Meeting 1083 May 2, 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 8:02 pm - with me still missing Stellan 23 people attended The minutes for meeting 1082 were accepted as 'Donald Trump's toupee' the Treasurer reported that he has the tickets - and that at meeting 1081 we took in $9.50 in the regular jar & $15.50 in the party jar, while at meeting 1082 we took in $3.00 in the regular jar & $15.25 in the party jar There was no VP or VP report The President reported that TNT is showing 'movies you like' and a lot of them are sf Glenn proposed a motion to alter the Numismatic Responsibility Act and this was voted down Announcements: Bob announced that today is the 400th anniversary of the printing of the King James bible & the birthday of Roberts [of 'Robert's Rule of Orders' fame] Ed announced that he saw Walter Willis's mom has a Worldcon membership for sale Lisa announced that there will be a Mythcon in 2012 Dave C announced that - as it is now May 2nd - that the April Cargo Cult is now out Reviews: Harold reviewed his Death Valley trip as he drove some awful roads there - and when 4-wheel drive vehicles are recommended there - that they are serious, visited Darwin Falls and found it to be a giant wildlife litter box, that it was $208 a day and gas cost $5.67 a gallon and recommended the trip to all; he also reviewed gastric bypass surgery as a work in progress & expensive Ed reviewed John Ringo's book 'Citadel' as very readable & worth hardback & he reviewed highway 9 as another difficult drive Diane reviewed Hamilton's 'Starwolf' trilogy as worth full BASFA auction price & that it's back on the auction block again Glenn reviewed Guy Gavriel Kay's 'The Sarantine Mosaic' - a 2-book series - as he adores Kay's writing & reviewed Kay's 'Ysabel' book as he loves Kay's writing & reviewed Patricia McKillip's book 'The Bards of Bone Plain' as very interesting & she does wonderful descriptions - worth full price hard-cover & he reviewed flying to Norwescon by private plane as -wonderful!- - a 4-hour flight and no TSA [tall] Kevin reviewed his trip to England as he met fluff plush Cthulhu; that Cheryl misses us greatly [WE MISS HER!] - that the trip was well worth it & he got upgraded to a lovely room with an outside deck, that he saw Bristol with Cheryl, who showed him trains, visited Trowbridge; went to Eastercon & enjoyed the trip very much, plus got taken out to dinner by Charlie Stross [lucky!] - and his entire trip was worth what he paid for it Bruce reviewed 'Transcendent Man' - a documentary on the life & ideas of Ray Kurzweil - as very worth seeing Dave C reviewed Norwescon as he spent most of his time in the Dealer's Room, that parties were hard to find & that the con seems to be on its way back & fans praised his Tshirt of power the day he wore it [hail Invader Zim!] & he saw the Bullwinkles there - but it was closed Monday Lisa reviewed the latest episode of Dr Who as it leaves more questions than it answers & is promising Ken reviewed Lolcats as currently describing how preferential voting works Adrienne reviewed the royal wedding as beautiful We did auctions: books for $1.50, $0.25, $0.25 & $0.50; a magazine for $0.25; chips for $0.25 & a video for $1.00 we adjourned at 9:59 pm Rumor of the Week: 'we're exhausted' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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