Meeting 1004 October 26, 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 8:01 - feeling Humbolt but undaunted We failed to establish a party jar 22 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 1003 were accepted as 'welcome back Cheryl' the Treasurer reported that we have money there was no VP The President said 'hi' to new folks: Diane Osbourne, life-long book addict, who had heard of us via the local sf conventions & Anton Sherwood - who knows people here - and we also greeted Aloysius Squid - here for World Fantasy Con as Cheryl's escort Announcements: Cheryl's back! Cheryl announced that memberships for World Fantasy Con are STILL sold out - and there'll be a massive author book-signing at Borderlands Wednesday night/evening/thingy and another Monday night - with about 20-25 authors there Dave C announced that Yaoicon is this weekend in SF Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters will have a meet and greet on Nov 14, noon, at the St Francis hotel in the Oak room Lisa announced that St Georges Spirits will have an open house on Nov 21 and tickets will go on sale for it on Nov 4; Andy follow-on'd saying 'go so you don't regret not going' Ed announced that there'll be a BASFA party at SorcererCon - held over Thankgiving weekend - on Friday night Reviews: Harold reviewed 'Monty Python - the Lawyer's Cut' as On Demand and wonderful; reviewed 'Astro Boy' as definitely better than you've heard, worth at least bargain matinee and very funny I reviewed HeroCon as a lot of fun, worth even more than the membership fee and that our team won swag; Trey follow-on'd that he enjoyed it and had fun Dave C reviewed 'Inglorious Basterds' as full of dramatic action, reviewed 'In the Loop' as an anti-'West Wing' - very fast and witty - but there's no one to reall like in it and it wears you down after a time and worth matinee; & reviewed the renovations on the Shadack theatre as lovely Joni reviewed 'Cirque de Freak - the Vampire's Assistant' as better than 'Frankenhooker' and they had fun seeing it; then Mike follow-on'd that he liked 'Frankenhooker' more Cheryl reviewed England as cold, wet and miserable - except for last week - so she came here; she reviewed a lovely little con in France as it drew 10,000, that FinnCon only had 7,000 - most in school girl costumes - reviewed the new convention center in Melbourne as very nice & reviewed New Zealand as also very nice Lisa reviewed 'Where the Wild Things Are' as delightful, really nice and wonderfully adapted [evil] Kevin reviewed his presentation as he came on 3rd, talking about the creation of Conrad T Lizard and it was a good experience and something he'd do again and worth full price; Andy follow-on'd that it is a must see if there's another and a clever use of technology [tall] Kevin reviewed playing 'whirlyball' in Chicago in bumper cars as a great deal of fun - but don't play this if you have back problems Fred reviewed Symphony Silicon Valley as good and enjoyable Dave G reviewed the Star Trek exhibit at the Tach as very nice and recommends it we did auctions: videos for $0.25, a CD ROM for $0.25, books for $0.25, $0.10, $0.50, $0.50; $0.25, a tube of glowies for $6.00, and birthday auctioned me off for $2.00 to Trey We adjourned at = 9:26 And the rumor of the week was: 'A night without Glenn makes the Treasurer cry' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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