Meeting 1118 January 2, 2012
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 a visit from Trey's mom 31 people attended We established a party jar The minutes for meeting 1117 were accepted as 'I feel Dave's pain' the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1116 we took in $12.95 in the regular jar & $14.95 in the party jar; while at meeting 1117 we took in $9.00 in the regular jar & $30.67 in the party jar There was no VP report, but there was a rumor that future 'Drink tanks' will exist The President introduced his mom, Lois [“Hi Lois!”] and had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that he is investigating a Giants outing to Emperor Norton Field in the Mid-May time-frame & was looking for club interest Announcements: Lisa announced that Jan 3rd is JRRTolkien's birthday and urged us to do a toast at 9pm [our local time], in his honor: 'The Professor' Josh announced that he is taking a food challenge [with baker's chocolate] after the meeting tonight Adrienne announced TV rumors & announced that she won her office's overall football pool [impressive!] - & announced that she will be baking next week [MOST impressive!] Mo announced that she is taking artwork commissions if anyone has some for her Andy announced that today is 'frabjous day' [1-2 12] Dave C announced that SJ has made plastic bags illegal to hand out in all endeavors [which extend to sf conventions] - and that disposable paper bags now must have a fee charged for them Reviews: Bill reviewed 'Adventures of Tintin' as a fun film, worth matinee - Carole followed that the level of detail in 'Tintin' was incredible & then Bill reviewed Stephenson's book 'Reamde' as readable Jo reviewed CJ Cherryh's book 'Conspirator' as engaging & better than many of her present books & reviewed seeing 'Goblet of Fire' as fun Dave C reviewed looking for something for Ed as unsuccessful Ken reviewed the newest episode of 'Sherlock' as 'wow, he really enjoyed it' & Andy followed that it was fabulous and definitely worth stealing I reviewed a John Shirley book, 'Rapture' as a fast, fun read by an author who evidently liked both 'Bioshock' games Andy reviewed spending too much time at the SJ tech shop & rated the membership cost as more than worth full price; [evil] Kevin followed that he agrees JC reviewed the new trailers for 'Dark Knight' and 'MIB' as both worth more than full price Mo reviewed the new version of 'Treasure Island' as she loves the casting, it was luscious to look at - it's been modernized with new plot twists & was a lot of fun to watch We then did auctions we adjourned at 9:17 pm Rumor of the Week: 'Ordinarily snowflakes don't catch on fire' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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