Meeting 777
June 13, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Nathan Slurm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, phantom Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:00 pm - with a Julie-made pun-box
20 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 776 were accepted as 'fez’
The Treasurer was late & reported that last week we took in $28.25
VP reports = Nathan reports that a Star Wars bowling league is being
organized & Chris reported he is writing lots of fanzines
The President reported that it was ‘me’ time
We said ‘hi’ to Alice Swanberg, a new BASFA member who joined during Baycon
We said ‘hi’ to Cheryl, returning to us from overseas
The Sports Committee reported that we should rent the luxury box for a
SJ Giant’s game
Two wordy motions failed; another motion passed - that on even numbered
meeting dates Nathan - and on odd numbered meeting dates Chris be given
precedence as VP
Announcements:
Dave C announced that he plans to do an ‘Interthingie’ order with Land’s
End & to talk with him if interested
Frank Wu announced that Harlan Ellison is raising money to get a star on
Hollywood Blvd for Walter Koenig
Cheryl announced she brought copies of Emerald City
Carole announced that Cal Train will do a ‘Romance on the Rails’ & that
she & Bill were interviewed for a segment in it - & also to check for
updates on the Silicon website
Pam announced the Campbell Highland Games will be this Saturday
Art announced that someone [saying he did the first podcast
novel/interested in speaking to us] contacted him and asked for
information about the club that Art then sent him
Reviews:
Julie reviewed Solvang as crowded & commented that seeing ‘Sith’ a 2nd
time did not harm her
Fred reviewed Elizabeth Moon’s books, [‘Marque & Reprisal’ & ‘ Trading
in Danger’] as he enjoyed them and recommends them
I reviewed ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ as an entertaining movie in which the stars
looked like they were having fun & was worth high matinee
Dave G reviewed ‘Day of the Dunes’ as a form of Worldcon prep & that it
had lots of good food & wine
Dave C reviewed ‘Jonathan Strange & Dr. Norrell’ as wordy but fun &
reviewed ‘Bood Expo America’ as crowded & insane & inspired jet lag in
him - & that Alison hefted books far better than did he
Cheryl reviewed that the English cricket board sought to speed up the
game and completely confused the Australians
Kevin reviewed Worldcon Tshirt art & Spaceport Glasgow in which Kevin is
Captain of the Armadillo & that they’ve done a Café Press store for
pre-con merchandize [go see www.cafepress.com/wsfsarmadillo right now!,
before it goes away]
Chris reviewed ‘Tea at 5’ with Kate Mullgrew as fantastic and worth
being taken out to see; reviewed Baycon as they treated him like a king
& reviewed the ‘King of the Hill’ 4th season as the best of that series
Mike reviewed ‘The Inside’ - a Fox TV show - as very dark, gory & worth
checking out
Frank Wu reviewed ‘Shark Boy & Lava Girl’ as the 3D was great & reviewed
‘Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane as very dark, but he liked it
We auctioned off a Harry Potter glowy pen for $10.00
We adjourned at = 9:38 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘this rumor no verb’
