Meeting 1116 December 19, 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 8ish - with kitty food 28 people attended We established a party jar The minutes for meeting 1114 were accepted as 'Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim' there was no Treasurer's report There was no VP report, but there was a rumor that he butt-dialled The President reported that as of 7pm the lights returned to Candlestick Adrienne reported that she sent her letter off to Craig Ferguson Announcements: Ken announced that the Christmas holidays necessitated there by one one Legion of Rasselon meeting this month - on Dec 30, 7:30pm at 1st & Trimble & he has been awarded a regular slot on KFJC from 10am to 2pm Thursdays Lisa announced 'Happy Hanuka' & announced that Bon Jovi is still not dead Dave C announced that SF Sketchfest 'in their own words' [celebrity autobiographies] will be read on Feb 3-4 2012 at the Marine memorial theatre, check www.sfsketchfest.com I announced that Trey & I will not be at the Dec 26 BASFA meeting Reviews: I reviewed 'Game of Shadows' as a rousing good romp & fun film, worth full price [other comments followed, mostly positive] and I also reviewed 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett as marvellous, I enjoyed it greatly - that it had a wonderful take on poo & worth full hardback price Andy reviewed something he didn't remember as definitely not worth full price but he is recovering & he rode the bike home [evil] Kevin reviewed the Aerostitch Roadcrafter 2-piece suit and the Shoei RF900 helmet as definitely worth full price 'Chuck reviewed an autobiography of Joe Simon as a good history of the comic industry now passed Jan reviewed a Japanese-Thai-Fusion place in Belmont called Me.N.U as really interesting and worth full price Fred reviewed the Rodin exhibit in Stanford as free and worth seeing Bradford reviewed the original 'Topper' movie as wonderful and worth seeking out & reviewed the 10th season of 'Smallville' as they went all out & it's enjoyable and worth buying on DVD Dave C reviewed 'The Bookman' as worth paperback - an alternative history fantasy steampunky kind of book & reviewed 'Young Adult' as a fun nervous kind of stalkery movie, worth matinee Mo reviewed the book 'Amazonia' as not worth reading & don't bother Dann reviewed 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People' as a true gem - an outstanding visual treat & he would pay twice normal cinema prices to see it in the theatre Carol reviewed SMOFcon in Amsertdam as a cood con - they also visited friends and had a wonderful time; Bill followed that he got some useful information from the panels and was on one as well, that he had fun, KLM was worth full price & the Kiev airport is like SJ's 'Terminal C' We then did auctions we adjourned at 9:35 pm Unofficial Rumor of the Week: 'Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, sausage & Skyrim' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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