Meeting 1080 April 11, 2011
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale Began at 8:03 pm - with wailing children 25 people attended We established a party jar The minutes for meeting 1079 were accepted as 'does anyone have a St. Joseph's chewable quaalude?' there was no Treasurer or Treasurer's report The VP reported, “Oh hello!” and there is no new 'Drink Tank' as he was looking for a new place to live - and has now moved to a place in Santa Clara - that there IS a new issue of 'Exhibition Hall' at efanzines.com, that he has had random good news [heh heh heh] and is doing 'script frenzy' The President had nothing fannish to report The sports committee proxy reported that 'Star Wars Night' at the Giants will be Sept 4th Announcements: Chris announced that his mind went blank Dave C announced that KFJC is broadcasting a remembrance of 'Louie, Louie' & announced that he has a magainze issue of 'Top Gear' for BASFA auction & announced that he has several copies of 'Space Cadets' with him to give away for free Joni announced that Garth said 'hi' Adrienne announced that the Jamba Juice at Valley Fair refused her payment to them of a dollar coin and she is quite miffed at them [evil] Kevin announced that his father is returning from the rehab hospital this Wednesday [tall] Kevin announced that he will be off to the UK for Eastercon & to visit railroads with Cheryl and THEN Chris announced that film maker Sidney Lumet had died & announced that there will be a new 'Drink Tank' out in a few weeks that centers around 'Gojira' & he wants content - send it to him = garcia@computerhistory,org Howeird announced that this Sunday was the Thai Song Kron Water Festival and there will be lots of fun things happening at Quarry Lakes Park in Fremont; he advises folks to get there early to get parking Reviews: Andy reviewed 'Christopher and his Kind' as Matt Smith was cast against type in this BBS produced adaptation Adrienne reviewed the season finale of 'Being Human' on BBC America as awesome Fred reviewed the 1st Friday in downtown SJ where places stay open late as the museum exhibits and demonstrations were great Chris reviewed 'Your Highness' as it finally defines fantasy - everything was there - and the best film he saw that weekend and he left transformed [but into what, he wouldn't say] & he reviewed the latest issue of 'Challenger' - issue 'forty-something' as very worth reading Carole reviewed having a house brownie as she 'loves having a brownie' Ed reviewed the 'Merchant Prince' series by Charlie Stross as definitely worth reading in paperback [evil] Kevin reviewed a serger-use class as absolutely worth full price - that Sue Greenbaker did a 4-hour and then a 6-hour advanced class as he recommends it highly Dave C reviewed the 'funny or die' site as 'you must go see it' & reviewed Casey Daniels' book 'The Chick and the Dead' as fun We did auctions: a calender for $0.25; CDs for $1.00, $0.25, $3.51, $0.25; a book for $7.50, a cassette for $0.50; a fiction newspaper for $2.50 & a magazine for $0.75 we adjourned at 9:23 pm Rumor of the Week: 'I dreamed I fought an evil wizard in my maiden form bra.' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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