Meeting 927
May 5, 2008
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8:01 - [for pony!]
25 people attended
a party jar was established
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 926 were accepted as 'Kevin's
displaying a thought balloon' & the minutes of meeting CC26 were
accepted as 'are you caught up, Barbara?'
Treasurer's report was that last week we took in $1.00 in the regular
jar [& $1.00 in the CC26 meeting jar]
no VP, week 2
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Party Committee reported that there was a BASFA party at Costume Con
- during the Masquerade, it was lightly attended & he had fun. He has
had confirmation that there WILL be a BASFA party at Baycon & he
desperately needs volunteers to help with the party
Announcements
[evil] Kevin announced that CostumeCon 26 has already had more than
20,000 photos submitted for their archives and if you have more to send
in, send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave G announced that Spring is looking for African-themed fabrics
Adrienne announced that Denvention is 'partnered' with United Air - and
claims to have discounted air-fares - and that the fare from American,
leaving SJ is still cheaper
Fred announced that there's a comic convention May 17-18 at the SJ
convention center, called Super Con
[Galen made a pun]
Dave C announced that a new Cargo Cult catalog is out - for March/April
Reviews:
Harold reviewed the California wildflowers as spectacular, reviewed
'Forbidden Kingdom' as one of the best martial arts movies he's seen,
worth matinee; I follow-on'd that I enjoyed it and thought it worth high
matinee
Fred reviewed 'The Singing Revolution' as excellent, he recommends it
highly & thought it was absolutely fascinating
Stellen reviewed the Maker's Faire as it cost $25 and was well worth it
- lots and lots ov very odd things
Martin reviewed 'The True Meaning of Smekday' by Adam Rex as fun, worth
reading and quite good
[evil] Kevin reviewed CC26 as he was rather active during it; there were
876 attendees - maybe more - and there were adventures; all in all worth
the last 7 years of his life; [then there were follow-on's] Dave C
commented that Dealer's Room ran well and the Gilded Bat won for 'best
evil merchandise' with their spiked Mongolian gauntlet; Adrienne
commented that she heard nothing but good things about the con; Andy
recommended the ScharffenBerger Chocolate tour and made the experience
seem drool-worthy; Eric follow-on'd that the ScharffenBerger tour is
well worth the trip
I reviewed 'Iron Man' as hella fun - with great casting and worth full
price, twice; Ed follow-on'd and totally agreed that it was great &
worth full price & Trey followed that he very much enjoyed it and rated
it as worth high matinee
Joe reviewed the Livermore wine festival as very pleasant & worth doing
again
Fred told everyone to go see the Babbage engine at the Computer History
Museum
we then did auctions: magazine & ring for $0.25; books for Chris for
$0.50; a video for $0.50; then a box of videos for [tall] Kevin for $1.07
We adjourned at = 9:32
And the rumor of the week was: 'Happy Dealers come to California'
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