Meeting 1198 July 15, 2013 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 8:00 pm - with background podcasting 33 people attended A party jar was established The minutes of meeting 1197 were accepted as 'bork, bork, bork' ['lots to 2'] the Treasurer reported that last week there was no regular jar & that the party jar took in $2.25 and that at meeting 1196 we took in $25.00 in the regular jar & $5.00 in the party jar the Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out, right there and on paper & also a new 'Klaus at Gunpoint' - & that 'Leaf and Let Die' was recorded in the room earlier & the next episode of '5 Cons will be out 'soon' The President said 'hi' to folks visiting us for the first time - Shael - aka 'Lycanthrophile' - a longtime[ish] fan, who was the knit Klingon at Westercon & also to Erin aka 'Eirewolf' who does leather masks & Trey also mentioned he won't be at the club next week. Announcements: Ken announced that his birthday, July 27 [Saturday] will bebusy for him - the nomadic Retrodome 'Princess Bride' quote-a-long at Camera 12, 3pm - and later a Psychotronic Film Festival, 7pm at Foothill college, room 5015 - then a Dennie's dinner afterwards Mo announced that she is very tired & she is going to have to move this weekend and could use boxes Adrienne announced that there'll be a Bay Area Ghost Hunters meet-up this Sunday - seeing 'The Conjuring' at the Great Mall, 2:45 showing JC announced that Nerdvana Podcasts 51 & 52 come out Wednesday & they now have '2-buck Chuck' as a co-host <> Steven announced that Convolution 2013 will be Nov 1-3 at the Hyatt SFO in Burlingame & they have a Kickstarter for it = http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/267329666/join-convolution-2013-at-the-goblin-kings-masked-b?ref=home_location Carole announced that Musecon will be the 1st weekend in August in a subburb of Chicago & that Seanan MacGuire will be GoH & also announced that she [Carole] will be doing panels at Worldcon Spring announced that she is on facebook - and please 'like' her 'Springtime Creations' Diana announced that Lynn Gold & Warren say 'hi' & that she just finished moving Roy announced that he has 125 pounds of chocolate he'd like to use in fan-related ways - see him Howeird announced that South Bay Theatre is rehearsing for 'Les Miserables' Reviews: Dave C reviewed 'Shaknado' as 'everything you expected and less', [evil] Kevin commented it will be re-shown Thursday - and many comments about jumping the sharks followed; then Dave reviewed 'Pacific Rim' as fun with giant robots fighting giant monsters - the consensus being it it was fun & worth paying extra for the 3D - STAY for the Easter egg; then Dave reviewed Robinson's '2312' as he didn't like it enough to finish it Brad reviewed 'World War Z' as neither good nor bad, worth matinee Dave G reviewed Readercon as quite interesting Rick Moen reviewed Au Contraire in New Zealand as lots of fun Carole reviewed 'Garrison Keillor' as very much Prairie Home Companion & catered to an older crown and worth full price Chris reviewed California Extreme Video & Pinball as it equalled his dreams, worth awesomeness, even if it gave him a headache, JC agreed & then he reviewed a mini-film-festival as fun Valerie reviewed 'Much Ado About Nothing' as it was nice and Whedon-y - worth matinee Adrienne reviewed 'Now you See Me' as glitzy and she 'guessed I had fun while I watched it' - as so-so; Chris reviewed it as 'the air conditioning was nice' & worth full price Lisa reviewed Westercon as the most fun she's had in a long time & she liked the panels, Carole had a good time, Bill was entertained & the Con Suite was fantasic I reviewed 'The Lone Ranger' as I enjoyed it and thought it was worth full price just for Silver [evil] Kevin reviewed playing a game of 'Wizard Sticks' as he had fun and won't need to do it ever again then we did auctions we adjourned at 9:56 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'My cod, it's full of sharks' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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