Meeting 1119 January 9, 2012 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 promptly at 8:00 p.m., before I had pen and paper handy President and Secretary mysteriously absent Vice President presiding Adrienne Foster, acting minute taker 27 people attended We established a party jar. The minutes of meeting 1118 were accepted as "Lily von Schnowflake" Treasurer reported at meeting 1118 we collected $15.00 in the regular jar and $25.18 in the party jar. The President's wasn't there to say he had nothing fannish to report. The VP reported there's a new Drink Tank out, in memory of Rusty Hevelin. The Sports Committee is considering possible Giants games for a BASFA group outing and was considering Thursday afternoon , May 17, against the St. Louis Cardinals or Sunday, May 20, against the Oakland A's. On May 20, there is a Brian Wilson gnome promotion and the picture of it Dave G. showed us was so darned cute. (For a peek, go to http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#m=5&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT and click on the asterisk in the May 20 box.) Announcements: Dave C. reminded everyone that Further Confusion (aka Furcon) is this weekend. For more details, go to: http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2012/. The schedule for SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, is up. You can see a taping of the Nerdest podcast there. For more details, go to: http://sfsketchfest.com/home/. The book store, No New Books, located on California Street near El Camino in Palo Alto, is still open. It will be bringing in more books and other merchandise, maybe even telescopes. Dave recently received his 10,000th rating on eBay, after joining in June of 1998. He's looking forward to receiving his next landmark star in 2030. Ken said that Region of Rassilon will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on Saturday, January 28. He said there will be no Friday meeting this month. MO said her phone is not working and her internet access is spotty, but she is still taking art commissions, for anyone who is interested. Mike Mc says the western swing pocket orchestra, the Saddle Cats, will be playing at Mission City Coffee Roasting Company at 8 p.m. this Saturday, January 14. He says they're a brilliant band and well worth the $20/$22 cover fees. I announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters has a couple of interesting outings coming up. BAGH will be taking a ghost tour of the Peralta Hacienda in the Oakland Fruitvale district at 4 p.m. on January 21. We're also offering a special ghost tour of the Rosicrucian Museum at noon on February 11 for $13. For further details, please go to http://www.meetup.com/bay-area-ghost-hunters. Kevin R. says he and Andy are throwing a party at Furcon, for no particular reason other than they want to. Kevin S. reminded everyone that the Hugo nominating deadline is March 11 this year and that BASFA will have three consecutive meetings taking nominating recommendations for starting January 30. Reviews: Deirdre saw Sir Paul McCartney's concert in Liverpool. She said the pyrotechnics for "Live and Let Die" were amazing and she felt privileged to see him perform a song that he's rarely done live since Wings broke up. It was worth full price. I followed on it's always worth seeing "Live and Let Die" performed live. Ric saw a live taping of the podcast Jack-o-Cast and said it is worth full price. Ed read Declare by Tim Powers and is becoming quite a fan. He said this novel is excellent and worth full price. Lisa H. pointed out that most of Powers's main characters lose body parts. Mike Mc. said Wayne Ashbless appears in Tim Powers novels. Dave C. said Powers won't leave Ashbless and Sandy Blaylock alone. Tom B. received the latest Chunga, which had an excellent article on Joanna Russ. He said it is a high quality fanzine that is now eligible for Hugo nominating. Andy said he and Kevin R. went to Twelfth Night. The drive to Concord was awful, the hotel was fair, but Twelfth Night was worth it. Dave C. read The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, by Tim Pratt. It was worth full price. Chris saw The Artist and said it's a great little movie that's worth full price. We did auctions. Rumor of the Week: "65¢ for Chris." We adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
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