Meeting 1017 January 25, 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 We established a party jar 23 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 1016 were accepted as 'what happens between consenting goalies is none of our business' the Treasurer reported last week we took in $2.50 in the regular jar and $8.25 in the party jat the Vice President reported 'hello' and that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out - and he has art to pass out for some folks to color The President had nothing fannish to report Recommendations for the Hugo awards will be done the next 2 weeks Announcements: Mo announced that she currently has no 'net connection Davc C announced that Wet Planet - the company that produces Jolt Cola - has gone into bankruptcy; then comments were made about this Reviews: Radar reviewed the Friday night FurCon BASFA party as fun - lots of fun - and there were comments made about it being lots of fun and worth missing sleep for FurCon was reviewed - Mo said she liked the vet panel best, especially the comparative anatomy & she had fun; Lisa was disappointed that the Westercon fan table had so little business, there were LOTS of complaints about the hotel and 2700 attended the con; Sarah had fun and enjoyed the interaction of furries with the Sabrecats; Ed had hotel complaints and thought they treated the party floor badly; Carole thought the Masquerade went well and she had fun; Dave C thought the dealers room was still a fire marshall's nightmare, but sales were good Lisa reviewed 'End of time' as she's finally seen it, so you can mention spoilers now Chris reviewed 'The Napoleon Concerto' as very good but it made him listen to Lady Gaga and that he [HE!] was catching spelling and editing errors as he read the book; he reviewed a Danish film, 'Bruden', as possibly the darkest film he's ever seen, but well worth the time; reviewed a fanzine about con running from the 80's, 'ConRunning' as interesting and strange & laid out on an old Mac, which mad him nostalgic Fred reviewed 'Creation' - a film about Charles Darwin - as an incredibly well done movie with substance, engrossing, really good & worth full price Dave G reviewed CreationCon in SF at the St. Francis hotel as entertaining & they had decent sales & there were follow on's we did auctions: we auctioned off videos for $1.00, $0.50, $5.50, $2.00, $1.50, $0.25; CDs for $1.00, $2.00, $3.00; a clock for $4.00, & fresh oranges & a FurCon program book for $1.25 We adjourned at = 9:21 And the rumor of the week was: 'nothing is fool proof' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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