Meeting 1067 January 10, 2011
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 fwy), Sunnyvale Began at 8 pm ... with FurCon looming 20 people attended we established a Salon Futura jar Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1065 were accepted as 'the minutes of 57 known communists' & the minutes from meeting 1066 were accepted as 'Dinsdale?' the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1065 we took in $18.73 in the regular jar & $7.03 in the Salon Futura jar the Vice President could not be with us because he couldn't find his invisible car The President had nothing fannish to report REPOSTED REMINDER: our Hugo nomination discussions be held on Jan 24, 31 & on February 7 – and we ask that BASFAns show restraint in not bringing in auction items on those nights Announcements: Josh announced that FurCon is this weekend at the Fairmont & he is doing Con Suite on the 20th floor & hosting parties on Friday & Saturday Lida announced that Corflu is at the Domain hotel in the 2nd week of February [evil] Kevin announced that he is looking for a 'Billy the big-mouthed bass' to dissect Dave C announced that this Saturday, 8pm is 'celebrity biography' = readings from autobiographies in SF Reviews I reviewed 'Tron Legacy' as having spectacular visuals & a 'meh' plot & ( also reviewed the crab cakes as nom-worthy Adrienne reviewed 'The King's Speech' as the special effects were spectacular, everyone did fine performances, the vintage fashions were great & exceptional filming – very enjoyable – worth full price; Ken follow-on'd that the BBC's new 'Upstairs/Downstairs' is set during that period & is very, very good; Dave C follow-on'd that he also saw it & enjoyed it, worth full price; Trey follow-on'd that he agreed that it was full of great performances Dave C reviewed 'Inventing the Victorians' by Matthew Sweet [nonfic] as a kinky book, worth full price Then we did auctions – books and coffee stuff for $0.50, an espresso pot for $0.25; magazines for Chris for $0.25; books for $0.50, $0.25, $2.00; brewing pots for $1.00; & cookies $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $2.00, $3.50, $8.00, $3.00 We adjourned at = 8:54 pm The rumor of the week was: 'FurCon – it's dogs and cats living together – total anarchy!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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