 8481 Allenwood Road, Los Angeles, California 90046.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned.

Chair:________________________________

ATTEST:______________________________
                (Secretary)