BASFA minutes for February 18, 2013 Meeting 1177 February 18, 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 8:00 p.m. President, Secretary and Treasurer MIA Vice President presiding Adrienne Foster, acting minute taker 13 people attended We established a party jar. We accepted the minutes for meeting 1176. VP said stuff was happening. No reports from President or Treasurer. Sports committee said that the Sharks are sucking. Announcements: Fred mentioned Fogcon. Josh said that nerdy burlesque show will be at the Burbank Theater in San Jose. I said that there will be an official Doctor Who convention in the UK later this year. There is also going to be a little one-day Sci-Fi convention at the Bal Theater in San Leandro on September 21. JC said Nerdvana will be having a live show during the Academy Awards ceremony and told people not to use their cell phones for anything buy GPS while driving. Kevin S. and Lisa Hayes will be hosting the Hugo nomination announcements at http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Easter weekend this year. Reviews: Chuck read Marvel Comics: the Untold Story, by Sean Howe, and enjoyed it immensely. It's about the history of Marvel. I reviewed Gallifrey One 2013 with Mo and Chris following on. We detailed our experiences and agreed we all had a great time and recommend it to everyone else. JC and Beth saw Top Gun in IMAX 3D. JC didn't think the 3D worked, but it was fun seeing the movie again. They also saw Warm Bodies and said it made a great Valentine's Day movie. Diane read Shades of Milk and Honey and said it was a really fun book. It was a delightful little romp. Brad went to the Antiquarian Book Festival and made some deals and saw some heavy duty historical items. Kevin S. recommends keeping up with Twitter. Thanks to his monitoring of tweets, he managed to upgrade his tickets for the SAP to really close to the court. It was worth full price. Rumor of the Week: Buzz texting is drunk texting. We adjourned 9:25 p.m.
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