Meeting 796
October 24, 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 - with talk of 9-volt batteries
18 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 795 were accepted as ‘scampering’
No Treasurer [week 2][ but the proxy report was that last week we took
in $20.25 in the regular jar & $18.50 in the FC party jar
VP reports = pre-eminent VP Nathan reported ‘Ummm, nothing fannish to
report’ & VP Chris reported that he had his first mayoral campaign this
last week & it went well, plus there’ll be a ‘Drink Tank’ out on Friday
The President managed to avoid reporting
Ed reported that he has a room for the Further Confusion BASFA party &
he is FC’s official party maven & the party goods were delivered
Then we established a Further Confusion party fund jar
Announcements:
Kevin S announced that Gridlore’s live journal is organizing an outing
to Ardenwood’s corn maze this Sunday at 10am [Gridlore = fellow fan Doug
Berry] - so check his LJ for further details & Kevin announced that
Cheryl is due back on Wednesday
Dave C announced the Tiger Lilies are coming to town tomorrow night at
Bimbos
Art announced that that November is the annual Dev Nul NetHack - so sign up
Mike announced that there’s a Legion of Rasselon this Friday at the
Carl’s Jr at 1st & Trimble
Sue announced that Stephen Hawking will speak Nov 7th at the Center for
Performing Arts in SJ
Reviews:
Andy reviewed makingfriends.com [an animated shorts site] as - you must
watch the cartoons & he reviewed the Original Pancake House clam
pancakes as surprisingly good & worth full price [ewwww!]
Ed reviewed ‘Ghost’ by John Ringo as just barely sf [barely future Navy
Seal life] as a fun read with kinky sex - worth full price
I reviewed ‘Doom’ as surprisingly fun & not too bad; worth matinee;
there were various comments of disbelief & Trey reviewed ‘Doom’ as the
characters were charismatic enough to hold the screen, the special
effects were pretty seamless & the plot was predictable - worth bargain
matinee
Julie reviewed a book, ‘How to Make Anything’ that sounded real nifty -
about fabrication technology and a book that makes you think - as well
worth reading
Chris reviewed viewing German burlesque as weird and bizarre and worth
having a friend bring with them from Germany to see on a Saturday night
[there were comments]
Kevin R reviewed ‘Wallace & Gromit’ as worth full price & he howled out
loud several times while watching it & he reviewed the Masterpiece
Theatre ‘Case of the Silk Stockings’ with Rupert Everett as interesting,
but there were some glitches; then Kevin reviewed the Stargate’s first
use as a portal [and the computer video file of this was nifty]
We auctioned off stuff for = 2 magazines = $10.00; then books for $0.25,
$0.25; $0.75; $0.25 & $2.00
We adjourned at = 9:21 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘Clams got pancakes!’
