Meeting 984 June 8, 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-ish [and not yet buying a new PSP] 19 people attended we established a party jar Secretary’s report: we accepted the minutes of meeting 983 as 'otters and lemures and squirrels, o my!' no Treasurer - but the proxie Treasurer report was that last week we took in $5.75 in the regular jar and a total of $8.00 in the party jar - which included the proceeds from the Baycon BASFA party the Vice president reported that there is new new 'Drink Tank' 'cause he lost all his art - then Mo came to the rescue and Chris said, 'Nevermind'. The President had nothing fannish to report Announcements: Dave C announced that RoboGames are coming to Fort Mason this weekend Mo announced that Silicon will have a garage sale at the end of June & they're looking for donations [evil] Kevin announced that Outpost Gallifrey will be closing down July 31 - but the con will continue Glenn announced that Westercon 62 will be in Tempe, AZ in July Chris announced that on Saturday the Silicon Valley Roller Girls will be at the SJ civic auditorium Reviews: I reviewed Reno as the drive was pleasant, the Peppermill has been remodelled - very much for the better - the food was nice and I had a good time Andy reviewed the Capital Crossroad High Sierra Stampede as scandal-icious, the drive was OK, the hotel was interesting in a partly-remodelled way - and the events and competitors were all impressive - and [evil] Kevin follow-on'd that it was exciting Chris reviewed his weekend as surreal - reviewed 'The Hangover' as it made him question his entire life because it was THAT funny and mind-blowingly awesome; reviewed 'Night at the Museum 2' as funny-ish; that 'Dance Flick' was crap; his visit to Denny's was loud - reviewed a documentary = 'Helvetica' as boring, like watching a laser printer ... turned off & reviewed 'YPF' as entertaining Carole reviewed Maker Faire as she had a great time and rode the electric giraffe; reviewed 'Wolverine' as Hugh Jackman eye-candy & Bill follow-on'd that the Midway lines were -way- too long Dave C reviewed the New York Book Expo America as smaller than usual and it was possible to see everything there; reviewed the '39 Steps' as 4 actors played all the parts and was worth almost full price; reviewed 'Coraline the Musical' as he wanted to like it but could not recommend this musical Lida reviewed 'Up' as she enjoyed it, loved the ending and it was gorgeous we did auctions: a T-shirt sold for $10.00; a radio for $1.00; hair stuff for $0.50 and a bag for $3.00 We adjourned at = 9:31 pm And the rumor of the week was: 'Big trouble for Moose and ... Oooo! Squirrels!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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