Meeting 966 February 2, 2009
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:03 27 people attended a TAFF jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 964 were accepted as 'we fools, he showed us all'; the minutes of meeting 965 were accepted as 'in spite of Adrienne' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $3.25 in the regular jar & $2.25 in the party jar the Vice president wasn't here, but 'Drink Tank' 200 is out The President had nothing fannish to report [then, ninjas did a floor show] The committee to get us on Facebook reported that BASFA now has a Facebook presence and Chris Garcia is already there Announcements: Andy announced that Gallifrey 1, 20 Years to Life will be in 2 weeks in LA Glenn announced that he was laid off by Sun and looking for a job as a software developer & if someone knows the BayCon fantables people to PLEASE have them get in touch with him because lots of his emails have gone unanswered = [email protected] Lisa announced that the scarf is done! Ken announced that he was also now laid off Julian announced that he and Faith will be running the anime room at Gallifrey Dave C announced that Hershey is moving all the chocolate goodness of Schmidt and Scharfenberger out of state, back east & announced that Walgreen's is selling '$2 Buck Choc' [evil] Kevin announced that Johann and Alex are selling their Harlan Ellison collection - check at http://fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com/189199.html Letha announced [for Derek] that he wrecked his car and is looking for a cheap place to move into Joni announced that she and Garth have some Victorian and other furniture to sell, check www.garthbrown.com/furniture [tall] Kevin announced that the Hugo clipboard is circulating in the room and we'll be discussing Hugo nominations after the meeting Tom announced that Potlatch pre-reg closes Feb 14; check www.potlatch-sf.org& Potlatch will be at the Domain hotel in Sunnyvale, Feb 27, 28, March 1 Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters will have a fund raiser ghost tour on March 1, 3pm, check www.meetup.com and search for Bay Area Ghost Hunters info Connor announced that he's organizing a zombie attack for his school Howeird announced that Tilly the Wonderdog passed away this week Reviews: Glenn reviewed 'Star Wars on Trial' as literary criticism that he enjoyed and parts were very amusing, he recommends it Andy reviewed FurCon as they arrived Wednesday, helped with DustyKat's party Thursday night and has a blast - it was a relaxicon for them, that [evil] Kevin was in an FNL skit [that was SO cute!] and FC move-out was done really fast - all-in-all was worth full sponsor price [there were follow-ons] Justin reviewed 'Machine Girl' as gore-horror-comedy-gore-gore-gore and recommended for those with strong stomachs Stellan reviewed 'Implied Spaces' by Walter Jon Williams as rousing space opera, worth full hardcover book price Dave G reviewed the Coraline art exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in SF as well worth full price [and Fred agreed[ Adrienne reviewed the 'Haunts of San Jose' by David Lee as just awful with horrible writing Mo reviewed 'Dragon Wars' as it sucked on toast, even with having good CGI & she reviewed 'The Host' as recommended and worth full price [Julian agreed] Ken reviewed soundtracks for 'Danger Man' as definitely worth full price Lisa reviewed 'Indigo Dragon' as a good read, worth full price & reviewed 'Inkheart' as Brendan Frazier did a good job in it and go see it & reviewed 'Doubt' as very well-acted, no doubt about it Howeird reviewed Conflikt in Renton WA as there was lots and lots of talent there - he had a great time [tall] Kevin reviewed seeing the SJ Stealth play Edmonton in lacrosse as very fast and worth winning tickets to go see we then did auctions: videos for $4.00, $0.50, $0.75, a figurine for $1.00, and glowy kitsch for $0.50 We adjourned at = 9:40 And the rumor of the week was: 'Is that Darth Vader or are you just happy to see me?' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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