2011 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Here is a collection of photos from the conference taken by Dennis and Henry.
Limited edition button created by Jean-Michel for the meeting.
Cover for 2011 Conference program.
 
Our 2011 annual meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from June 16th - June 18th.
 

Agenda

 
Thu
June 16
7:00 PM Welcome dinner at: Town Hall Brewery
   located adjacent to the hotel
Fri
June 17
Breakfast as you wish…
9:00 AM NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
   - Agenda TBA by NAJVS Vice-President Brian Taves
12:00 PM Lunch as you wish…
   - Fast food, chain and other restaurants nearby
2:00 PM Opening remarks
   - Brian Taves, Vice-President, NAJVS Inc.
2:15 PM “Verne’s Forgotten Swashbucklers”
   - Brian Taves, Library of Congress
2:40 PM “The Nautilus — another Henry Sharton slide presentation
   - Dennis Kytasaari, NAJVS Inc.
3:10 PM “Have Orangutan, Will Travel: Some Thoughts on the Simian Servant of L‘Isle Mysterieuse
   - Tom McCormick, NAJVS Inc.
3:40 PM Break
3:55 PM “Using the Worst Translation Ever, Produced the Worst Narration Ever”
   - Noel Gibilaro (virtual), NAJVS Inc.
4:20 PM Walter James Miller & Norm Wolcott remembered
   - everyone present
4:45 PM “What you didn’t know about I.O. Evans and the Fitzroy series”
   - Brian Taves, Library of Congress
Dinner as you wish…
7:00 PM “Dr. Ox’s Experiment” — a revival
   - Steve Schroer and the Hardcover Theater revive their 2003 production of this lesser known Verne tale
Sat
June 18
Breakfast as you wish…
9:00 AM Videos:
   - Karel Zeman’s film Vynález Zkázy (meaning “A Deadly Invention” in Czech)
   - Another title to be selected by those present from what’s on hand
12:00 PM Lunch as you wish…
   - Fast food, chain and other restaurants nearby
2:00 PM Video:
   - Steve Schroer presents Hardcover Theater’s production of “Around the World in Eighty Days”
3:15 PM Verne Adaptations, an open discussion led by
   - Brian Taves, Library of Congress
Dinner as you wish…
Sun
June 19
— BON VOYAGE —