John is a busy bee, something’s bugging Alison, and Liz meets a wasp.

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Content warnings this episode: Vote rigging and bureaucracy.

• Glasgow programme

• Saturday, 11:30: “Table talk: Octothorpe Podcast”

• Friday, 14:30: “Ahsoka: Fusing Clone Wars, Rebels and Heir to the Empire”

• Friday, 10:00: “The Difficult Second Album”

• Nothing because she’s saving herself just for you, listeners 💜

• Access is through the members’ portal

• File 770’s report

• Chris Garcia’s in-depth dive into the agenda is at Claims Department #74

• The “don’t do that Dave” resolutions (C1, 3–4): we are in favour

• Consultative vote on the indie film category

• We are in favour of Conann, Lovely, Dark and Deep, Mars Express, Tiger Stripes, and Mollie and Max in the Future

• The Boy and the Heron: released 8 December on 2,325 screens, made $35mn in 2023

• WSFA

• Glasgow has ~8,400 WSFS members, WSFS membership is £45, so 5% is ~£18k

• Here are links to the text of the two redacted resolutions

• D11 Statement of Values for Transparency and Fair Treatment

• c.f. our discussion of Kevin Standlee’s foot in his mouth on Episode 103

• Some of this stuff matters but it shouldn’t get debated this year

• We didn’t think that all of them were worth discussing, so you can assume we’re in favour/ambivalent of the ones we don’t discuss (unless we forgot one that’s very heinous)

• Cover art: “All the Popcorn” by Alison Scott

• Alt text: A giant stripy purple bucket of popcorn on a cinema screen says “Octothorpe 115 WSFS Special”, and John, Alison and Liz sit in the audience, silhouetted in the style of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. John is saying “We’re gonna need a bigger box of popcorn.”