Meeting 958 December 8, 2008
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:00 28 people attended a party jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 957 were accepted as 'there is no rule 6' the Treasurer reported that we took in $19.37 in the regular jar and $7.51 in the party jar at meeting 956 - and that we took in $0 in the regular jar and $15.40 in the party jar at meeting 957 the Vice president reported there's a new 'Drink Tank' out and that his next issue will be a Forrest J Ackerman tribute and he would like articles from folks <<guys - his NAME is in my computer's dictionary!>> The President reported that Raphael has moved on to better employment opportunities Announcements Chris announced that Forrest J Ackerman dies this last week and that Betty Page has a heart attack and is in a coma, so it's been a bad week Adrienne announced that the Bay Area Ghost Hunters will have another get together on Sunday, 5:30pm at Trial's Pub in SJ Mo announced a presentation for Chris: a Mexican wrestler unicorn added to the seascape painting Dave G announced that there will be a holiday celebration at the House of Spike on Dec 27, 7pm and he brought flyers [tall] Kevin announced that he has a new NESFA Instant Message to pass around and that the Anticipation Worldcon website has a map up of their area that shows where the hotels are located [and the Delta is the night life hotel] Howeird announced that he's back from his trip and brought back a Thai newpaper with Prop 8 protest coverage and for us to check his Flickr site Dave C announced that there's a con coming up in February - Potlatch - which will be in Sunnyvale in the Domain Feb 27-March 1 and he has flyers Ken announced that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are going to do 'Dark Shadows' [evil] Kevin announced that KTEH has a contest 'How Who are You' - and to check their website for details Joni announced that the antidote for the jelly babies is to send in a submission to her 'zine Dave C announced that there's a Psychotronic film festival this Saturday, 7pm at DeAnza college Reviews: Fred reviewed the SJ Rep 'Around the World in 80 Days' as he was astonished by how good it was Dave C reviewed 'Dissolution' by Sansom as a pretty good mystery in trade pb and reviewed Loscon as again he saw mostly the Dealer's room and did well for the con [there were follow-ons] Cheryl reviewed being at New Orleans for an energy convention as the speaker for the Bush administration was [condensed for = scary] and most of the rest sounded depressing [tall] Kevin reviewed SMOFcon in Columbus, Ohio as having about 100 attendees and a lack of new programming and that next year's SMOFcon will be in Austin, TX - and that SJ has a bid in for 2010; he said that Columbus was cold and snowy and he saw a very clever billboard there - and that Lisa was recognized from having been at MarCon [while he, who had been one of the GoH's - was not] Chris reviewed a documentary 'Ted' as it's an entrepreneurial 'Burning Man' and reviewed a magazine about cheese, 'Culture' as highly recommended [then there were a lot of cheesy follow-on's] John O reviewed a Photoflex sale as he and his chum made out like bandits and reviewed the Gordon Birsch at LAX as having superb table services and was reasonably priced Harold reviewed 'Warriors' on cable as not worth having cable for, that the LaHoya fight was not worth seeing for free, reviewed 'Milk' as Sean Penn disappeared into the role and the film was very good - worth more than matinee - and to go see 'Prop 8 the musical' Adrienne reviewed '4 Christmases' as it was funny and she enjoyed it and its worth matinee - and reviewed Sean McMullen's 'Time Engine' as the ending is a bit surreal and worth reading Lisa reviewed Leonardo as wonderful and worth seeing [there were many follow on's] Stellan reviewed a USB slide scanner that he got from Amazon as worth what he paid for it we then did auctions: birthday auctioned off Howeird for $6.00 to himself, then auctioned off karma checks for $5.00; and books for $6.00, $6.00, $1.00, $ 0.25 and $1.00 We adjourned at = 10:02 in honor of Forrest J Ackerman And the rumor of the week was: 'Take him to the blog! -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************
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