Valar Guild

December 21, 2008 Meeting

5pm EST (GMT - 5); (GMT = 22:00?)
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Arien and Varda

Attending: (5)
    AriehnV (presiding for the first part), ArPharazonV, arwenv1, Eonwe Valar (presiding starting with Membership), fladrifv.
    Varda showed up after everyone else was afk or gone.

Before-meeting
Meeting begins informally. Arien presiding
Membership: Eonwe presiding.
    Elatan
Web:
    Articles, Poem
Gaming
Tolkien:
    Eonwe's Christmas story

Before-meeting:
ArPharazonV (22:09:20) has entered the room.
fladrifv (22:09:20) has entered the room.
<>AriehnV (22:09:20) has entered the room.
AriehnV (22:09:34): Aiya folks :-)
ArPharazonV (22:09:39): Aiya
fladrifv (22:09:47): Aiya!
AriehnV (22:09:51): hows things
ArPharazonV (22:09:53): both of us are at my place atm
AriehnV (22:10:05): ah nice :-) great
ArPharazonV (22:10:09): we were planning to play some Red Alert 2 on network but it's not working very well :-)
fladrifv (22:10:12): borrowing some recourses from the king of numenor
AriehnV (22:10:41): ah very dangerous for u dear ent
AriehnV (22:10:56): he might use ur wood to build a ship ...
ArPharazonV (22:10:57): he's having trouble with his mouse and skipping the intro-movie, but when I try to skirmish all my units blow up
ArPharazonV (22:11:10): it's a bit odd
AriehnV (22:11:11): bleh
ArPharazonV (22:11:16): thinking I'll have to reinstall the entire thing
AriehnV (22:16:11): just reading up what happened last meeting and also read Menels post on the rp
AriehnV (22:16:23): missed that somehow for ages
ArPharazonV (22:19:38): I think the transcript of last meeting was linked wrong for most of the week
ArPharazonV (22:19:45): or maybe it was linked right but at the wrong position :-)
AriehnV (22:22:10): i think eonwe and valar glued it together right now [Note: Varda noticed that the transcript said .html instead of .htm and fixed it.]
AriehnV (22:22:20): finished wit reading
AriehnV (22:23:15): shall we have a formal rush throuh meeting or just have some informal fellowship chatting to each other as long lost friends should :-)?
ArPharazonV (22:26:39): hang on a bit, we're almost done here
ArPharazonV (22:30:50): where are those other 2, anyway?
AriehnV (22:34:02): dont know , anyone heard anythingf about them notr being here?
AriehnV (22:34:27): or anyone being here for that matter heeh
ArPharazonV (22:35:06): hmm....not sure
ArPharazonV (22:35:15): they didn't have a sneaky daylight saving change again, did they?
ArPharazonV (22:35:21): it's odd, it's odd
ArPharazonV (22:35:32): well, normally they invite their entire lists, so if they show up, so does everyone else
ArPharazonV (22:35:45): too bad mine's not really up to date [Note: to update your AIM list, see the Membership page.]
ArPharazonV (22:35:50): well, trying RA2
ArPharazonV (22:35:52): brb
AriehnV (22:37:23): i wonder if their aim conked out or the internet
ArPharazonV (22:48:05): or maybe they're just busy with the holidays?
ArPharazonV (22:48:12): though a few days earlier
ArPharazonV (22:48:24): I knew 13 countries were out of internet, but I don't think the US was one of them :-)
AriehnV (22:48:47): all right true hehe , thats new to me
AriehnV (22:49:06): u mean without internet at all or just collapsed?
ArPharazonV (22:49:35): a main cable in the mediterranean was broken
ArPharazonV (22:49:48): I know Malta lost it, and I think some other countries too
ArPharazonV (22:50:00): 13 I was told
AriehnV (22:50:56): ouch
AriehnV (22:51:21): ah well , so lets call it an informal meeting :
AriehnV (22:51:37): May the stars shine upon the hours of our meeting!
AriehnV (22:51:57): any membership news?
Eonwe Valar (22:55:56) has entered the room.
Eonwe Valar (22:56:13): Heya all
Eonwe Valar (22:57:03): Anyone still at their keyboard?
ArPharazonV (23:00:24): Aiya
ArPharazonV (23:00:31): yeah, sorry, Flad and I are networking over RA2
Eonwe Valar (23:00:34): Heya.
ArPharazonV (23:00:37): I haven't played in years, he has never played it
ArPharazonV (23:00:54): so it's pretty interesting how I'm still managing to beat the... to beat him
Eonwe Valar (23:01:03): Was kept away from the keyboard most of the day due to Christmas-related activities. I guess Varda was too?
ArPharazonV (23:01:09): we assume so
Eonwe Valar (23:01:15): Who chaired the meeting?
ArPharazonV (23:01:57): Arien, but only just starting
