Meeting 754
January 3, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Alison McBain-Wu, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:06 pm - after our food showed up
13 people attended
Secretary’s report: last week's minutes were not accepted as they were
not present
Treasurer’s report: that last week we took in $1.35 & $7.85 the week before
no VP
The President reported he had a wonderful vacation - but is glad to be
back & that Further Confusion will be Jan 13-17 at the Doubletree
Kevin suggested we do Hugo nominations real soon now (2 weeks hence) &
Dave G moved to amend the WSFS constitution - well, okay - not really
Announcements:
Chris announced a short he made 'Chick Magnet' will be shown at
Cinequest this March & that Frank Kelly Freas has passed away & an obit
he wrote will be on fanboyplanet.com tomorrow
Art announced there's a writer's workshop, Odessey (he had a
printout of the details)
Mike announced the cast of Veronica Mars will be at the Metrion [sp]
in SF, Saturday 2-4pm
Dave C announced the Grand Lake theatre will have a showing of the
new 'Battlestar Galactica' movie
Kevin announced that Firesign Theatre will do a tour and have a stop
in Campbell, the first Thursday in February at the Heritage Theatre
Reviews:
Julie reviewed the DVD of Michael Todd's 'Around the World in 80 Days'
as glorious and worth full price
Kevin reviewed his train trip to Oregon as worth what he paid for it -
but not something for all people, he admits (especially anyone on a time
schedule)
I reviewed 'National Treasure' as being fun to watch, worth matinee &
Chris follow-on'd that he loved it - & Trey said he also enjoyed it
Dave C reviewed 'Phantom of the Opera' as nice music, wonderful sets,
with a few problems and worth matinee
Nathan reviewed Las Vegas & the new Borg 4D Adventure as pretty fun -
overall worth full price - and Nathan reviewed the 'Shaun of the Dead'
DVD as still full & worth full price
Trey reviewed 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' as he had a good time,
worth matinee; Dave C follow-on'd as he thought they did a good
adaptation of the 1st 3 books & Chris absolutely adored it
We auctioned off staff = books for $2.50; more books for .75 & .25; a CD
for .75 & a DVD back to Chris for $2.00
We adjourned at = 9:22 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘Nathan has been assimilated. The Borg
are now drunk.'
