Meeting 1108 October 24, 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 8-ish 30 people attended We established a party jar The minutes for meeting 1107 were accepted as 'the 300th item for 'Drink Tank' issue 300' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $31.65 in the regular jar & 21.00 in the party jar The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out – with a Mo Starkey cover & that issue #300 is more than 200 pages now The President commented it is difficult to eat and preside at the same time & we said 'hi' to Trevor - visiting us for the 1st time Announcements: Ken announced that this Friday there will be a Legion of Rassilon meeting - at 7:30 at 'the usual place' = 1st & Trimble & he also announced that there's a Psychotronic Film Festival planned for Dec 3, 7-11pm at Foothill college – check www.kfjc.org for details Lisa announced that there are a lot of Asimov's for sale and she wanted a sense of the meeting as to whether they were sold as a lot or in bunches by years Mo announced that she needs to find homes for her 3 older kitties & she needs help moving before Oct 26 - please contact her if you have a strong back or a truck [evil] Kevin announced that he is doing a 'Making Costumes out of Cr@p' workshop on Tuesday at the Tech Shop at 6:30pm - 300 S 2nd St [tall] Kevin announced that he has pancakes to give away Adrienne announced that Jonathan Lipnickie was having a birthday Josh announced that he's trying to do restaurant reviews for the 'Drink Tank' now Fred announced that John McCarthy died yesterday Chris announced that we should vote for TAFF - check www.taff.org.uk Reviews: I reviewed 'The Thing' - a prequel of the Carpenter version & set in the Norwegian camp - as fun to watch, that it dovetales well with the Carpenter version & was worth full price [newly evil] Harold reviewed riding a hang glider in Hollister as he had a good [albeit expensive] time with Bay Area Glider Ride Andy reviewed episodes of 'The Fades' as kind of an annoying, creepy teen drama - worth stealing Jo reviewed 'The Big Short' by Lewis as a non-fiction book on stock derivatives as an incredibly good book Adirenne reviewed Bank of America as their credit payment system makes loan sharks look good in comparison & suggests getting a credit card from -anyone- but them & [newly evil] Harold agreed [evil] Kevin reviewed a costume party as fun & he had his classical music education refreshed; Ken followed that it was indeed a fun party A comment was made - noting the absense of Chris Garcia - that he needed time alone with his new bacon syrup and his Hugo Josh reviewed 'Catching Fire' by Collins as really enjoyable & almost as good as 'Hunger Games' & also reviewed the Westover Winery as being a friendly, very geeky fun fan experience & he tasted some very enjoyable wines Bradford reviewed MileHighcon as a very friendly group & a fun con - well organized - & highly recommended Ken reviewed the KFJC open house as a lively event & reviewed getting 'barely used' carpeting as worth the price - call Remnant World and ask for George We then did auctions – bunches of Asimov's, other magazines, books & a poster we adjourned at 9:30pm Rumor of the Week: 'occupado' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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