Meeting 1049 [in the sequence] September 6, 2010 - with applause for Marina
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 -> HOWEVER please be aware that Coco's is doing a remodel! The windows are covered and the tables are done, but they plan to re-carpet and we were told they are likely to close at 9pm next Monday [as well as tonight] Began at 8-ish 13 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1048 were accepted as 'better than Jerry Springer' no Treasurer& the faux treasurer's report was that laster week we took in $8.00 in the regular jar and $2.50 in the party jar the Vice President reported that there's a new 'Drink Tank' out - the comics issue - a new 'Exhibition Hall' out and he placed 3rd in the Hugos The President said that he has nothing fannish to report - and that the construction here is allegedly done Announcements: Chris announced that his predictions for the Hugo award for best novel came true as there was a tie for the award - plus 'Clarkesworld' got the win and Mo placed 10th for best fan artist and Spring placed 11th [evil] Kevin announced that the anime issue of 'Yipe' comes out this month - possibly next week Ken announced that KFJC will have a 1pm to 6pm penny pitch fund raiser at Rasputin Records this Saturday in Mountain View - and that Creature Features night at PacBell Park is in 2 weeks - and the Giants play the Brewers that night Josh announced that the date for Gastronomicon is now right on Facebook [check for details at www.thought4food.org] Reviews: Chris reviewed 'Blameless' by Gail Carriger as the best of the 3 she's written so far and he recommends it & he reviewed a short story from 'Strange Horizons' June 2009 issue, 'Lullaby' by Helen Keeble as excellent and worth seeking out I reviewed the new content in 'Avatar' [aka 'attack of the cute blue kitty people'] as pretty good We did auctions – a book for $5.00 The rumor of the week was: 'Lies! Lies! These are mostly lies!' We adjourned at = 8:37 pm -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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