Meeting 937
July 14, 2008
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8:03
25 people attended
a party jar was established
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 936 were accepted as
'BASFA-mous rumors'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $4.00 in the regular
jar & $5.50 in the party jar
the VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out & he's looking for
artists for his fanzine on infinite earths
The President has seen fliers and welcomed Nancy to the club - plus we
said 'hi' to Allison [Glenn's wife]
Announcements
Adrienne announced that the last weekend of July will see the Gilroy
Garlic Festival
Dave C announced that he outlived Tony Snow [yay! There were follow-on's
including on that another Bozo had died]
Chris announced that he will be presenting a Dramatic Hugo at Worldcon
[evil] Kevin announced that he & Andy will be sponsoring goat roping for
the 5th year at this year's Gay Rodeo at Driscoll Ranch, the week after
Worldcon; there were follow-on's - and Howeird recommended it
Lisa announced that there will be a Mythcon the week after Worldcon in
CT - but no goats [check www.mythsoc.org]
Julie announced that ERPS is meeting tomorrow at Gerry Nordley's house;
for more information, email her at = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andy announced that the Belgians just bought Anheuser Busch and this may
be a sign of the apocalypse, as the Belgian PM resigned and the Belgium
government has now just collapsed
Reviews:
[evil] Kevin reviewed the Obon festival in Japantown in SJ as lots of
fun, lots of shopping, lots of eating and some drinking and reviewed
'Wall-e' as worth full price
Then Westercon was reviewed by [evil] Kevin as he was one of the 12
people there and he and Andy went to the spa twice and he had a very
good time and was worth full price; various folks reviewed the
Spintronics panel [evil] Kevin did as fantastic; the pub was full of
win; Chris reviewed it as a destination con and did not need to have
programming - except for the Match game and [evil] Kevin's panel, he had
a blast & it was worth full price; Glenn reviewed it as good even if it
began with depressing news, it was small [313], the Match Game was fun;
Lisa reviewed it as the heat almost killed her again, the Masquerade was
small, & as worth getting out of the house; Dave C reviewed it was he
did well there and 'god it was tiny'; [tall] Kevin reviewed it was the
drive back was slow, the con was hot and small - worth the trip but not
a great Westercon; Andy reviewed the hotel as it gave good space for the
cost, con suite was beautiful, the fanzine lounge was a blast, it was a
good con for 300 and there is 'very little difference in appearance from
aging unkempt fans from aging unkempt gamblers'; there were more
follow-ons, then the follow-ons were commented on - including a mention
of black feral bunnies
Adrienne reviewed a writing website as interesting and the 1st review is
free, but questions the judgment level of the critics
Lisa reviewed 'Love' as good and reviewed 'Spamalot' very good, very
silly and enjoyable and Vegas was too hot
Chris reviewed 'Chris Garcia's tourist hell' as he played upon the
naivety of a visiting Brit and it was priceless and reviewed 'Iron Man'
as still wonderful
Julie reviewed an outdoor production of 'Annie Get your Gun' in Martinez
as the lead actress was perfect, it was well worth it and the 'Sons of
Emperor Norton' are a good country band
Dave C reviewed the Vegas Strip 'Borg Invasion' as it was in 3D and they
didn't give the audience glasses for it and reviewed 'Love' as very
slow, abstract and beautiful - and indescribable in any concrete sense
Howeird reviewed Dragon Stoppard's 'Rough Crossing' as very good,
recommends it and reviewed the DVD of 'Hardware Wars' as fun and worth
full price
Glenn reviewed getting a mimeo as involved and an adventure - worth dead
raccoon
we then did auctions: for $5.25; $0.75; $0.25; $0.50; $0.75; $4.00;
$2.00; $1.00 & $8.00
We adjourned at = 10:10
And the rumor of the week was: 'CoCo's summer menu will feature goat
dressing and sheep dip'
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