English

Noun

minac ‎(plural minacs)

1. (fandom slang) The minimum activity required of a member of amateur press association; the regular contribution required to maintain membership.
   • 2000 March 28, Gary Farber, “Re: Personal Apa? (was Re: Boskone 37 Repo”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom, Usenet, message-ID <8brcus$fhh$1@news.panix.com>:

     Some trad apas *don't* have minacs, some *are* for formal zines, many apazines *don't* consist largely of mailing comments, many apas *don't* have dues, some *don't* use the usage of "mailings" or "distributions," and so forth.

   • 2001 October, Harris, Warren, “Just who is this guy anyway?”, in Back Numbers, number 1, page 1:

     John seems to think I will have enough to say of interest to the membership to fill my minimum number of pages. I understand that some waitlisters have contributed pages before becoming full members and this seems like a good idea to me. This way I can make a dry run at putting together my contributions each mailing without worrying about having to meet minac. If I can’t make minac while I’m waiting to join, I figure I can gracefully drop from the waitlist before causing any trouble.

Verb

minac ‎(third-person singular simple present minacs, present participle minacking, simple past and past participle minacked)

1. (fandom slang) To not meet the minimum activity level of a amateur press association.
   • 1999 October 18, Vicki Rosenzweig, “Re: AKICIF New York History department”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom, Usenet, message-ID <F6sLOMDeV7ku53YswkZZdubXcB=M@4ax.com>:

     That would be more of an inducement if I hadn't minacked out of FAPA after realizing that I wasn't reading most of it.

   • 2006 July 25, Steve Tompkins, “Once More Unto the Post Office…”, in The Cimmerian, retrieved 2014-12-10:

     We few, we serconn’d few, we apa of brothers;¶ For he today that sheds his ink with me¶ Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so minacked,¶ This day shall excuse his reprint;