Meeting 1200 July 29, 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 8:08 - because ... reasons 32 people attended A party jar was established The minutes of meeting 1199 were accepted as 'incoherent' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $13.63 in the regular jar & $10.70 in the party jar the Vice President reported that there are 2 episodes of the "leaf and Let Die' podcast out and a new 'Drink Tank' out that is very short The President seeks to engage the fannish network as his time at Lockheed is at an end - so if you need a software engineer, hire him Announcements: Dave G announced that Hugo voting ends Wednesday, July 31 at 9:59 pm, pacific time zone time Chris announced that there will be visits by DUFF and TAFF folk on Aug 19 to BASFA Beth announced that she lacks sewing skills and needs to build a Hallowe'en costume, so she needs help [tall] Kevin announced that he will only be here one Monday in August & also announced that there is a move to eliminate all Fan Hugos Adrienne announced that her car was attacked by a tree and she is upset Ric announced that there's a new Fanboy Planet podcast out Mo announced that she has moved out of her studio and that the cats have temporary homes Reviews: [evil] Kevin reviewed a new restaurant, 'Black Bird Tavern' as the food was delicious - it's at the corner of Doom [1st and Paseo de San Antonio] & he recommends it highly Adrienne reviewed 'RED 2' as she enjoyed it & it was worth full price & she reviewed The Psychotronic Film Festival' as she had fun & she reviewed 'Cabin in the Woods' as really off the wall Chris reviewed Napa as they like wine there & reviewed Morimoto's as they wouldn't seat him there but would give him take-out - that was incredibly good Howeird reviewed 'Scattered Darkly' by Philip K Dick as it felt like he was reading it for years and only the last paragraph was worthwhile & reviewed the DVD for 'Spring Break' as pretty gross and he's donating his copy to the BASFA auction Dave G reviewed Jay Lake's pre-mortem wake as a good time was had by all Ric reviewed 'The Wolverine' as very accurate & true to the Frank Miller in Japan story and amazingly blood free, but not compelling & worth matinee Fred reviewed Symphony Silicon Valley doing summer medleys as good Diane reviewed The Psychotronic Film Festival' as better than sleep then we did auctions we adjourned at 9:27 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Apathy for the win' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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