Next Meeting June 2004

Jedi Samantha, I also work on Sundays. I close 2:30 to midnight .YUK!! I always say I'll go but that's a long day for me. May The Force Will push me out the door early in morning .LOL!!!!

Figures... after causing all the trouble with trying to bring my friend to the meeting she forgets and shedules a practice for her band at that time.

I sence the sith might be involved here.

Oh well... maybe I can get her to next months meeting or the Christmas in July thing...

It was a great meeting yesterday. It was nice to see some new faces and see the usual ones too. It was an extremely productive meeting and it was quite fun.

What does everybody think of the new meeting style of discussing club events and then opening the table for a general discussion about anything as a way to socialize? I personally think it was effective. It kept us from going off on as many tangents as we usually do. It is also great because anyone who is only interested in discussing Star Wars and socializing (and who does not want to plan events) can come to the last part of the meeting.


And last but not least, thanks to Ark for filling in for Billy as secretary for the day. Here is the agenda to give people an idea of what was discussed until Ark posts the minutes.

July 2004
1. Holiday Special Party: Sunday, July 25, 2004
- Who is attending?
- Location?
- Time?
- What rarities will be brought?
- What snacks will be brought?

September 2004
2. The Original Trilogy DVD Release
- Would we like to have an event to celebrate it? Where would it be?
- Would we like to participate in the event being organized by MEPA, the local 501st, The Rebel Legion, and New Jersey Order?

April 2005
3. Celebration 3: 4/21/05 - 4/24/05
- Who is attending?
- How do you plan to get there?
- Do we want to try to go together, e.g., a caravan?
- Do we want to try to get the FanForce group discount? (See other ditto)

Miscellaneous:
- Summer BBQ?
- Open Discussion, e.g., Ideas, Suggestions, etc.


Happy Birthday Chris!

I agree. Yesterday's meeting was one of the best ones I have been at, It seemed to flow more smoothly than usual and things where no where near as chaotic as they normaly are.

I like how this meeting turned out.


Quick question, will there be an official meeting next month, or just the holiday special veiwing party?

I brifly talked to our City Rep and she agreed that maybe we could have a short meeting at the beginning of the Holiday Special part III party. I think aslo alot of us are not free many weekends in July to schedule a meeting.
So at the party we get right to business and then strat the mayhem and fun. What do you all think? --Billy

Works for me. I have no problem with it.

DB 516 Meeting 21 on Sunday, June 13, 2004.
Hicksville, NY at the Broadway Mall food court.

Meeting started at 11:13 AM.

Attendance: Abhay, Chris, Dan, Dana, Kevin, Marie, Moriah, Tim

Introductions
- New person, Marie, who is a friend of Tim and Dan.
- New person, Kevin, who found us at ICON and is on our FFLI email list.

Shore Leave Convention: July 9-11, 2004 near Baltimore, MD
See http://www.shore-leave.com/ for more information.
- Primarily a Star Trek con, but many Star Wars fans attend.
- A group of DB 516 members will be going.
- Ask Abhay or Triss if you would like more details.

Holiday Special Party: Sunday, July 25, 2004
- Details
- - 12:30 PM arrivals, 1 PM screenings start time
- - Location: Dana's house (PM for more info)
- - Please bring snacks for all and drinks for at least yourself.
- - Attendees under 21 years of age may not consume alcohol at the event.
- To be screened
- - The Holiday Special itself
- - Fan films (preferring humor)
- - Rarities (looking for Bob Hope, Donnie and Marie, others...)
- We shall consider Steven's house for a future event.

Dragon*Con: September 3-6, 2004 in Atlanta, GA
See http://www.dragoncon.org/ for more information.
- Abhay is driving down (but his car is full).
- Others may be interested in driving down together as a caravan.
- Room sharing options were discussed as well.

Original Trilogy DVD Release Event at Hollywood Video: Sep 2004
- Date and time open, to be scheduled based on other events.

Original Trilogy DVD Release Event by MEPA: Sep 2004
(Following information is in the PLANNING stages and is SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
- To be held on the Tuesday of the release.
- In Times Square
- A charity event
- Original trilogy character costumes will likely be done in shifts.

Original Trilogy DVD Release Mini-Con event: Sep 2004
- Mini-convention, fan-focused, kind of like a big party.
- DB 516 will present a scaled down version of our normal convention table.
- - We can try to keep the amount of work minimal.
- - We want to do this to show our enthusiastic support for the Mini-Con.
- More details to follow as they become available.

Celebration III: April 21-24, 2005 in Indianapolis, Indiana
See http://www.starwarscelebration.com/ for more information.
See also http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=14999961
- Driving caravan
- Possibly get together with NYC and rent a bus for around 50 people.
- Room sharing et al.
- Fanforce group discount option for hotel rooms
- - See http://boards.theforce.net/Long_Island,_NY/b10387/16120460/
- - We need a list of people who are 100% certain they want to partipate.
- - We must submit this information by June 21st, so let us know very soon!
- - People so far: Dana, Shawn, Kevin, Chris, Abhay.

Star Wars Episode III: Thursday, May 19, 2005 in theaters near you
- NYC is trying to get a private screening.
- Other possibilities.

Other Event Ideas
- Summer BBQ at the yacht club
- Pool party at Robbie's place
- Disney SW Weekends
- - Dana has some connections that might be helpful.
- - Perhaps this wants to wait until after C3...

Meeting adjourned at 12:35 PM.

Minutes taken by Abhay.
(Sorry for the delay in getting them posted... I was out of town on business.)