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Our next meeting: Saturday, September 13, 2008 - 2:00 PM - Monthly meeting at Tim and Loretta's in Flower Mound. As always, please being snacks and drinks to share and enjoy. We can't have too many bags of chips (is a theory I'm wiling to test). Visit GoogleMaps for a map and directions. The balcony is closed: On Saturday, August 23, 2008, we began gathering, noonish, for another occasional Movie Day at Rox and Cat's in Fort Worth. It was a fun afternoon and a relaxed day of movies on the big screen. Thanks to everybody who brought drinks and snacks plus special thanks to Cat and Rox for seving as our gracious hosts. In August company: On Saturday, August 9, 2008, we gathered in south Fort Worth for our monthly meeting. Thanks to Pat for hosting, thanks to everybody who brought food and snacks, and thanks to Pat's dogs for keeping Alan company. (To be fair, he was in their favorite chair.) If you missed it, you missed your chance at some nifty foam asteroids from this year's Nebulas Awards as well as some other cool prizes. Oh, and we discussed some club business, too. July, oh, and roomy yet Thanks to Mike and Tamisan for opening their lovely new home in Flower Mound to the club for the monthly meeting on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Robyn passed around a huge "get well" card for Rose which everybody, including club mascot Chip, took a moment to sign with best wishes for a speedy recovery. We also decided to get new club t-shirts with our new club logo. They'll cost the club between $8 and $12, depending on size so on the advice of our club treasurer we'll be selling them to members for $5 each. (Yes, five dollars each.) More on this later. We also approved motions to obtain a gift for Rose, a t-shirt for Chip, and this year the club will be giving Sue $200 to help out with New Year's Eve party expenses. Thanks to all who brought drinks or snacks! And a special "Hello!" to the Tyras who attended via Skype from sunny San Diego.
A fifth of July: Thanks to Tim and Mary Miller for opening their Murphy home for ORAC members to celebrate American independence the only way we know how: by grilling meat and watching Doctor Who episodes. Thanks also to the two dozen-plus folks who brought meat, snacks, and an appreciation for quality British science fiction. June bugs: At 11am on Saturday, June 14, 2008, a baker's dozen of us gathered to bowl at the AMC Fun Fest on Lamar in Arlington. It turns our some folks have a future in pro bowling while others should take a look at running for president instead. After a couple hours of pin smashing, we held our monthly meeting at Sue & Jo's in Arlington. The FedCon fiasco was a topic of much discussion including live field reports from our own Robyn Winans. We also planned a movie day for July to see WALL-E at the Studio Movie Grill in Dallas as well as a home movie day at Cat and Rox's home in Fort Worth. The calendar was finalized with a move to have our November meeting at the Dave and Busters in Dallas, even with our hard-earned reputation for closing restaurants permanently. May flowers: Thanks to Russ and Louann for opening their dome to the club for the May monthly club meeting. Thanks to all those who enjoyed the day at Scarborough Renaissance Festival and to all of those who journeyed down to Waxahachie for the club meeting. Congrats to Louann for winning the autographed Michael Chabon novel from the Presidential Prize Closet. (Yes, we'll do it again next month. Be there.) Hail to the Chief: Elections for club officer positions were held on April 12th and Ed Dravecky is the club's new president. Assisting him in his cat-herding duties will be returning vice president Alan Balthrop, treasurer Russ Miller, and archivist Rose Hurt. The hotly contested race for Club Mascot was won by Chip, the dog of outgoing club president Tim Morgan. Congratulations and good luck to all of our 2008-2009 club officers. Happy birthday to us: In celebration of ORAC's 20th Anniversary, club memberships from now until the end of 2008 are FREE! Join one of the longest-running science fiction clubs in Texas for nada, zip, bupkis. Sure, we'll be reintroducing actual club dues in 2009 but we'll keep 'em low and by then we think you'll agree that this much fun is worth thrice the price. Quote of the Moment: "There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past." --George Carlin
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