Meeting 1154
September 10, 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 Mo's Hugo
31 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1153 were accepted as 'truncated' & the minutes of
the ChiCon meeting were accepted as 'reread a week from tonight'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $1.75 & $52.00 from the
ChiCon meeting
The VP reported that there will be a new 'Drink Tank' out soon - with a
cover by Hugo winning Mo Starkey - plus a new
'Exhibition Hall' soon
The President said 'hi' to Rebecca Heineman from Seattle & one of the
authors of 'Bards Tale' - we welcomed her and Stellan & he warned that
there will be fanac before the meeting end
The AdHoc Cinema Committee reported that 'Jaws' is showing at the Retrodome
this weekend & there's $1.00 off of concessions if you wear your SJ Sharks
gear & they also mentioned that 'Iron Sky' will show [confirmed] in
Cupertino at
the AMC Cupertino Square Sept 20, 7:30pm [tickets obtained from tugg.com] -
[plus, secretary adding that there is also an 'Iron Sky' Sept 19, 7:30pm
showing -confirmed- at the Santa Clara AMC Mercado]
Announcements:
JC announced that the 2nd nerdvana podcast is out now - at
nerdvanapodcast.com & also announced that his daughter's
soccer team are now 2-0
John O announced that he has a new job
Dave C announced that the Berkeley Target store is selling candicorn Oreos
Lisa announced that her daughter & son-in-law have bought a new house &
that the son-in-law has a new job
Chris announced the next 'Journey Planet' is due out in November & the
deadline is Nov 1 - the topic being about James Bond and he is soliciting
articles - send them to gar...@computerhistory.org & he announced that Mo
had won a Hugo
There was much rejoicing ['yay!'] and champagne was served
and then Chris announced that he will have a piece in 'Worlds of Philip
Jose Farmer #3'
Stellan announced that he has a new job
Harold announced that there is an 'Iron Sky' showing in Sacramento for Sept
12 at the Century Cinemark Stadium 14
[evil] Kevin announced that they will be sponsoring belt buckles for events
at the 20th annual Best Buck in the Bay rodeo this weekend - Saturday &
Sunday - in LaHonda; check bestbuckinthebay.com
Rebecca announced that she & Mo have formed a company = 'Olde Sckuul'
Bill announced that Carole did well at the ChiCon art show
Reviews:
Worldcon was multiply reviewed as a huge success and a fun time by lots and
lots of people [& it was 'spiders all the
way down']
I reviewed Star Wars the old Republic mmo as a fun online game to play,
with excellent character stories & it's free to
play to level 15 [I'm on the Ebon hawk server]
Harold reviewed prize fights as Oakland now has a champion & it's worth
watching for free
JC reviewed the Retrodome showing of 'Spaceballs' as awesome fun
Tom reviewed Jemison's 'Kingdoms' trilogy as high fantasy romance &
surprisingly inventive with good world-building
Ed reviewed Ben Bova's book 'Triumph' as alternate world sf, nicely done
We did auctions
we adjourned at 10:16 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'the spiders, my friend, are blowing in the
wind'
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