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Announcing a new Meetup for Seattle Browncoats!

What: Planning Meeting for CSTS 2011! Yep, we're getting an early start this year.

When: Sunday, August 8, 2010 1:00 PM

Where: Wayward Coffeehouse
8570 Greenwood Ave N.- East side of the street
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 706-3240

Seattle Browncoats Charities want YOUR ideas, thoughts and suggestions for Can't Stop the Serenity 2011!
Gather 'round the big table at the Wayward Coffeehouse and let us know what's on your mind. See a way to make the event better? Let us know. Have an idea on something new and different? We want to hear it.

After hosting 5 yearly events, we want to make the next one better than ever and we need your help to do it. Tell us your suggestions and if you can't make it to the meeting, feel free to email your thoughts to info[@]cstsseattle[dot]org.

Here is some general information about the event:

MOHAI will not be available as a venue due to the move into the Armory at South Lake Union. They won't have a theater in the new space.
We would LOVE to have the cast, crew and Joss himself come to our event, so if you know of a donor or sponsor willing to give several thousand dollars to us to book our BDH's, then by all means, let us know ASAP!
Dates during the summer will overlap with lots of other events happening at the same time. There is no one weekend that is totally clear of events.
FOX has not given permission for us to show ANY Firefly episodes or commentary.
Buffy and Angel episodes cannot be shown unless released by WB or UPN and they have been asked numerous times.
Universal permits CSTS events to show the movie, "Serenity" but not the commentary. This may change at some point but we don't have control over that. The Global CSTS Committee deals with Universal to get permission for all the registered cities.

Come by, hang out, listen to the ideas and give us your impressions. We really want to know.

http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Browncoats/calendar/14220853/

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A big Thank You to the fans and sponsors of Seattle's 2009 Can't Stop the Serenity event. We raised $5121,64 in donations to send to Equality Now! With support like this, we will continue to do good works and look forward to more misbehavin' in the future.
The Sea 'Coats raised $3,892.40 at the 2008 Can't Stop the Serenity Charity Screening!
Way to go, 'Coats!
We're taking off into the Black once again in 2010 for Can't Stop the Serenity. Stay tuned for more details as we get things rolling for next year - Shiny!

www.cstsseattle.org

From the Global Website for Can't Stop the Serenity-

The Global Donation Tally for 2009 (as of Sept. 16th):
$86,397.89

September 16, 2009, from 22 cities
This total includes $77,799.63 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $8,598.26 to other charities.
This tally will be updated as we get more donation confirmations.

Confirmed Donations:
USA
Albuquerque, NM - $1,285.89 (Equality Now)
Austin, TX - $19,632.82 (Equality Now = $15,500.00, Kids Need to Read = $4,132.82)
Boston, MA - $6,735.00 (Equality Now) + 1,500lbs in food for Greater Boston Food Bank
Charlotte, NC - $3,499.66 (Equality Now = $2,625.00, Donors Choose = $874.66)
Daytona Beach, FL - $1,461.00 (Equality Now)
Denver, CO - $1,500 (Equality Now)
Des Moines, IA - $1,286.76 (Equality Now)
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - $1,899.22 (Equality Now = $1504.22, Humane Society = $395)
Hartford, CT - $280.00 (Equality Now)
Madison, WI $2,045 (Equality Now)
Minneapolis, MN $7,183.96 (Equality Now)
Nashville, TN $2,001.13 (Equality Now = $1,500.85, Kids Need to Read = $300.17, Nashville Cares = $200.11)
New York City, NY - $3,052.35 (Equality Now)
Pittsburgh, PA - $710 (Equality Now)
Portland, OR $5,500 (Equality Now = $5,000.00, PDX Browncoats = $500.00)
Raleigh, NC $5,342.27 (Equality Now = $4,647.27, Kids Need to Read = $695.50)
Salem, MA - $304.00 (Equality Now)
San Antonio, TX - $6,000 (Equality Now = $4,500.00, Kids Need to Read = $1,500.00)

* Seattle, WA $5,121.64 (Equality Now)
Tulsa, OK $414.23 (Equality Now)
Yellow Springs, OH $1,000.00 (Equality Now)

Canada
Ottawa - $960.00 (Equality Now)
Toronto - $5,700 (Equality Now)

United Kingdom
Nottingham, UK $500.60 (Equality Now)
Warwick, UK $1,031.86 (Equality Now)

Australia
Melbourne, VIC AU $1,950.00 (Equality Now)

Tally History:

