Meeting 1015 January 11, 2110
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 8pm - with gossip! We established a party jar 21 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 1014 were accepted as 'pass the wine and praise the carrot cake' the Treasurer reported 'we have money' the Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out - and there's a thing with some stuff in it The President had nothing fannish to report - except that there are conventions coming up Announcements: Stellan announced that he was granted an extension on his visa until mid-July Howeird announced that Conflict will be at the end of this month - and that people died last week Glenn announced that it's an Amelia Earhart anniversary and that there are conventions coming up Chris announced "I am so awesome" Reviews: Howeird reviewed 'Up in the Air' as technically one of the best movies of the year, the writing is superb and he recommends it to [tall] Kevin - worth full price [and there were lots of follow-ons] Adrienne reviewed 'Demons' on BBC America as okay special effects & not worth going out of your way to see Dave C reviewed 'Blue Haired Bombshell' by John Zakour as amusing, very sill, worth full paperback price Chris reviewed 'Murder by Death' on DVD as worth the $6.50 he paid for it, very entertaining; reviewed 'Youth in Revolt' as a very amusing teen story to begin and then it gets twisted and hilariously funny - except for the trees being all wrong - worth full price Ed reviewed 'Guidolon' by Frank Wu as fun and reviewed by Rudy Rucker as he takes it a bit too seriously I reviewed 'Sherlock Holmes' as a perfect sort of adventure/romance movie - lots of fun worth full price; there were lots of follow-ons that agreed it was slashy fun - and I've seen 'Avatar' 4 times now and still think it's worth full price Mo reviewed "Holmes on the Range' by Steve Hockensmith as she highly recommends it Stellan reviewed the latest 'Prairie Home Companion' as very funny and worth full price we did auctions: we auctioned off books for $0.50 & $2.00; a Babylon-5 thingie for $0.25; cookies for $1.25, $1.50, $1.00, $0.25, $2.00, $1.00, $2.00 & $2.00 & cupcakes for $2.50 We adjourned at = 9:17 And the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA - home of hot cookie action' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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