Scribblers
of Brevard
November 8,
2008
The meeting
was being called to order was delayed as the new Driftwood was brought in. As one of the boxes was quickly opened, our
eyes fell quickly upon a colorful cover and 40 copies were snatched up quickly
by those members present.
Our
president finally called our meeting to order at 10:15. He asked the secretary to read the minutes of
the last meeting. Minutes were read, approved after minor changes were made.
Scott
stated our balance remains the same at $5066.71. Although
this amount does not include any checks that our still outstanding for payments
for the Driftwood.
Old
business that need to be discussed included nominations for next years officers. The nomination committee had not come up
with any names for the two open positions. We still need to nominate for the
position of President and Business Manager.
The members
present nominated the following persons for President: Jean Pastula, Carolyn
Newby and Maurice Reiff. Voting for the office will be done at our next
meeting.
Our
president said he would take on the duties of Business Manager, as Gus will be
traveling most of next year.
Book
signing party:
There is a
performance (was) by the Down Stagers on November 22nd at 4:00 PM,
Cost is $7.00
Bill
Allen’s new book The Hero Who Slayed
Ruuan is available for purchase. Please see Bill for your copy. He still
has his first one Greg Hart, Dragon
Slayer for sale as well.
Kay
Williams has two of her CD’s for sale. They are great for stress relief. Titles
are Magic Moments and Dream Life. See Kay if you are
interested in obtaining either or both of these.
Edith
Thomas also has two books available. 100
Things Mother Never Told You also 100 Things Father Never Told You.
Betty said
everyone needed to give themselves a hand for all the wonderful stories
appearing in this years Driftwood. She said well all did a fine job!
Readers
were called by Roberta. Sally reminded all the readers to state their names as
a reminder as to who they were.
Our first
reader was Marjorie. A humorous story
(even if she did get hurt) called Falling
Over Cats. It was about her ordeal while she was
feeding her neighbors cats. How she managed to get all tangled up with them and
took a fall. They all seemed to be oblivious to the pain she was in.
Mal Occhi, The Power Of The Evil Eye was the name of
the story by Angela. Mal Occhi means “evil eyes”. It told of how the second
daughter in an Italian family (or at least in hers) was the one who would
inherit the “evil eye”. How she did not want it and told her mother to please
pass it to her sister instead. But her mother denied her request and it was
passed to her. She found out it was actually quite useful when she used it on
the Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner causing him to miss an easy out
ball. This error allowed the New York Mets to win the game! She used it several
other times to help the outcome of a sporting event. She found the evil eye to
be an asset!
Gus gave us
another look at
David was
our last reader and continued on with his story Those Eyes. The story of a robot who was
in terrible danger. The robot was relating the story of why he was in so much
danger, about the triade. He informed the man who’s
house he sought refuge in what he was designed for, the special project that
had been programmed into his circuitry.
After his reading the meeting
was adjourned with an invitation to all to join us for lunch at
Respectly
submitted
Nancy
Clark
Secretary
Scribblers
of Brevard