Meeting 1096 August 1, 2011 Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale Began approximately 8:02 p.m. President, Secretary and Vice President absent Treasurer presiding Adrienne Foster, acting minute taker 28 people attended The minutes of meeting 1095 were read and needed a couple of corrections: Fred said in his review of the SF Museum of Modern Art to allow at least 3½ hours for a visit. Dave C. said the book he read was Cthulu's Reign. With that, the minutes were accepted as mumble, mumble, mumble. Treasurer said at meeting no. 1095 we collected $19.75 in the regular jar. $14.25 was collected in the party jar, giving it a total of $168.02. The President's proxy said that he had nothing fannish to report. The VP's proxy said his fingers were nubulized and there's a new Drink Tank out. The proxy also added that Dave Langford has more issues of Ansible than there are of Drink Tank. In BASFA business, a vote determining the details for the Montego BASFA meeting at Reno will take place next week. The Sports Committee said that Star Wars night at AT&T Park has been sold out. Dave G. says he also has the opportunity to purchase additional tix for $20 at the Giants game (against the Astros) on Thursday, August 25, for BASFAns. Contact him if interested. Announcements: Howeird announced that he has been rehired by Motorola Mobility and it's Herman Melville's birthday. Kevin S. mumbled something again. Dave C. had a few reminders to make. The first being the Psychotronics Film Festival is this Saturday, August 6, presumably at Foothill College. He also said Ken, who was absent at the meeting, will be featuring Scopatones on his KFJC radio show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday. Dave C. also reminded us that Renovation is 16 days away. Following on, Spike invited everyone to the bid party London in 2014 is throwing. Kevin S. said the Hugo Awards website will be live streaming the ceremony Saturday evening. I also arranged a special Reno ghost walking tour for the convenience of Renovation members on Wednesday evening. Cost is $16 in advance, $20 "at the door." For more details, please go to: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Ghost-Hunters/events/23587711/. Kevin R. announced that Westercon 66 is now an official SFSFC production. Dave G. announced that there is a special wine walking tour of downtown Reno on Saturday afternoons and could make a good off-site excursion during Renovation. For more information, please go to: http://www.renoriver.org/wine.html. I reminded everyone that Psychic Irma Slage will be speaking at the Bay Area Ghost Hunters meetup this Saturday and be giving everyone short readings as well. We're charging $10 to cover expenses. For more details, please go to: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Ghost-Hunters/events/26133681/. Reviews: Dann and MO recommended the movie Coffee & Cigarettes, which is an artsy film that features actors doing improv by having conversations over coffee and cigarettes. I saw and enjoyed How to Train Your Dragon enough for it to be my favorite among the Dramatic Presentation—Long Form Hugo nominees. Although I'm really annoyed that Ballantine split Connie Willis's novel, Blackout/All Clear, I found the story and characters absorbing and highly recommended it; however, the hardbound first editions together cost $52.00. (If it had sold as a single volume, it could have knocked around $15.00 off the price.) Dave C. recommended Cowboys & Aliens. He says 2D is worth full price. MO followed on that she enjoyed the reviews for it on IO5. MO has been catching up on the new season of Torchwood and has been really enjoying it. She likes the new mix of characters. Howeird saw the live performance of Our Miss Gibb at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. He thought it was a very charming show. The last performance will be in Walnut Creek on Saturday and he liked it enough to go see it again. He said it's definitely worth a long drive. Dave G. and Spring saw Cars 2 and Dave said Spring liked it. We did auctions. Rumor of the Week: "Fears of the impending apocalypse were abated when Cowboys & Aliens narrowly edged out the Smurfs for the no. 1 slot in box office earnings last weekend by a mere $800,000." We adjourned at 9:22 p.m.
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