Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2016 Business Meeting: Difference between revisions

The annual business meeting of the membership of The Norman Mailer Society (“NMS”) was convened at the beginning of the Society’s fourteenth annual conference at Monmouth University, Long Branch, New Jersey, on Thursday, September 29, 2016, with President [[J. Michael Lennon]] presiding. The meeting began with a discussion of the logistics and locations of events at the conference, presented by Mike Lennon and Treasurer [[David Light]]. Mike acknowledged the photographs on the front and back covers of the program. The front cover is a photo of [[Norman Mailer]] and his sister [[Barbara Wasserman]] as young children, and the back cover photo is of the children with their father Barney, whose appearance Norman had likened to Donald Rumsfeld. Highlights noted for the conference ahead included the luncheon on Saturday with an expected attendance of 100 and keynote speaker Barbara Wasserman. Other program highlights include a presentation, hosted by Susan Goulding, on the history of Long Branch, a reading by Alex Gilvarry from his forthcoming novel ''Eastman Was Here'', and a presentation of the one-woman play ''A Ticket To The Circus'', written by Bonnie Culver and performed by actress K.C. Leiber. President Mike Lennon thanked the staff of Monmouth University, including particularly Susan Goulding, for their help and support in the organization and planning of the conference.