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Arwen and Aragorn in Rivendell
Art by The Bohemian Weasel-(T)

Meeting Transcript by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending: (6)
    AriehnV, ArPharazonV, Eonwe Valar (presiding), fladrifv, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, VardaValar1
Gaming
Tolkien:
    Rangers of the North.
After-meeting:
    Forum Role-play discussion and postings.

Meeting Transcript by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending: (6)
    AriehnV, ArPharazonV, Eonwe Valar (presiding), fladrifv, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, Menelvagor Valar
Membership:
    Arien's birthday
    Ar-Pharazon and a discussion of terms for tests in different countries.
    Menelvagor's progress on stopping smoking.
Web:
    Humor page:
        New link to Sauron's Blog.
Gaming:
    LotRO:
       Amongst much other running, skirmishing, and crafting, two main runs mentioned at the meeting were Sword Halls for the high levels and Dol Dinen for the low levels.
    WoW:
       Lothar server: Zul Gurub run after the meeting. (note: The instance was utterly owned by Elwing, Eonwe, Eowyn, Fangorn, Sauron, and Varda. Varda's family arrived home just in time for the run.)
       Authenticator
    Miscellaneous:
        Gruntz, Guild Wars
Tolkien:
    Menelvagor's Tolkien moment: Gandalf discussing with Frodo of deserving death or life. Mercy, Pity, free will.
    Art links to ROLOZO Tolkien's full-sized pictures are down due to coding problems on their new server, outside our control. Emails have been sent.
    RP: posting.

Meeting Transcript by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending: (7)
    Ancalagon-(V)/Joldahks, AriehnV, ArPharazonV, fladrifv, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, Menelvagor Valar, VardaValar1 (presiding)
Web:
    Art:
       "Dwarf" by Deep-groover-(T)
    Stories:
       "The Art of Diplomacy" by Jay of Lasgalen.
Gaming:
    Miscellaneous
    WoW:
       Argent Dawn server branch was dissolved by Arien-(Valar) for non-attendance. Arien's WoW account was trojaned earlier in the week, but the items and gold were recovered by the Devs.
       Lothar server branch: added Menelvagor-(Valar) from the Argent Dawn group.
       Uldaman server branch: becoming more active again.
    LotRO:
       Landroval server: very active.
Tolkien:
    RP (mixes into the Tolkien discussion).
    The Black Numenoreans (King's Men) and where they settled in Middle-earth. Nazgul. Sorcery. Swords. Legolas.

Meeting Transcript by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending: (7)
    Ancalagon-(V)/Joldahks, AriehnV, ArPharazonV, fladrifv, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, TulkasValar61, VardaValar1 (presiding)
Membership:
    Daddy Twofoot will be missing from LotRO starting February and plans to return later with his wife as well.
    Pallando contacted Ar-Pharazon saying that he would miss the meeting.
    Eonwe-(Valar) will be working through the next few meetings.
Web:
    Stories pages: formatting
Gaming:
    Miscellaneous:
       StarCraft/Broodwar
       Gruntz
       Diablo 1
       Wii fitness with the balance board
       Second Life
       Chess
    WoW
    LotRO
Tolkien:
    Indis-(V)'s topic: Linguistics, especially Dwarvish.

Meeting Transcript by Ar-Pharazon and Varda.
Attending: (7)
    AriehnV, ArPharazonV, arwenv1, Eonwe Valar, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, pallandovalar, VardaValar1 (presiding)
Before-meeting:
    Some rp discussion.
Membership:
    Meriadoc-(V)
    Arien-(Valar)
Web:
    Membership Page:
        Varda's question for the membership (email answers welcome also): How would you feel about adding links to our Facebook pages onto the Membership page?
    Art:
        "Maedhroc" sketch by Maedhros-(V)
    Forum:
        Arien's question about finding new posts on the Forum and changing the order of the posts.
Gaming:
    Miscellaneous:
        Tales of Monkey Island
        Total Annihilation expansion called Core Contingency
        Second Life
    WoW:
       Servers: Argent Dawn (European Alliance), Lothar (Americas Alliance), Uldaman (Americas Horde).
    LotRO:
        Server Landroval
Tolkien:
    Tolkien Moment from Eonwe-(Valar) with discussion: Faramir learns that Frodo has the One Ring.
    Forum Role-play discussion and posting.
After-meeting:
    A little continuation of the rp.

Meeting Transcript contributed to by Ar-Pharazon and Menelvagor who sent raw transcripts of different parts of the meeting, and by Varda who did the webwork.
Attending: (7)
   Ancalagon-(V)/Joldahks, ArPharazonV, AriehnV, Eonwe Valar, Indis-(V)/karakedi25, Menelvagor Valar, VardaValar1 (presiding)
Membership:
    New Full Member: Faramir-(V)
    Menelvagor-(Valar) has gone 78 hours without smoking. Good luck!
    Aragorn-(V) is working on his Civil Engineering degree, but is still with us.
    Arth-(T) is still with usand asks to have his poetry actually on the Valar Guild site, not just linked, as a back-up.
Web:
    Games page: automatically updates for the viewer's personal New Year.
    Membership and News pages are set for 2010.
Gaming:
    Miscellaneous:
       BroodWar, Second Life, Tales of Monkey Island
    WoW: the activity this week was on Lothar server. Fangorn is now up to joining in on Heroics.
    LotRO: the major guild activity. :)
Tolkien:
    In honor of JRRT's birthday today, Eonwe's topic was: How do we see birthdays celebrated by the peoples of Arda?
    Forum Role-play discussion and posting.

Happy New Year!!