Meeting 968 February 16, 2009
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8-ish 15 people attended a party jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 967 were accepted as 'badly in need of a cough drop' there was no Treasurer - but last week we took in $13.25 in the regular jar and $ 12.25 in the party jar the Vice president reported that 'Drink Tank' 202 is out, check efanzine for it The President said 'hi' to Franklin Reynolds who found us because of NESFA friends on the East Coast, after moving here from a small town outside of Boston The Party Committee reported that he learned how to set up GPS systems and gave away all the club's alcohol at FurCon - took in $10.00 in donations and 2 memberships The Hugo Nominations Committee reported that all of BASFA's nominations are on the clipboard and can be perused there Announcements: Ed announced that there's an ERPS meeting at Gerry Nordley's place tomorrow night [tall] Kevin announced that he's going to Oregon this Friday for 2 weeks <<The ninjas seemed happy>> Chris announced that he'll be reviewing the audio book for 'Anathem' Ken announced that the Oscars will be on ABC on Sunday Adrienne announced that there will be a Bay Area Ghost Hunters get together at 3pm Saturday at Bronco Billy's in union City Reviews: Ken reviewed Gallifrey 1 - 20 years to life' as lots of people were there, the 'Torchwood' panels seemed to be the most popular, and the Pompei party was a highlight - definitely worth full price;Gerry follow-on'd with ideas for Chris and was called Ken's 2nd brain; Chris gave [evil] Kevin's remote report - that it was worth full price, even if Kevin was sick and the drive home on the 101 with a lot of sullen drivers because the 5 is snowed in is NOT worth full price Chris reviewed the audio book for 'Anathem' as it ate a portion of his life he will never get back, but is better than listening to pledge breaks on NPR - the story was fun, the writing uneven and needed editing; he reviewed 'Dollhouse' as he gives it 5 episodes, then to DVD and is an idea done before [Eric follow-on'd that it was 'Babe Recall'; Howeird said he watched it and kept waiting for it to get interesting]; then reviewed 'Psych' as the best comedy on TV, reviewed Alameda as a lovely city and reviewed 'He's just not that Into You' as NOT a date movie and squick-worthy Howeird reviewed Kage Baker's 'Garden of Iden' as very well-written, worth full price and reviewed Joni's birthday party as an inadvertent surprise Ed reviewed 'Coraline' as excellent, he enjoyed the 3D, worth matinee, I follow-on'd that it was very imaginative and worth full price and Trey said he was a bit disappointed and he expected more from it, still enjoyed it and was worth matinee; then Ed reviewed '1635 - the Dresden Incident' as it pushed the series along but lacked action & Matthew Harrinton's Known Space book, 'Man Kzinti Wars XIII' as a wonderful story Glenn reviewed a robber trying to rob a convenience store with a Klingon weapon as a loser that inspires song parodies and reviewed his Valentine Day's dinner as very nice Adrienne reviewed 'Secret Life of a Call Girl' on DVD as OK - worth Netflix; reviewed 'Curious case of Benjamin Button' as she was pretty impressed by it and reviewed 'Doubt' as well-acted but the plot wasn't exceptional - worth matinee Bob reviewed 'Byzantium' by Stephen R Lawhead as a Christian travelogue Trey reviewed Arclight's radio play presentation of 'Hamlet' as much fun was had by all - and to check their website, www.arclightrep.art.officelive.com we then did auctions: a box of books for $2.00, a box of tools for $4.00, a book for $2.25,video tapes for $0.25 & $0.25 & anime DVDs for $5.00 We adjourned at = 9:22 And the rumor of the week was: 'Chris for WTF' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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