Meeting 1043
August 2, 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
23 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1042 were accepted as 'refused
by the Hugo administration'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1040 we took in $10.40 in the regular
jar
the Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank out - maybe 2 of
them - and that there is a new 'Exhibition Hall' out this very day & a whole
bunch of other stuff and he's running the Fanzine lounge at Raleigh this
weekend
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Party Committee reported that the party fund needs more funding and
he'll be doing parties at Furcon and Westercon this next year, but not at
Baycon
Announcements:
Mo announced that she will be Programming Director for SorcererCon and that
Silicon will have a presence there & that SorcererCon has been selecting
guests & the St Clair has free parking for the con
Glenn announced that Mitch Miller died [and some other people died too] and
that Linden Labs is closing the Mountain View office, so he will likely be
commuting more to SF in the future and missing meetings here
Carole announced that she & Bill will be in Raleigh this weekend and she
will be a Masquerade presenter there
Andy announced that Aug 13-15 is the Golden State Gay Rodeo Assoc Bay Area
Chapter Rodeo & that he & [evil] Kevin are sponsoring award buckles for
events - and that this year there is camping
Chris announced that he will also be in Raleigh, but a day later - and this
Friday night the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk will have Flock of Seagulls
playing there
Josh announced that Gastronomicon 2011, Sept 3-5 is moving forward and
looking for GoH suggestions
Reviews: <<were handled differently this week, but the secretary did not
record them in that manner>>
Dave C reviewed the season finale of Dr Who as good and reviewed
'Despicable Me; as lightweight but fun
Chris reviewed Linda's birthday [observed] as full of chick art & reviewed
'Dinner for Schmucks' as it somehow had an even keel & parts were
hilarious, almost worth $3.50 & reviewed 'Jane Austen's Fight Club' on
Youtube as awesome
Adrienne reviewed 'Julian Comstock' by Charles Wilson as she enjoyed it &
reviewed a new Indian restraunt = 'Andhra Bhavan' as good
Glenn reviewed an interview with Anne Rice on organized religion as
interesting; reviewed the new review process as good; reviewed 'Beethoven's
5th Breakfast' as hilarious & reviewed getting $1 coins back as worth full
price
[evil] Kevin reviewed killing a program bug as worth full price
Ed reviewed 'Despicable Me' as fun and worth a buck; reviewed the 'Tooth
Fairy; as fun and worth a buck; reviewed the 'Invention of Lying' as fun and
worth a buck & reviewed the new review process as cumbersome
Carole reviewed 'Chez Pave' {??} as pricey but worth full price
Sarah reviewed 'Salt' as brain candy [and this review inspired yipping
laughter]; Josh follow-on'd that Angelina appears to be thinking of her
younger fans and sadly keeping her clothes on because of this
Mo reviewed Santa Clara as wonderful for seniors - especially the concerts
in the park [2pm, Sundays in Central Park]
Josh reviewed an animated show, 'Home Movies' as full of lots of humor
Fred reviewed 'Bridesicle' read aloud as it brought the story alive =
http://www.starshipsofa.com/
we auctioned off stuff - cards for $1.00; tshirt for $2.00; postcard
booklet for $2.00; pre-vinegar for $0.50; a CD ebook for $2.00 & a
writband thingy for $0.50
We adjourned at = 9:35
And the rumor of the week was: 'someone beat me to it while I was
swallowing' {{but shoulda been 'one of us!'}}
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