Meeting 856
December 18, 2006
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8:00
20 people attended
note = the Hickory Pit is closed on Christmas, they should be open Jan 1
- and members stated they would be in attendance then. It is likely
that you will not see you president or secretary until the Jan 8 meeting.
Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 855 were accepted as
'grumble grumble grumble'
We established a party jar
We took in $6.50 in the regular jar and $1.25 in the party jar & the
Treasurer was very late, then reported a cautionary tale about parking
in SF as a lesson in not using the Hilton's valet service
The VP's reported the 'Drink Tank' #108 is out, #109 is sitting on his
desk at work, as well as the AhwaneeCon PR & there'll be a SFinSF out soon
The President had nothing fannish to report
The AhwaneeCon committee reported that they have produced the best
opening salvo ever in the bid-zine wars
Announcements
Joni announced her newsletter = ;Plastic Tinsel Joy' is about to come
out and she is still looking for content - and gossip - so check
www.inflammablecows.net/ptj06
Dave C announced that he brought Gallifrey flyers - and that it will be
at the Marriott in LA in February
Ken announced that KTEH will be showing Dr Who this spring - including
the 'confidentials' and that Stanford is doing their holiday films this
Thursday till Sunday
Chris announced that Lloyd Penney has successful eye surgery
Andy announced that 'Mallard Fillmore's author/artist was arrested again
for drunk driving and had a blood alcohol of .14 [there were many
chuckles at this]
Eric announced that Barbera [of Hanna Barbera] had died
Dave G announced that he and Spring are having a party this Dec 30 - and
they had brought flyers
Reviews:
Chris reviewed the DVD of 'Forbidden Planet' as it's a darned good film,
the featurettes are fantastic & is worth full price by far & the
transfer is gorgeous & reviewed the 'Incomplete History of the Funerary
Violin' as beautifully researched and a marvellous fraud & also well
worth full price
Dave C reviewed '? Sedaris at Carnegie Hall', specifically '6 to 8 Black
Men' & recommends it as worth full price [note = 1st name of Sedaris did
not record as pen printed the D and then the rest of the name blanked
out]; & he reviewed a CD of the Beatles 'Love' as a mash-up album - and
there were many follow-ons about it
Harold reviewed the SciFi channel's 'Lost Room' as not well explained -
with many odd objects & it looks like they plan to make another series
out of it [there were lots of follow-ons about it]
Andy reviewed last week's Torchwood as 'holy mother of god!' and that
there really IS a story arc in there somewhere - like Friday the 13th
the series goes to Cardiff & is worth stealing twice over
Adrienne reviewed 'The Holiday' as a cute little chick flick & reviewed
'Stranger then Fiction' as an interesting concept but it didn't grab her
the way she hoped and rated it as so-so, maybe worth matinee
Chris also reviewed a short on You-Tube 'Last Girlfriend' as possibly
the greatest thing ever made that he didn't film & recommends it
We auctioned off - a VHS tape & a pb for $0.25, books for $4.50, $1.00,
$0.25 & $0.75, a DVD for $1.00, chocolates for $5.00 & birthday
auctioned off Dave C for $8.00 to himself
We adjourned at = 9:20 pm
And the rumor of the week was = 'Personally I don't believe in a woman's
thunder'
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