Tidewater, VA March Meeting Minutes

Start Time: 2:50pm
Saturday, March 1st 2008

GALACTICON

-Will open one hour earlier this year, at 9am sharp!
- We are PACKED! We currently have no more room for vendors, fan groups, gaming, or panels. Check out the website for more info and a full schedule.
Thetidewateralliance.net/galacticon
-Table will actually have to be rented in order to accommodate the vendors/fan groups/gamers because we have such a full house.
-Food: A sign up list has been started on the TA homepage for food items to be brought to Galacticon for the staff to munch on while they work.
-We WILL be holding the after party cool-down at Golden Coral on Independence as usual.
-Raffle will be held, if you have anything you would like ton contribute please let a council member know or post your intentions on the TA forum


Meetings
-Let everyone know when the meetings are going to be. Our attendance was down at this one.
-Be sure to post on TFN! I know it sometimes gets neglected because of our TA forums, so lets try to post on there more often!

EVENTS
-Several members of the TA attended a children?s birthday part last month and it was a huge success. The children loved to get their pictures taken with the costumed characters and hold lightsabers, and we had a blast as well. They also made a generous donation to the treasury.

Conventions coming up soon::

-Stellarcon (March)
-Ravencon (April)
-Shoreleave (July)
-Dragoncon (August/Sept.)

Coming Soon?

-Prop hunt and work day, see the boards for dates. (TBA)

Site Updates

-The Member section of the site will be purged soon in order to comply with FanForce rules. We will also be removing inactive members.


Treasury Report::
Previous Balance as of 1/12/08? $235.48

- $25.00 (Website fee)
+$100.00 (Donation)
- $25.00 (Website fee)

Ending Balance: 3/1/08 ? $285.48


Time Ended:: 3:50pm