Minutes of Sept 27 meeting

Ring #258 - September Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by President Jim Moody at 7:04 PM.

General Business There were 5 guests present, some of whom are prospective members. Frank Martin Joined the Ring tonight. The Minutes of the August meeting were approved as e-mailed. The treasurer reported a balance of $5605.15 in the club treasury through Aug 31.

Old Business Camp Boggy Creek will have it's annual "Bikes for Boggy" event on Sunday, October 14. They would like a total of 3 magical entertainers to work the food service line doing close-up magic for about an hour and a half, while the bikers wait to be served. We need to arrive around 9:30 to get ready for the bikers arrival at 10:45. Want to volunteer? Contact Roger Reid @ 321-945-7500 or e-mail bonzo1114a@aol.com.

Greg Solomon reports that our Young Magicians Club (Ring 258 ½) is off and running. They have had two meetings and are planning their first lecture.. Aldo and Rachel Colombini will lecture on Sunday, Oct. 28, @ 4:00 PM., at the Family Wellness Center in Ocala. Ring members voted to sponsor half of the $250 lecture fee in exchange for seats at the lecture. Directions are attached to this e-mail.

The Villages Show, for April 14, 2008 is still in the planning stages. Those that would like to be on the bill must audition for the committee. A show for that purpose is in the works at Hawthorne, date to be determined. Contact any committee member to be involved on stage, back stage or in the lobby.

New Business Dan Stapleton has tickets available for the Saturday evening, Nov. 3rd show at the Daytona Magic Convention. Kevin James will be the featured act.

Jerry Andrus passed away this month. He was famous for "Linking Safety Pins" and "Zone 0".

Ring 258 is growing rapidly. Current membership is 34. We need to look for a larger meeting site. If you have any suggested locations please contact Jim Moody – crowdteaser@embarqmail.com or 352-315-1100.

The next Lunch Meeting will be held at the Harborside Restaurant so that we can look over their upstairs room for possible use for our holiday party. Members, spouses and guests would never all fit in our current location. The lunch group will decide if this is the right place for the holiday party. We will have a Chinese Gift Exchange again for the holiday party. Bring one gift with a value around $10 to be entered into the gift exchange. There will be both men's and women's gifts.

Magic Week is October 25 – 31. Who wants to perform at the NY Café? October 29 & 30 are open. Who will be performing elsewhere? Let Jim Moody know - crowdteaser@embarqmail.com or 352-315-1100

Magic Ian will be doing a lecture for Ring 170 on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Marks Street Senior Center in Orlando. It was voted on and approved for the Ring to pay for members to attend. You must present your Ring 258 membership card at the door in order to be paid for by the club.

Nominations for 2008 Officers will take place at the October meeting. Please consider becoming an officer and handling some of the workings of your club. The President cannot do it all. Please volunteer when committees are formed and chairmen are needed to do some of the work

Our elected Secretary has been missing in action due to a change in his duties at work, which keeps him on the road. Roger Reid has offered to continue to fill in for Bill until he can make the meetings again.

We need a better way to handle the club library. When the caretaker cannot make the meeting there is no library. Suggestions are solicited. Tom Golabek donated his DVD to our library and Dave McCullen donated 10 video tapes, including Alex Elmsley doing his stuff.

Trivia Question "During a Magic Show what is on stage cuing?" Correct answer came from Jack Palumbo who won a $10 gift certificate to Magic Central.

50/50 Raffle The 50/50 raffle was won by George Smallwood in the amount of $21. All 50/50 Raffle money goes toward the holiday party.

The president announced that October's meeting topic would be switched with November's. So we will have a "teach-in/panel discussion" on ethics etc. November will become Holiday Magic. He then closed the formal part of the meeting and appointed new member Frank Martin as MC for the evening. After meeting performance details will appear in the Linking Ring.

Respectfully submitted, Roger L. Reid, Acting Secretary.