Meeting 1199
July 22, 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 ish - without Trey
27 people attended

A party jar was established

The minutes of meeting 1198 were accepted as 'spork'

the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $16.65 in the regular jar
& some money in the party jar

the Vice President reported that - as acting as God Emperor of BASFA - aka
'the big worm' - that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out & a new episode of '5
Cons' is out

The President was in Southern California


Announcements:
Howeird announced that there'll be a free concert in Shoup park at 1:30pm
at the last Sunday of the month by Ye Olde Towne Bande

Adrienne announced that there's a new royal

JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast - man of steel 4 - is out now and that
the next podcast will be recorded Sunday, August 4 at noon & 5

Mo announced that she is going to need help moving Wednesday

Tom announced that Potlatch Book of Honor nominations are now open on the
website

Ric announced that Fanboy Planet has a LOT of Comic Con coverage - with
more to come

Brad announced that the new comic book price guide is out

Dave C announced that the Rocky & Bullwinkle statue is gone from Sunset
Blvd - moved by Dreamworks & announced that there is an article out in
'Slate' explaining why all movies  are the same

Michael Siladi announced that Baycon charities donated $3200 to Jay Lake &
$5200 to California Autism Foundation & announced that Baycon is sponsoring
a contest for a new logo- give feedback to baycon.org & Saturday, Aug 3 is
at game day at his place in Mountain View

[evil] Kevin announced that there are 9 days left to turn in your Hugo
ballot

Ken announced that his birthday, July 27 [Saturday] will be busy for him -
the nomadic Retrodome 'Princess Bride' quote-a-long at Camera 12, 3pm - and
later a Psychotronic Film Festival, 7pm at Foothill college, room 5015 -
use parking lot 4 - then a Dennie's dinner afterwards

Reviews:
Ric reviewed  'Pacific Rim' as entirely what he wanted to see in a movie &
Chris agreed, saying it was awesome

Adrienne reviewed  'RIPd' as tons of fun & JC opined that it was really
entertaining & then she reviewed 'The

Conjuring' as she enjoyed it but resents its claim to be 'real life' - JC
thought it was cliched but presented well & Chris thought it was a lot of
fun

Brad reviewed the Peninsula SF Museum of Art as free and very good & James
Dougherty helped arrange for it & he reviewed 'White House Down' as 'so
many plot holes' and it was a good thing it was free

Ken reviewed 'Macbeth' at Shakespeare in the park as done in modern dress
and free, but you pay on the way out

JC reviewed  'Sharknado' as it sucked

Diane reviewed  'Rasputin's Bastards' by Davic Nickle as pretty good &
reviewed the 'SWFA European Hall of Fame' as nice

Howeird reviewed  'Becky's New Car' at the Dragon Theatre in Redwood City
on Broadway as it broke all the rules and had good acting, worth full price
- but don't go on Friday because of the crowds

Andy reviewed wine tasting in Lodi as 'not Westercon' & reviewed something
Swedish that's worth seeing - svtplay.se

[evil] Kevin reviewed good wine as worth full price

Chris reviewed 'The Osiris Curse' by Paul Crilley as 'my hand to god' [he
got caught] - a lovely book and he liked it

Dave C reviewed 'Monsters University' as a fun show

[tall] Kevin reviewed the Easy Motel 8 as 'only go there if you're
desperate'

then we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:42 pm

and the rumor of the week was:  'Excuse me while I whip this out'


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