Meeting 751
December 13, 2004
Trey Haddad, President
Alison McBain-Wu, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:01 pm - before out food showed up
17 people attended
Secretary’s report: last week's minutes were accepted as ‘in some manner
shape or format'
Treasurer’s report: that last week we took in $31.75 & that he has
flyers for his Dec 18 party
The VP report: [by proxy from Dave G] was that no one could leave before
she got there [& she arrived about 15 minutes later with Frank & prezzies]
The President reported that everyone should attend Further Confusion
(Jan 13-17 at the Doubletree)
Announcements:
Kevin announced that next year's SMOFcon will be in Portland, OR,
December 2-4, check www.osfc1.org for details; there were follow-on's
about the Portland area & Jakes was greatly recommended by Ed
Ed announced the current meteor shower peaks tonight
A card for Walter Willis was pass around for us to sign
Reviews:
Dave G stated Mel's Diner on 3rd in SF is closing & their sandwiches
were wonderful; highly recommended & follow-on's occurred
Kevin reviewed SMOFcon in Washington DC as he missed all of his
connections, the Wyndam hotel's architecture was built inside-out, the
con had about 100 attendees & he enjoyed it greatly
Mike reviewed 'Saturday Night Live' as 'it's worth seeing 'Weekend Update'
Ed reviewed 'Blade Trinity' as he came to enjoy it & it's worthwhile
seeing it just to see the vampires go up in flames
Sue reviewed a Mayan court-life exhibit at the SF Legion of Honor as
very worthwhile
I reviewed 'The Incredibles' as it was exceptionally well done but
terribly predictable & worth being taken to
Chris reviewed 'Heroes' by City Lights as very funny & worth full price
Jim warned people to avoid seeing 'Oceans 12'
Nathan reviewed the Super Toy show at the fairgrounds as it had a very
overpriced entry fee, but there were great toys there
We auctioned off a lot of things for varying prices & birthday auctioned
off Dave Clark to himself for $54.00
We adjourned at = 9:35 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘Dave Clark will have a birthday next year
and who knows what will happen'
