JediOKC Club Meeting Minutes
5/11/2006
Mazzio's, N.W. 70th & May

• We welcomed a few new faces at the meeting!
  

• Club Funds: $152.96 / MDA Fund = $127
  
• Club Products
  
  • 2005 Club T-shirts still available - XL through 4X ONLY ($9 to $12)
    
  • 2006 Club T-shirts
    
    • Current entries were displayed.
      
    • We’ll be doing a vote of some kind to select the design(s).
      
  • "SithOKC" T-shirt Project
    
    • Patrick (Doombuggy) still awaits a sample from the manufacturer.
      
    • Once approved, pre-sell orders (less than $10 each) will be taken only.
      
  • Club Pins - "Classic" JediOKC logo pins are planned for this year.
    
    • We are researching a pewter pin with no enamel filling and a gunmetal finish pin with yellow enamel filling.
      
    • Text of the pin will be "JediOKC" followed by "Star Wars Fan Club" and will be $4 each.
      
    • Patrick has the sample artwork, and will post it on the website ASAP.
      
  • Wayne's Wars DVD - Patrick - $6
    

• Past
  
  • Martha Gragg Toy Show - Apr. 15th - State Fairgrounds, Modern Living Building
    
  • Council Meeting - Apr. 20th @ 7 p.m. - Rick Y.
    
  • Saturday Club Meeting - Apr. 22nd @ 7 p.m. - Mazzio's, N.W. 70th & May
    
  • Dallas Comic Con 7 - Apr. 29th ~ 30th - Plano, TX
    
  • Free Comic Book Day - May 6th - Atomic Comics, S.W. 59th & Western
    
• May
  
  • On-line Chat Night - May 18th @ 8 p.m. - JediOKC.com
    
  • Mustang H.S. Graduation Party – May 19th @ 10:30 p.m. – Redlands Community College, El Reno
    
    • We'll be part of an indoor movie/entertainment-themed meet-n-greet. Star Wars (that's us) is featured inside the front entrance.
      
    • This is a large, but well-controlled, event by the organizer. It is by invitation only, and the general public is not allowed inside.
      
    • It is certainly a costume appearance, but the club and those in costume will need a good showing of non-costumed club members, too.
      
    • If you plan to attend, PLEASE let Rick Y. (SMGtoy) know by Monday, May 15th, either by phone, or post on the website in this event's forum thread.
      
  • Council Meeting - May 25th @ 7 p.m. – Rick W.
    
  • MOVIE NIGHT – X-Men: The Last Stand – May 26th, Time TBD – Harkin's Bricktown
    
  • Saturday Club Meeting/Briefing - May 27th, 7 p.m. ~ 8 p.m. - Mazzio's, N.W. 70th & May
    
    • The meeting will be VERY BRIEF and then move to LaserQuest on N. May & Hefner.
      
    • You may skip the Mazzio's meeting and go straight to LaserQuest if you wish.
      
  • Prop/Costume night hosted by Rick & Austin at an appropriate location
    
• June
  
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk – June 3rd, 8 a.m. ~ 4 p.m. – OKC Zoo
    
  • Thursday Club Meeting – June 8th @ 7 p.m. - Mazzio's, N.W. 70th & May
    
  • On-line Chat Night - June 15th @ 8 p.m. - JediOKC.com
    
  • Saturday Club Meeting – June 17th @ 7 p.m. - Mazzio's, N.W. 70th & May
    
  • TrekExpo 2006 – June 23rd ~ 25th – Tulsa
    
  • MOVIE NIGHT – Superman Returns – June 30th, Time TBD – Harkin's Bricktown
    
• July
  
  • Edmond Independence Day Parade Appearance - July 4th - Downtown Edmond
    
    • Our float theme is no longer "Iwo Jima." After LENGTHY discussion, the float theme is still TBD.
      
    • The parade theme is simply "Red, White and Blue".
      
  • SciFi Expo – July 8th ~ 9th – Plano Center (same as DCC7)
    
    • Free admission!
      
    • LOTS of Star Wars celebrities of various importance will be there signing those coveted autographs.
      
  • SoonerCon - July 15th ~ 16th - Bricktown Central Plaza Hotel, 2001 E. Reno
    
    • We're doing a Star Wars Fan Film presentation in one of the rooms of the hotel.
      
    • Patrick is on a costuming panel to be held.
      
    • The club will perform basic security, guest escorts, etc., like we do at the SciFi Expos.
      
    • If you'd like to attend a SoonerCon planning meeting, you may do so Friday evening (May 12th) at Atomic Comics on S.W. 59th & Western.
      

• Website
  
  • http://wap.jediokc.com is now available for cel phone web browsing.
    
• Newsletter – June
  
  • If you'd like to write an article about the club and/or anything Star Wars, please feel free to do so and send it to Brian (Skywlkr).
    
  • Ryan may become the new editor for the newsletter!
    
• Celebration IV
  
  • The rumor mill is hot-n-heavy about this happening in 2007. A number of Star Wars-themed websites are reporting it, and even the official website is adding to the possibility of "something big" in 2007 with a new Hyperspace-content channel. Nothing official yet, but it's said that it will be a west coast affair.
    
  • The club briefly discussed what we might do to have it in OKC. We've got the facilities, the lodging and a central location!
    
• eBay Charity Auction for MDA Telethon
  
  • Brian shared his idea of having club members donate items to be placed in eBay charity auctions for the purpose of boosting our funds for the upcoming MDA Telethon.
    
  • These items don't have to be rare exclusives.
    
  • The only issue we have is how the eBay winning bids are distributed. eBay may have rules specifying that winning bids go directly to MDA, and not "held" until a later date. If this is true, we wondered if a "receipt" could be used to add to our Telethon presentation funds.
    
• Clone Trooper Project
  
  • Brian reminded anyone who was interested in having some clone trooper armor to get with him and start contributing time and/or funds to the project.