Meeting 983 June 1, 2009
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 fwy), Sunnyvale Began 8:02 20 people attended we established a party jar Secretary’s report: we accepted the minutes of meeting 982 no Treasurer or report no Vice president The President had nothing fannish to report The Party Committee reported that the BASFA party at Baycon went well and they took in $6,50 Announcements: Glenn announced that he donated a box of magazines he got from a BASFA auction to the Felton library & announced that there'll be a party at Anticipation to announce the 2017 Nippon Worldcon bid Adrienne announced that the Bat Area Ghost Hunters will have a book-signing at the Chevy's across from the Winchester Mystery House on June 13 for Annette Martin, who will be signing copies of her autobiography Ken announced that the new companion for the Doctor will be Karen Gillan & BBC America will show the new special around Xmas and the new season of Torchwood on their HD service- and both season 3 of Torchwood and Planet of the Dead will be released on Blueray in July Mo announced that her computer graphics card died but her files were saved and announced that Silicon will have a garage sale at the end of June & they're looking for donations Reviews: Maker Faire was multiply reviewed - Glenn had a good time and compared it to a county fair with an emphasis on building things; Lisa has a great time and lots of fun; Gordon commented that as the Faire gets more popular, it becomes more crowded and the ribs at the Rib House were great; [evil] Kevin thinks that the Faire has outgrown its space and mentioned there were Lego trains and lightning generators; Mo reviewed that it was so crowded that it was unpleasant to try to look at things and shop and the snail car was great and she still had a great time Adrienne reviewed ''Night at the Museum 2' as cute and worth matinee; reviewed the new 'Terminator' flick as it grabbed her and pulled her in and was worth full price; reviewed 'Wolverine' as it has High Jackman and he's babe-alicious and worth at least matinee - YMMV - reviewed the Hugo nominated book 'Little Brother' as having jarring incongruities and suffered from too many info dumps Fred reviewed 'North and South' - a 4-part BBC mini-series as he recommends it Joni reviewed 'Up' - or rather the 3D tech - as when the movie stopped, they can't fast-forward back to where it stopped and they had to watch the whole thing from the start, plus ads, every time it glitched; there were follow-on's = 'Squirrel!'; Mo asked a question about Kevin; Trey reviewed it as nice, with Ed Asner as comedy gold - but there are no words to explain the plot holes in this movie - worth matinee we did auctions: case protectors sold for $0.50; stuff and film for $0.50; DVD and magazine for $1.00; books and DVD for $0.50; CDs for $0.25; magazines for $0.25; candle holders for $5.00; graphic novel and cards for $2.00; jewelry box for $2.00 We adjourned at = 9:21 pm And the rumor of the week was: 'Squirrels!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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