Meeting 957 December 1, 2008
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:00 24 people attended a party jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 956 were accepted as 'spewed out of Barbara's nose' [ewww!] there was no Treasurer or report the Vice president's Miko fact was that she likes grilled cheese and there are no new 'zines The President had nothing fannish to report Announcements Julie announced there are Dicken's Fair fliers on the table near the door - and the fair beings this weekend and she is wearing her 1st pair of bifocals Cheryl announced that plumbing is fixed and that she and Jay Lake are now both on twitter [cherylmorgan] Carole announced that she won best novice at Loscon Andy announced that there's a convention coming up - Arisia 2110 in Boston - where he and [evil] Kevin will be the fan GoHs [tall] Kevin announced that he needs a new fork and that SMOFcon is coming up and that he and Glenn will be there [and maybe Dave G] Reviews: I reviewed 'Bolt' as lots of silly fun and the hamster was great - worth full price Chris reviewed Loscon as his fanzine lounge had 3 wonderful couches, that Scalzi was fun, that lots of people were there - and the picture with Scalzi, Wil Wheaton and the scarf of doom was the most photographed and it was worth $312.50 - incorrectly charged to his room; then Glenn follow-on'd that he was at his fan table most of the time and the elevators were mostly dead all weekend and he had a good time; Carole follow-on'd that the Masquerade ran smoothly and she's still blown away and there were many comments about 'elevator hell' [evil] Kevin reviewed a pleasant Thanksgiving, the martini bar in Redding is not worth full price because he lost another Bluetooth headset there while dancing and they visited the 'cool' gay bar and had fun Julie reviewed the 1997 Geo Metro as the best car she ever owned and worth full price - and it died 1000 miles after hitting 150,000 and her folks got her a Honda Civic [nice folks!] Mo reviewed going to a bead and gem show as sparkly and shiny until she over-loaded ['ferret shock!'] & reviewed the Dickens fair as ['cute as the Dickens?'] friendly and pleasant and smelled like a cookie - worth full price' and she enjoyed it Adrienne reviewed 'Australia' as High Jackman is very sexy, the film was a bit one-dimensional and they used too many computer generated backgrounds - she enjoyed it but found it not memorable and worth matinee Stellan reviewed his Thanksgiving as not as planned but relaxing and peaceful in Ashland Cheryl reviewed the southern hemisphere's rugby teams as they are big and strong and they cheat by taking rugby seriously - that Wales beat Australia and that England was beaten by new Zealand, Australia and South Africa - so it was a good week Carol reviewed Albacon as a small but pleasant con and reviewed Philcon as being held in a new hotel 'with an elevator that worked!' - the people were nice and she liked the Masquerade - worth getting invited to and fun [tall] Kevin reviewed the Nevada state Railroad Museum as worth full price and the Reno Sparks Holiday Inn as not worth full price - even at a deep discount - and he rode the train back from Sparks and it was almost on time - and 15 minutes early and a great way to travel Glenn reviewed tule fog as thick we then did auctions: a bag of stuff for $7.00; books for $1.00 & $0.25, then videos for $ 0.25, $ 0.25, $ 0.25, $ 0.25, $0.50, $5.00 and a fake credit card for $0.25 We adjourned at = 9:41 And the rumor of the week was: 'I can't believe it's not bugger' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************
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