Meeting 1035 June 7, 2010
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 at 8-ish We established a 'special' [Marina] jar 25 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1033 were accepted as 'what?!' and the minutes from meeting 1034 were accepted as 'whiskey tango foxtrot' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $11.00 in the regular jar and $3.25 in the special jar the Vice President left early The President had nothing fannish to report Announcements: Glenn announced that there will be a Westercon PR folding next week, early, at the Coco's - at about 6:30 - plus that there will be conventions in the future Dave C announced that Hal Jordan is running for Congress in South Carolina Lisa announced that Big Harold visited Baycon and is now undergoing repairs [evil] Kevin announced that this Saturday is the Gay Rodeo in Sacramento & the reservation system for the Pasadena Westercon is having problems Ken announced that this Saturday will see a fund raiser down at the Retrodome & that Torchwood is being filmed for next year Reviews: Ken reviewed this week's Dr Who as have kleenex handy when you see it - and that he got a boxed set of music from the Prisoner and it's worth the 20 pounds he paid for it [evil] Kevin reviewed the Skfy 'Princess of Mars' as worse than their 'Flash Gordon' [and 'bleah!'] & reviewed 'the mobile mouse' app for the iphone as the coolest app ever! -- Ed then follow-on'd for 'Princess' and said he was not paralyzed by its awfulness and was able to turn it off Ed reviewed 'Iron Man 2' as better than '1' and possibly the best comic book adaptation ever; I follow-on'd that I enjoyed it very much and there were lots of fun explosions; Bill follow-on'd that it was excellent; Josh follow-on'd that folks in front of him didn't get the cookie; then Ed reviewed 'Rainbow's end' as he highly recommends it and that it deserves its awards Adrienne reviewed 'Alice in Wonderland' as enjoyable and she recommends it Stellan reviewed his experiences with a law firm as it was full of fail and not worth any price paid for it Dave C reviewed 'Iron Man 2' as he enjoyed it but then decided to review a documentary instead for 'Troll 2' as the best worst film he's seen - it's sweet & endearing & strange beyond belief and worth full price Howeird reviewed the editing and continuity for 'Free Willy' as the distances covered in this film were rated as 'WTFOMGBBQ' Glenn reviewed a fire and safety drill at his work as educational but wondered why a BBQ was scheduled for the same day; he reviewed 'The Kitchen Table' as merely OK but over-priced and he may have sold a Westercon membership to his waiter & reviewed Baycon as they sold BUNCHES of Westercon memberships there, the parties were great but he didn't appreciate Flare's attitude Mo reviewed the BBC adaptation of 'Going Postal' as very good ['Sky One' Andy corrects] and Andy follow-on'd that it was excellent and 'you should see it' Jo reviewed the Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival as it was completely lacking in wine but there was lots of beer we did auctions: books for $0.25 & for $0.50 We adjourned at = 9:32 And the rumor of the week was: 'I'm already here and I'm sad' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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