*Meeting 899*
*October 22, 2007*
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
*Began 8:05 - with Chris missing the delicious Daleks made especially
for him [that the rest of us proceeded to eat; nom nom nom!]*
*24 people attended *
We established a party jar
*Secretary's report*: the minutes of meeting 898 were accepted as 'what?'
*the Treasurer reported he left his information at home & he got the
muzak turned down *
*there was no VP - but the virtual VP report is that there's a new Drink
Tank out and he wants submissions for the BASFA Times*
*The President had nothing fannish to report & said 'Hi Cheryl!'*
The Site Selection Committee reported that we'll be back at Coco's next week
*Announcements*
[evil] Kevin announced that Smashwolf is deeply invested in Odd Ball in
Santa Cruz & he needs help desperately; he also announced that he
brought a semi-corrected proof copy for Costume Con 26 to be perused
Cheryl announced 'hello, I'm here', but only briefly because she'll be
in Boston the next three Mondays & announced that Art Widner's 90th
birthday is soon and she had a birthday card for him for us to sign
Dave C would have liked to announce that the Cramps are playing at the
Fillmore - but since they are NOT, that the Tiger Lilies are playing,
Tuesday Oct 30, 7:30 at the Swedish American Hall on Market; there was a
follow on that the Tubes are playing on Oct 26 at the Brookdale Lodge
[tall] Kevin announced that there are a stack of fanzines on the back
table so feel free to take them
*Reviews*:
Joe reviewed his free fall last week as great but the landing sucked [he
cracked his assitibulum [sp?] - the bone leading up to his hip joint]
[tall] Kevin reviewed Osaka as full of underground warrens - a maze of
twisty passages, almost all alike & worth full price; reviewed
onomokiyaki [sp?] as pretty good, actually & reviewed various British
programs he's been watching as diverse - that 'Mastermind' is really,
really hard and they play for a crystal cup & 'Have I got New for You'
is topical political humor
Cheryl reviewed FinnCon and Finland as good fun - 5,000 anime fans and a
few hundred science fiction fans having fun & reviewed Eurocon in
Denmark as an entertaining thing - that most attendees do not speak a
common language but have English as a 2nd or 3rd language, so the
convention's business was done in English; plus that England is even
colder and wetter than usual
Joni reviewed the rental cars she has been having to use as that the
minivan was the best of the lot
Glen reviewed the Japanese as the kindest people in the entire world,
but that when he lost his laptop in Kyoto it was recovered completely
intact [including all papers and money therein] & all concerned refused
rewards, so they are just the BEST people; he also rated the Japanese
train system as awesome
Dave C reviewed 'Broken Government' by John Dean as dry but good
reading, worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Elizabeth the Golden Age' as great costumes, good
production values, but it had a horrible, pathetic script that was both
boring and a terrible re-writing of history - -not- recommended; and she
reviewed the 'Most Haunted' live broadcast as fun until stinky Comcast
switched away from it to put the Shopping Channel on there at midnight
[before the broadcast was over]
Mike reviewed 'SR2 Gallery, Pop Om Art Show' as worth full price because
it was free & reviewed paperback book protectors [obtained at
www.hardbacker.com] as very useful and worth full price
Stellan reviewed his blinky/flashy shirt as fun, they can be obtained at
sites like thinkgeek.com and well worth being a free sponsor hand-out at
the Wearable Computer Conference he attended & reviewed the Smithsonian
Halsey Air & Space annex as enormous, very impressive and worth free entry
Trey reviewed 'Rendition' as very realistic, with fine acting, but it
left him feeling depressed and it was worth matinee to him
*Then we auctioned off snacks for $3.00; books for $0.25; $0.25; $0.25;
$1.00; $0.25; a Silicon program book for $0.25; Vampire Chardonay for
$5.00; a zippered Costco back with stuff for $0.25; a poster and books
for $0.25 & a poster and books for $0.25*
*We adjourned at =* 9:52
*And the rumor of the week was* that = 'Daleks taste just like chicken'
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