Meeting 1045 August 16, 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! The blinds are off the window, they are closing at 9pm and we are starting meetings early Began at 7:45 pm – with hunkering 26 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes from meeting 1044 were accepted as 'I have a knife' no Treasurer [and he will be away for the next few weeks, too] and the faux Treasurer report was that last week we took in $4.50 in the regular jar the Vice President was quantum – but reported that there is a 'Drink Tank' out, that 'Scott Pilgrim is the best movie EVER made and that 'Inception' is the best movie EVER made The President had nothing fannish to report A question was posed as to whether there will be a BASFA meeting at Worldcon – and whether we will annex Melbourne's harbor – but these will be decided next week [tall] Kevin reported that the website has a notice up about the earlier meeting times here Announcements: Dave C announced that 'Girl Genius #9' is out and that he has copies of both the soft cover and hardcover available Adrienne announced that she is organizing a Ghost Walk in Melbourne for 8:30pm, Thursday Sept 2 for $20 a person at the Haunted bookshop on McKillip Ave – and announced that Bouchercon will be Oct 14-17 in SF for $195 at the Hyatt Regency Mo announced that her harddrive died but that heroic efforts saved the data on it We established a party jar Reviews: Andy reviewed the room's new color scheme as brighter and nice & reviewed the Golden State Gay Rodeo as camping was cold but eliminated the commute, that the actual rodeo was excellent & all absolutely worth full price – there were follow-ons, including one about heifer hair tossing & Jo commenting he needed cold weather gear Carole reviewed NASfic as there were problems with the programming = 'there were issues there', that it was not quite worth full price but touring in the area was – and that Rick eating all the bread was worth anger; Bill follow-on'd that NASfic did have poor programming, but that the Kittyhawk memorial was worth the miles and time to drive there; Chris commented that NASfic had 'an inner bigness that made it awesome' and they could've fit the entire con's attendees in the space given to him for the fanzine lounge and he had a blast and a half Chris O reviewed the Fahrenheit restaurant and lounge as they did the 'chef's menu' from Josh as 'Wow!' and encourages us all to give it a try, but Josh follow-on'd that he has a bone spur and is not at Fahrenheit right now Dave C reviewed 'The Girl who Played with Fire' as white slavers were the macguffin but there was too much synchronicity for his taste & the ending was abrupt – worth matinee - & reviewed 'The Fuller Memoranda' by Charlie Stross as fun and entertaining and worth full price Jo reviewed having a valve stem issue as not worth full price & that residents of Half Moon Bay are special snowflakes Ken [and Geri] reviewed Mr Lobo's Cinema Insomnia live in Sacramento as fun and the film shown with it – 'The Undertaker and his Pals' – shown in barf-o-vision as also fun and worth the drive and admission – plus that the Holiday Inn Express near there was a good value for the money Adrienne reviewed further episodes of 'Being Human' as very fun to watch Then we did auctions – a book, calender & program book for $1.25; a CD & kooshes for $0.50 & a magazine & book for $1.00 The rumor of the week was: 'Don't worry about me, I'll just take minutes in the dark' Then Ed reviewed Seticon as a fun fundraiser and reviewed 'Kickass' as worth the buck he paid to rent it on DVD We adjourned at = 9 pm -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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