Meeting 941 August 11, 2008
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:03 - with mysterious mutterings 12 people attended a party jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 939 were accepted as 'tall Kevin's warranty has run out' & the minutes of meeting 940 were accepted as 'Grabthor's hammer was a balpeen' no Treasurer report no VP report The President reported that he's glad to be back Announcements [evil] Kevin announced that this year's Gay Rodeo at Driscoll Ranch is happening this coming weekend Reviews: Worldcon was reviewed = Andy said Denvention was far better than it had any right to be, that there were problems, but few of them were obvious, the Masquerade was marvellous, the convention center food service stank on ice but the building was beautiful - Denver itself was fabulous [and there were various food expedition adventures] and all in all it was worth full price; [evil] Kevin reviewed it as that he worked much harder on the con than he expected to do, that Wil McCarthy as Toastmaster was wonderful, that he drank a bit, didn't get enough sleep & had a good time; Fred commented that the various eateries he tried were good, the Hyatt Regency had their act together, Registration needed MUCH better signage and he still had a good time I reviewed 'Mummy 3' as very pretty to look at but very frothy when it came to plot, worth matinee, reviewed an Angels/Orioles game as fun to attend and even though the Angels lost it was still a great outing; Trey follow-on'd that he had a good time, got the tickets for a great price and commented favorably about Angel stadium and the game Trey also reviewed Disneyland as best visited while accompanying a 10-12 year old, that the 'Summer of a million dreams' fast passes were wonderful and he walked around so much he got blisters on both feet - worth full price [evil] Kevin reviewed the 3 dead tree books of Howard Tayler's 'Schlock Mercenary' series as great fun and sill space opera Eric reviewed Laguna Beach's 'Pageant of the Masters' and the Arts and Sawdust Festival as immensely fun and worth more than full price we failed to auction a bookcase We adjourned at = 9:12 And the rumor of the week was: 'wow' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************* _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
