Meeting 1044 August 9, 2010
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 fwy), Sunnyvale -> HOWEVER please be aware that Coco's is doing a remodel for the next 3 weeks! There is painting being done, blinds are off the window, the back door needs to remain open and they are closing at 9pm Began at 7:50 pm – without blinds Andy moved to fine premature objections $0.25 and this passed We established a party jar 22 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1043 were accepted as 'read' no Treasurer or Treasurer report the Vice President was at NASfic The President had nothing fannish to report – but we did say 'hi' to Tilden – a science fiction fan forever who tracked us down via the internet Then we did auctions – a projector-scope for $3.00; a Tshirt for $0.50 & a book for $1.25 Announcements: Dave C announced that Dorchester Publishing will no longer be publishing books – and will now only distribute digitally and produce pay-on-demand & he also announced that Steve Jobs doesn't like porn Glenn announced to clarify that when Linden Labs closes the Mountain View office that he won't attend BASFA meetings since it would mean driving over 'the hill' to get here Andy announced that Aug 13-15 is the Golden State Gay Rodeo Assoc Bay Area Chapter Rodeo & that he & [evil] Kevin are sponsoring award buckles for events - and that this year there is camping Ken announced that Patricia Neal passed away Radar announced that on Aug 25 from 6pm+ there will be a Zombie Crawl in San Jase, starting 577 S Market St The rumor of the week was: 'Trey operates under Robert's Rules of Disorder' Reviews: Diane reviewed 'The 5 People you Meet in Heaven' as a neat concept, a quick read and well-written [she -was- asked 'was it ghost-written?'] Ed reviewed 'The Last Airbender' as considering what it was, it was okay & he enjoyed it Glenn reviewed Adamson's French Dip on El Camino as really, -really- good with fast service – and did he mention it was REALLY good? He also reviewed Patricia McKillip's 'Song for a Basilisk' as interesting and that it had a different ending Adrienne reviewed the 2nd season of 'Being Human' as she enjoys it and thinks it's worth watching Fred reviewed 'The Great Depression – a Diary' by Roth as fascinating, as the author seeks to teach himself about investing & about how the passage of time affected Youngston, Ohio Lisa reviewed renting a cabana at Raging Waters as really worth the cost, if you have a group [but there was no 'cabana boy' included in the cost] We adjourned at = 8:45 pm -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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