Correction -- that's "[email protected]" -- I have no idea what
"bravo.net" is.
--Lynn
melchar wrote:
Meeting 994
August 17, 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 - with the mention that [tall]Kevin is not a foamer
We established a TAFF jar; we also established a party jar
28 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 993 were accepted as
'seconds', while the minutes of the Montreal meeting were accepted as
'in absinthia'
the Treasurer reported that the club had taken in money
the VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out, there is also a
new 'Journey Planet' out - and he has not become a pro-kick boxer
The President said 'hi' to folks visiting us - Cat, a long-time BayCon
fan, visiting us from Sacramento - also Alex, an independent Mac
contractor who reads - and Michael MacGee, a book editor who is also a
writer, has a new book out, does pod-casts that are on Itunes and asks
we check out his website [www.theaterofthemidnightsun.com
<http://www.theaterofthemidnightsun.com>] ... which is a very pretty site
The Millennium Bug Committee was formed to help plan a BASFA event for
meeting 1000, with Chris as its head
Announcements:
Jo announced something that squirrel then made off with & he announced
that he has a new domain, so email him at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Lynn announced that she is on the job market again as a tech writer
and really needs the work, contact her at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, plus announced that Warren has spent far too
much time in the hospital recently
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters now has about 400
member [tho she expects the number to drop now that WorldCon is over]
and announced that she sold an article to the SFWA Bulletin [yay!] and
it'll be in the next issue
Lisa announced that the Foglio's published their acceptance speech in
the Monday 'Girl Genius' strip online; check
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
Dave C announced that wiki has a huge amount of poutine articles &
announced that there's a convention coming up over Labor Day =
DiscworldCon
Chris announced that we get free wifi here at Coco's - via the
Marriott hotel - so use their option for '24 hours free'
Glenn announced that World Fantasy Con is Oct 31-Nov 1 and memberships
are going fast
[evil] Kevin relayed a 'hi' from [tall] Kevin, who is en route to Oregon
Reviews:
WorldCon was reviewed by many: Glenn sat site selection and missed
all the panels, found every meal he ate there to be completely
awesome; Chris has the world's smallest hotel room [12' by 10'],
shared by 3 fans, he had a great time, even tho it was very expensive
and he ate a LOT of noodles; Adrienne was stuck in a purgatory of
drunken US 19 year old frat boys at her hotel, but she rated
Registration and Con Suite as really well run; the consensus was
Dealer's Room sucked; Lynn said the filk track was very good, but it
was on the wrong grid and the Con seriously needed shuttle buses; Jo
rated the quality of panels as extremely good and the quality of
advice he got from Writer's Workshop was fantastic; a comment was
that the parties suffered from suppressing fire; Dave G stated that
the panels were good but FINDING them was difficult, he survived the
business meetings and had a good time <<Twitter is EVIL>>; Andy
thought it was worth full price, the pub crawl was awesome,
Registration was smooth and "OMG duck in a can!", fanzine lounge was
fantastic, Masquerade was really, really good & the Hugo awards were
excellent; [evil] Kevin said his Liberacicus costume was unveiled and
photos are starting to surface [lost of kissing pics]; Dave C saw
lots of Neil Gaiman and his favorite restaurants were not those shown
in the guide
I reviewed the 'GI Joe' movie as 2009's version of 'Megaforce' - only
without the benefit of Barry Bostwick's acting prowess, or Persis
Khambatta's warmth and humanity ... and ice doesn't float in their
universe - worth being taken out to see it ... once
Gordan reviewed 'District 9' as very good; reviewed Houston Jones as
he and his music were excellent; Jo follow-on'd that 'District 9' was
very good
Stellan reviewed renting bicycles in Montreal as excellent
Dave C reviewed 'the Colorado Kid' by Stephen King as still too padded
Lisa reviewed 'Julie and Julia' as wonderful and reviewed 'Ponyo' as
even more wonderful, so beautiful and so much fun
Glenn reviewed 'Solstice One' by Patricia McKillip as he enjoyed it
we did auctions: birthday auctioned off Lynn Gold for $5.00 to me;
then books for $0.08, $5.00, $0.25; magazines for $3.00, $0.25,
$0.25; a toy for $0.50 and con newsletters for $0.15
We adjourned at = 10:15
And the rumor of the week was: 'it's the beard'
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