-September 25, 2009, $85,702.78 from 26 cities. This total includes $77,799.63 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $8,598.26 to other charities.
-September 16, 2009, $74,848.57 from 22 cities. This total includes $66,750.59 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $8,097.98 to other charities.
- August 21, 2009, $45,225.29 from 16 cities. This total includes $43,258.13 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $1,967.16 to other charities.
- August 10, 2009, $27,713.88 from 12 cities. This total includes $26,444.22 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $1,271.66 to other charities.
This tally will be updated as we get more donation confirmations.
- July 24, 2009, $13,565.55 from 6 cities. This total includes $12,690.89 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $874.66 to other charities.
- July 15, 2009, $12,279.66 from 5 cities. This total includes $11,405.00 donated to Equality Now (confirmed) and $874.66 to other charities.

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ONGOING EVENTS:

Every 2nd & 4th Sunday Dominoes and Such

February 28th, March 14th & 28th:

. Sundays @ 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Location:: Wayward Coffeehouse
8570 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 706-3240; How to find us
"Look for the misbehavin' Browncoats in the back of the coffeeshop. We'll be at the large table near the fireplace."

Hey ALL 'Coats,

Our event is The "Every 2nd & 4th Sunday Domino Day" at the Wayward Coffeehouse.

Gather around the table with all your favorite Browncoat crewmates! The conversation is good, the coffee is first rate and the Reavers are off bothering the Alliance.

We aim for 10:30am so we can get started with the bones by 11:00 a.m. but feel free to come by when you can and we'll grab an extra chair for ya. We've also been known to branch out into other games as well so hold onto your Jayne hats and be ready for anything!

All experience levels welcome. Mexican Train dominoes is a simple and fast game ya can play and keep a hand free for coffee tasty beverage and/or many snacks.

Cheers and *clinkclink*

Welcome to Miranda
(just kidding)

The Seattle Browncoats are positively giddy about our new presence on the internet, our very own domain and webpage!

The Seattle/Puget Sound-area Firefly fandom has been an active group since before the undeserved cancellation of "Firefly" way back in 2002 ... since then, the community has grown, morphed, and welcomed many fellow Firefly/ Buffy/ Whedon/ Sci-Fi fans into the warm and friendly environs of the "Seattle Browncoats".

We have an active group who regularly posts events and comments at our MeetUp site which can be accessed at:
http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Browncoats/

We hope to encompass this new web presence by including our regular activities, events, shindigs, and postings at this site. But as all things in the 'verse, it is a work in progress. Bear with us as we expand and develop this new presence.

Keep checking back to see what we add!

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Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

Send them to the email address below.

Seattle Browncoats

Seattle, WA USA - Earth That Is

webmaster@seattlebrowncoats.org

Sereniversary 2009 - awesome video coverage with Firefly Filk, Vixy & Tony & Sunny at the Wayward Coffeehouse.

Courtesy of Pacific Fen Spotlight podcast - http://www.pac-fen.com/episodes/E205-Sereniversary_2009/

Xie xie, Jim!

Podcast on SeattleGeekly.com talks about Seattle's Can't Stop the Serenity 2009!

Traevynn, organizer for the Seattle Browncoats, was interviewed by Matt & Shannon of Seattle Geekly for the Can't Stop the Serenity charity event happening on July 18th, 2009.

Have a listen -- http://www.seattle-geekly.com/

The interview is around the 79 minute mark on Episode #22.

Seattle Browncoats Featured in Podcasts for

Serenity Forever/Equality Now 2008!

During the Serenity Forever/Equality Now movie screening - we were fortunate to have not one, but TWO interviews with some fantastic folks who came to our shindig.

The first one was with Jim Granger of Pacific Fen Spotlight - Pac-Fen Spotlight link. Notice the t-shirt in his opening dialogue? Pretty cunning, dontcha think? Jim also has a few minutes with some of our Browncoats in his Norwescon podcast - #105.

Interview number two is with The Movie Guys - Matt and Scott, who traveled all the way from eastern Washington (Yakima - the Palm Springs of Washington?) to take part in our charity event. The interview from the week of June 22nd is approximately 17 minutes into the podcast but it's worth watching from the beginning for the piece on Roslyn's independent movie theater and the reviews on Get Smart and Don't Mess with Zohan.

The Movie Guys podcast link

Watch and enjoy! Send a wave to the shiny podcasters for coming to watch Serenity with the Seattle Browncoats!

Seattle Browncoats ....

We Aim to Misbehave!