Meeting 1104 September 26, 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-ish - and kinda full 35 people attended we established a party jar The minutes for meeting 1103 were accepted as 'aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr' the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1103 we took in $6.00 in the regular jar & $18.60 in the party jar The VP is in New Jersey The President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that it's hockey season & the Sharks are 4-0 in pre-season play Announcements: Ken announced that this Friday will be the 2nd of 2 Legion of Rassilon meetings for this month - at 7:30 at 'the usual place' at 1st & Trimble Andy announced that the Alternative Press Expo will be this weekend at the Concourse Exhibition Center [this Sat & Sun] Tom announced that there is an unauthorized/authorized progress report now out for Vintacon - check vintacon.lj.com Mo announced that she got stiffed by a client on a project & is up for any kind of project or commission right now - please contact her Dave C announced that Nova Albion has been cancelled for 2012 Bradford announced that his first book is now out = 'The Anticipation Novelists of 1050's French Science Fiction - Stepchildren of Voltaire', check amazon.com or www.mcfarlandpub.com Reviews: I reviewed 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame' as lots of fun - sort of Sherlock Holmes meets Crouching Tiger - highly recommended and worth full price Adrienne reviewed 'The Ghost Detective's Guide to SF' by Loyd Auerback & Annette Martin - as a ghost folklore book that is well researched & she really enjoyed the book [evil] Kevin reviewed the Saint Georges Spirits Bathtub Gin BBQ as they went in costume and were very photogenic, that there was fast gin voting & too many too-sweet drinks with not enough savories - but it was a fun time - then they went to Forbidden Island where he had a tiki dalek & the day was definitely worth full price; Andy follow-on'd - rating the food trucks at the Bathtub Gin event as all of them were quite good, he also thought there were too many sweet drinks and both thought that 'bait and switch' was the best drink there - also worth full price Matthew reviewed the 'Physics of Superheroes' by James Kakalious as an enjoyable book, worth full price Diane reviewed 'In Fury Born' by Weber as a good book but prepare for it to be a 'must read in 1 sitting' book and is 900 pages long Dave C reviewed 'Mysteries of the Diogenes Club' by Kim Newman as enjoyable short stories & he may have to re-read it with wikipedia open & also reviewed an amazon.com product page for a do-it-yourself gastric bypass belt kit as the reviews for this must be read [tall] Kevin reviewed driving to Reno as he may have to rename himself 'Mayhem' with the way Reno is shutting down as he visits & reviewed driving on highway 40 [Donner Pass Road] as a long and twisty road & he reviewed Doug Berry's = Gridlore's LJ filk lyrics 'con com' as excellent Tom reviewed a band 'The Flower Furnace' as they do classic psychedelic songs as an interesting experience, held in a musician's collective - the music was tasty & worth full price We did auctions we adjourned at 9:11pm Rumor of the Week: 'Garcia in Texas - Perry fails to win Michigan straw poll. Coincidence?' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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