Meeting 1132 April 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 at 8-ish - eventually 24 people attended The minutes of meeting 1131 were accepted as 'Godzilla tested - mother approved' the Treasurer was missing The VP had also fled the state The President had nothing fannish to report Announcements: Adrienne announced that she is looking to sell a pair of tickets for the May 15 game vs the Rockies for $44 - see her - & then later she announced that some people had died [tall] Kevin announced that he will need help moving Saturday, April 21 from around 9am till noon in Fremont & announced that the Hugo nominations are out and that some BASFAns are on the ballot\ Jo announced that he plans to have a Cinco de Mayo party, May 5th, 7-ish 'Ric without a 'k' announced that taxes are due on April 17 this year & that there will be a PechaKucha night, April 17, 7pm at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell & that Mo will do a presentation there Mo mentioned that she was nominated for a Hugo [and we cheered] Dann announced that he & Mo will be running the art show for Fanime - expecting 18,000 attendees the same weekend as Clockwork Alchemy [evil] Kevin announced that there's a kickstarter event this next week to fund a documentary about the Robogames - check www.kickstarter.com Andy announced that Robogames will be April 20-22 & that the bar-bot will be judged on Friday & exhibited all weekend at the San Mateo fairgrounds Ken announced that it's Tom Lehrer's birthday Joni announced that they have started a website for Garth's sister Blythe = http://blythe-smiles.com, where pictures or short videos can be posted to help cheer up Blythe's spirits Reviews: I reviewed a website = http://satwcomic.com/ 'Scandinavia and the World' as a delightful site & so very worthwhile, I read all the archives the day I discovered it; Andy followed with the words 'beer ghost' [LOL]; Aatheus summed it up as 'Europe, the animated series'; Trey also enjoys the site and recommends reading the commentaries Ric reviewed eating brunch at San Pedro's Little Chef counter as heartily recommended - brunch for 2 under $20.00 & he also reviewed the 1st 2 episodes of 'Game of Thrones' season 2 as very well done & reviewed the NEST learning thermostat as it is teaching them to be more energy conscious - a tad expensive but worth it [tall] Kevin reviewed the 5x Hugo-cast as ambitious & 'isn't the internet wonderful?' He lauds ChiCon for getting it done Aatheus reviewed Patrick Stewart reading 'Christmas Carol' as Stewart's voice is highly entertaining and that it was worth far more than he paid for it at BASFA auction Diane reviewed Muir Woods as beautiful & worth full price & the cost of a yearly pass Jo reviewed Facebook as 'friends' apparently means everybody anyone else knows; Josh followed with the problem that Facebook can list day & month but cannot list year properly; then Jo reviewed the Sharks playing their last regular season game as they snatched victory at the end of the game and inspired him to buy season tickets for next year We did auctions we adjourned at 9:27 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Short story Hugo discussions to be held in John Scalzi's outhouse' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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