Meeting 1133 April 16, 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 8pm with wonderful strawberries 26 people attended The minutes of meeting 1132 were accepted as 'no' the Treasurer is ill - however last week we took in $10.30 in the regular jar The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out so 'your long national nightmare is over' - and the issue has a Mo cover - plus she's a Hugo nominee The President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee is looking into another Giants outing on Friday August 31 - vs the Cubs at Wrigley Field [during ChiCon!] Announcements: Josh announced that he was accepted by UC Berkeley I announced that Adrienne is full of awesomeness and is a wonderful person Chris announced that the score was Sharks 1/Blues 2 in the 2nd period 'Ric without a 'k' announced that there will be a PechaKucha night April 17, at 7pm at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell & that Mo will do a presentation there [tall] Kevin announced that he needs help moving this Saturday, April 21 from around 9am till noon in Fremont Bradford thanked the members of BASFA for their Hugo nominations of his book but since there was a problem with the publication date it has been disqualified - & he announced that he got a positive academic review for his book - 'The Anticipation - novelists of the 1950's French science fiction - Stepchildren of Voltaire' Ken announced that William Finley had died Reviews: Debbie reviewed the Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild dinner held in honor of the Titanic's sinking as expensive but worth full price Chris reviewed his trip as turbulance was not his friend, that the Minicon people treated him like a minor king as Fan GoH, that his hotel room at-con was AMAZING and had a hot tub [among other wonders], the con was real fun and he 'went to a thing and saw stuff'; he also reviewed seeing his grandparents and seeing turkeys and huge deer and cavorting mountain lions - he had a wonderful time Adrienne reviewed reading 2 other Devon Monk books - 'Magic on the Storm' & 'Magic at the Gate' as interesting and entertaining with believable characters & then reviewed the 1st 2 seasons of 'Downton Abbey' as a pleasant distraction to watch - 5 stars, a keeper and highly recommended Mo reviewed 1st Friday in San Jose as the downtown museums are open from 8pm till 11pm with free admission & worth visiting; she also reviewed '5 Spot' as a Mexican cookery open until 3am with authenic cuisine & all delicious - then Josh followed, saying it was actually called 'Chivas', but that everyone -calls- it '5 Spot', it's on 1st just south of 280 Tom reviewed 'The Blind Spot', written in the 1920's by Homer Eon Flint & Austin Hall as a wacky alternate universe book & an interesting read - Bradford followed, saying that he read it years ago and remembers it fondly - a good book for the genre Ric reviewed Slave Labor Graphics ['SLG'] as it does a 3rd Wednesday 'Nerd Mart', selling all things nerdish & it's a great browsing spot, in SJ near Market and 280; Mo followed that they have live jazz there on 1st Fridays and Josh rated it as a cool place; then Ric reviewed that getting ready for a presentation he will deliver on an iPad inspired him to get an 'air stash' - a wireless networked storage device & that it will fit on a bandoleer Lisa reviewed the Guadalupe River Parkway Fantasy Fest as they had some writers there, but mostly it was a fun little Ren Faire We did auctions we adjourned at 9:13 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Quick! End the meeting before the secretary gets caught up!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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