Meeting 1175 February 5, 2013 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 –fighting entropy 26 people attended A party jar was established [barely] The minutes of meeting 1174 were accepted as 'Dinklespiel evil incorporated' the Treasurer had not summed up accounts The Vice President said that Bob Hole & Lynda both said 'hi BASFA' & reported that the newest 'Drink Tank' is out and 'wild' now - and that deadlines for both 'Exhibition Hall' & 'Journey Planet' are Feb 15 at noon The President had nothing fannish to report The Outing committee reported that they will be at Disneyland from Feb 10 thru 14th in association with going to Gallifrey 1 Announcements: remember that Hugo nominations part 2 & 3 will be Feb 11 and Feb 18 Adrienne announced that the Giants Fanfest is this Saturday, Feb 9 & that IHOP will give out free pancakes Ken announced that KFJC transmitter is repaired Lisa announced that Diane Osborne says 'hi BASFA' Ric announced that Fanboy Planet #297 is now out Dave C announced that Comcast's BBC America schedule has been corrected & announced that 'Community' is back on the air Josh announced that he's working for a client doing licensing & announced that Nerdvana's podcasts will start having social media tie-ins Beth announced that her daughter's group of 4th thru 8th grade students are doing 'Fiddler on the Roof', Feb27-28 - 7pm, March 1 - at 5pm & 8pm - at Santa Clara HS Tom announced that a new 'SFinSF' is up on efanzines.com & announced that FogCon is March 8-10 at the Walnut Creed Marriott - check fogcon.org - & announced that Potlatch 23 will be in the Bay Area in 2014 - check potlatch-sf.org Trey announced that the World Series trophy will be on display this Saturday - out near the cove - at the Fanfest Reviews: Ric reviewed Comcast as frustrating, but that his Android cellphone with a wifi hotspot ap saved their Superbowl viewing experience - and also reviewed 'Dr Who Celebrations' as cool & reviewed 'Dr Who Destinations' as far less rich, in comparison Chris reviewed 'The Navidad Incident' by Natsuki Ikezawa as pretty freaking awesome & reviewed a couple short films as bizarre &/or awesome Josh reviewed 'Hansel & Gretel' as once he got over the parts he hated, he enjoyed himself - it was entertaining and silly Tom reviewed 2 cons held at the same time, like an Ace double - Foolscap and Potlatch 23 - as awesome & a lot of fun & the programme book was innovative and might be legible by next year Fred reviewed a play, 'Ching Chong Chinaman' at City Lights as it got progressively better as it went on - intense and eventually Andy reviewed being sick as not worth the price & reviewed the run-up to Eurovision as complete madness & worth stealing Dave C reviewed 'Rule 34' by Charles Stross as a very peculiar but good book, worth full hardback price Carole reviewed Conflict as a fun filking con, worth full price & Bill followed, also enjoyed it Bill also reviewed 'Argo' as highly recommended and worth full price We did auctions we adjourned at 9:43 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Just say 'yes' on seeing Captain America naked' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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