Meeting 795
October 17, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Nathan Slerm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:04 pm
20 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 794 were accepted as
‘Kevin-gifted’
No Treasurer [who is recovering from Vinticon] & no treasurer’s report
VP reports = pre-eminent VP Chris reported that his VP report is online
at www. ; no Nathan
The President managed to avoid reporting
We said ‘hi’ to our latest member Geo [who put his $5 in the jar, but
the membership forms were not present]
Joanie moved to establish a Further Confusion party fund jar & it passed
‘lots to 1’
Julie reported that she spoke to Mike Wallace about the BASFA mailing
list problems and Michael told her his official stance was that anyone
with a mailing list problem should call him [408-396-9037]
The Sports Committee reported that he managed to see a Sharks game in
Chicago
Announcements:
Pam announced that she has photos from Silicon - so look at them
Chris announced there will be a new SFSF this Wednesday
Reviews:
Harold reviewed ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ as excellent, a fair piece of
history & worth full price to a liberal; Dave C follow-on’d that it was
a decent period film, using good archival footage & recommends it as
worth full price & Anne Coulter can go get stuffed; Chris reviewed a
story for how the main actor had auditioned for the role
Chrus also reviewed ‘Capote’ as an absolutely fantastic little film
Dave C reviewed ‘Vinticon 2.5’ [held in Livermore at the Courtyard
Marriott] as a good time was had by all & they all learned that ‘don’t
try for 5 vineyards in 1 day - 4 is just about right’. That they had a
run time & the winemaker’s dinner was very filling & good - recommending
it as worth full value. [There was then some discussion of the doneness
of the beef & that the central committee is looking for suggestions for
next year.]
Andy stated his review of Vinticon will be in SFSF
Julie reviewed a Nova program on Einstein as relatively good and well
worth the time spent watching
Kevin S reviewed his business trip to Chicago as including a chance to
see the Sharks play the Blackhawks & he had a lot of fun, even if the
Sharks lost, especially when sitting at center ice & he drove up to East
Troy Wisconsin to see the East Troy electric railroad. He had the chance
to ride in a just-restored railcar & thought it worth the day’s trip -
recommends it & he experienced a captive oasis on the toll-way back to
Chicago as he learned they work in only one direction - and to bring
lots of coins for the tolls
Harold reviewed seeing the Sharks play at home against the Blackhawks,
where the Sharks won, as worth full price
Diedre reviewed RubyCon [for the ruby programming language] as about 200
attended, that they had to turn away some people this year & it’s
interesting to see a tech shift begin
Let it be known that Dave C did not scamper, he frolicked
And Trey decided it should be Kevin R & Kevin S
We auctioned off a lot of books for = $0.50; $2.00; $0.25; $0.25; $0.50;
and we birthday-auctioned off Chris to himself for $11.00
We adjourned at = 9:15 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘Illinois = land of the iron bladder’
