Meeting 1005 November 2, 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 pumpkin pie We established a party jar 19 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 1004 were accepted as 'World Fantasy Con is still sold out' there was no Treasurer there was no VP The President welcomed back Lamont, visiting in the area for WFC and we said 'hi' to Rick Kovalcik, visiting us from Boston Announcements: Dave C announced that Connie Willis has a new book coming out that Bantam is splitting into 2 parts to be released 6 months apart - so it's not HER fault Lisa announced that cons are coming up around Thanksgiving - LosCon and SorcererCon Ed announced that grants are being given out for the arts and can be applies for - check out the website at www.artscouncil.org Reviews: WFC was reviewed = Adrienne rather enjoyed it, recommended it, thought the staff were marvellous; Fred thought that Registration was perfect and Con Suite was beyond excellent; Ed really enjoyed it and also praised Con Suite; Dave C thought running Dealer's Room was an experience, that the broken pipe caused no significant damage to their stock and that sales were satisfying; the Edgar Allen Poe balloon cake was multiply praised and marvelled over; Lisa got to go to panels and meet people and her feet are still sore and she had a great time; Mo said she spent a lot of time in Con Suite, regretted missing the panels and thought it worth full price and Lamont enjoyed Bob Dylan singing U2 songs with the Queen of England Julie reviewed the first few episodes of this season of the 'Sarah Jane Adventures' as a children's show but well worth watching Lisa reviewed some dyed wool as superb and recommends www.damselflyyarns.com& reviewed 'Amelia' as a wonderful fun film, definitely worth full price Adrienne reviewed 'This is It' as interesting to watch and it impressed her, it was fun and she enjoyed it - worth full price - and she recommends the Hallowe'en 'Medium' episode Stellan reviewed trick-or-treating with kids in Berkeley as there were hordes of kids there and he had a lot of fun & he reviewed the 'Other Change of Hobbit' as everyone there had gone to WFC and he couldn't get a copy of 'Analog' Eric reviewed the Hallowe'en episode of 'Castle' fun and amusing and well worth seeing we did auctions: cupcakes for $1.50, cookies for $1.25, a sampler book for $0.25, more cookies for $1.00, and a 2009 calender for $0.25 We adjourned at = 9:12 And the rumor of the week was: 'Kevin and Andy's next dessert will be a baked Alaska called the Hindenburg' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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