Meeting 971 March 9, 2009
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began at 8pm 22 people attended a party jar was established Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 970 were accepted as 'mo-rho-glyphic' & the minutes of meeting 969 were accepted as 'who minutes the minutemen?' Treasurer report = last week we took in $5.00 in the regular jar and $ 2.00 in the TAFF jar the Vice president reported that there is no new 'Drink Tank' - that Cinequest ate it - there should be a new SFinSF out Wednesday and stuff The President had nothing fannish to report we did auctions early: a DVD set for $13.00, a box and CDs for $3.25; some stuff for $2.00 and for $0.25, 2 books and a video for $0.50, books for $1.00 & $0.25; and various glasses for $1.00; $0.25, $0.25, $1.00, $5.00 & $0.25 Glenn commented the PDFs he tried to post are hung up and need web-master help & Jo made a comment Dave G suggested we meet here on Fridays until Easter to take advantage of the beer & wine promotion Announcements: Glenn announced that it was Shalem Aleichem's birthday Dave G announced that Sept 4 is the premiere of the Lingerie Football League [many comments followed] [tall] Kevin announced that he had fanzines Adrienne announced that she had to order new cheques and notes how their designs have improved Lisa announced that Lady Colleen is still in the hospital - so call her - and announced that the Savitski's will still have their March 14 party and Steve could use hugs [evil] Kevin announced that Paul harvey passed away and that March 21 is the SJ Imperial Court Coronation at the Scottish Rite Temple Dave C announced that Norwescon is this coming up, April 9-12 and Kevin will do the Match Game there Chris announced that Corflu is this weekend Reviews: We reviewed 'Watchmen' - Glenn said it was watchable and he enjoyed it, it was extremely faithful to the source and violent, worth full price; Chris reviewed it as long but he enjoyed it, also worth full price; I reviewed it as a heckuva good adaptation and also worth full price and yay, no space squid and Mo reviewed the source as it's a committment to read and she looks forward to seeing the movie Chris reviewed Cinequest as a long and wonderful road, the last party was not as drunk-tastic as usual and the shorts were crazy-fun, worth $75.75 Howeird reviewed Consonance as a blast that led to massive sleep deprivation - lots and lots of instruments and talent; Lisa follow-on'd that she went and saw the time change, that it was all good fun and worth full price Dave C reviewed the Tonga room as he supported Tiki and so did -everyone- else - that the food was good, the line was loooooooong and the drinks were strong; moderately priced and a decent experience Adrienne reviewed 'Ashes to Ashes' as interesting but the jury is still out on it & reviewed 'Tales from the Dugout' by Mike Shannon as a book full of cute anecdotes and worth full price & reviewed seeing Tom Jones as wonderful Lisa told people to go see 'Coraline' I reviewed 'City of Heroes' as tons of online fun - especially if played in a room with other guys also online & worth full price so far We adjourned at = 9:50 And the rumor of the week was: 'Coming soon - the Watchmen versus the World Crime League' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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