ArPharazonV (23:02:17): last thing she said before you entered was any membership news?
Eonwe Valar (23:02:48): Hmm, seemed dead quiet when I walked in.
ArPharazonV (23:03:02): it was
ArPharazonV (23:03:04): hmm
ArPharazonV (23:03:13): got her font now
ArPharazonV (23:03:24): ah, better
ArPharazonV (23:03:26): brb
arwenv1 (23:04:49) has entered the room.
AriehnV (23:04:52): heya Eonwe :-))
Eonwe Valar (23:04:58): I had expected to make it for the meeting. Obviously I was mistaken.
AriehnV (23:05:01): there is somebody
Eonwe Valar (23:05:03): Heya :}
AriehnV (23:05:29): we were just wondering what on earth had happened to you akk
AriehnV (23:05:36): all
Eonwe Valar (23:06:49): Varda sent an e-mail saying she is out participating in Christmas festivities with the family.
Eonwe Valar (23:07:16): I was doing the same, kept me from my computer, but had expected to be done in time to make the meeting.
Eonwe Valar (23:08:03): I understand you're chairing, Arien. Would you like to continue or pass it off to me?
AriehnV (23:08:57): i ll pass it on to you master :-)
Eonwe Valar (23:09:02): heh, ok :}
Eonwe Valar (23:09:10): We left off in membership?
Eonwe Valar (23:09:46): Did you mention Elatan's birthday?
Eonwe Valar (23:11:09): Well, his birthday is today, so Happy Birthday to him :}
Eonwe Valar (23:11:42): That should be about it for Membership since it seems all of you have had a chance to bring yours up :}
Eonwe Valar (23:11:56): Unless Arwen, who just recently walked in, has something for membership?
arwenv1 (23:12:04): no >.>
Eonwe Valar (23:12:07): ok :}
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Eonwe Valar (23:12:40): Web:
Eonwe Valar (23:12:49): Tolkien Site:
Eonwe Valar (23:13:09): Article by Fingolfin-(TV) called "Tolkien and the Two World Wars"
Eonwe Valar (23:13:29): Poem by Luthien-(TV) called "To My Mother"
Eonwe Valar (23:14:17): More articles by Varda:
Eonwe Valar (23:14:35): Eldacar, Tarcil, Tarondor, Valandur, Elendur, Earendur
Eonwe Valar (23:18:50) has left the room.
Eonwe Valar (23:18:52) has entered the room.
Eonwe Valar (23:19:09): Bah, my connection just blinked out for whatever reason.
Eonwe Valar (23:19:26): I'll need someone else to be saving this.
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Eonwe Valar (23:20:08): Gaming:
WoW Lothar and Uldaman:
Eonwe Valar (23:20:44): Several of us gaming all through the week, nothing standing out in my mind at the moment though.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:06): Winter Veil is going until the first of January.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:32): We've got a bit more towards our guild tab in Uldaman.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:46): *guild bank tab.
Eonwe Valar (23:21:55): And of course everythign I've just said applies to WoW.
Eonwe Valar (23:22:35): LotRO: Monday night all the higher levels on were plodding away at the areas in the LotRo expansion.
Eonwe Valar (23:22:48): Anything else for gaming?
WoW Europe:
AriehnV (23:23:44): well i have rejoined my druid on Argent Dawn to Calarons High Guard and levelled her to 71
AriehnV (23:24:07): i ve seen Anarore, that is Menelvagor and Valandil, both in Valar channel#
AriehnV (23:24:32): and Ar Pharazon of course too :-)
Eonwe Valar (23:28:44): Of course :}
Eonwe Valar (23:28:52): I guess that's all the gaming then?
AriehnV (23:29:23): aye thats all gaming .. well i played a bit old warcraft 3 , reign of chaos but mostly wow and thats it
Eonwe Valar (23:30:02): Well, then due to the time of year and that we got a pretty late start on the meeting due to real life,..
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Tolkien:
Eonwe Valar (23:31:01): I will end the meeting with a Merry Christmas and a plug of one of my own stories appropriate for this time of year...http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Eonwe/stories/SantaTolkien.html
AriehnV (23:31:32): Nollaog chridheil a h-uild duine :-)!!
AriehnV (23:31:53): and see u next week i hope or next year ';-)
Eonwe Valar (23:32:04): Merry Christmas, Gute Weinachten, Feliz Navidad.
AriehnV (23:32:07): (it means merry chrismas in gaidhlig)
Eonwe Valar (23:32:14): :}
Eonwe Valar (23:32:34): *bangs gavel*
AriehnV (23:32:44): Namarie all then i ll save it
AriehnV (23:32:47): and send it
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