Meeting 1131 April 2, 2012 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-ish - during a cut-scene 27 people attended The minutes of meeting 1130 were accepted as 'missing' the Treasurer was missing as well The VP reported that there's a new'Drink Tank' out - and a new 'Journey Planet' will be out 'soon' & he won't be here next week The President greeted a new face to BASFA - Bob Crum & we welcomed him. Bob is the publisher of a book just out - 'The Marcella Fragment' by Anne LaForge [dystopian feminist sf] and offered a copy of it to any BASFAn who would review it - and Spike volunteered Announcements: [tall] Kevin announced that this Saturday, 1pm, April 7 will have the announcement of the Hugo nominees, simulcast at 5 places at once [Marcon, Minicon, Norwescon, Eastercon & Leprecon] - with more than 1100 ballots cast, it is a new record; Chris followed, saying that he will be making one of the announcements at Minicon & that George RR Martin will also do an announcment [Andy - he will finish, but some nominees will die in the process] Mike announced that the Mission City Coffee Roasting Company is closing April 15 - and they are doing performances there this Thursday, Friday & Saturday - and next week Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday Adrienne announced that Brian Wilson gnome day got her to buy a 'say hey' Giants ticket package - and is looking to sell a pair of tickets from it for the May 15 game vs the Rockies for $44; Ken followed that Virgin America has a 'fear the beard' plane that has a beard [evil] Kevin announced that Westercon 66 has signed a hotel contract - July 4-7, 2013 at the Hilton Ardam West [$109 per day, including parking] in Sacramento Andy announced that the 'promotional scam' for Westercon 66 is 'secret agents - who is agent 66?' Reviews: I reviewed 'Hunger Games' as I enjoyed it, thought it was worth full price and then also seeing as matinee; there was a Godzilla roar; Josh followed, saying that he's read the book & the movie was well done & worth full price and then also seeing as matinee & wished there had been some protagonist voice-over additions; Chris reviewed it as the movie was the best part of his movie experience at the Almaden - which had a wretched magician before the film; Dave C followed, in praise of voice-overs; Blackfeather followed, pointing out that the movie included focus on current social issues; Trey reviewed it as he enjoyed the movie, especially the actors in smaller roles & he thought it was a good adaptation [evil] Kevin reviewed last Saturday's 'Trans Day of Visibility' as their participation felt good & they did useful things there - plus he got dancing boys - it was worth full price - free - & he was very glad he could help Joni reviewed 'Fire trucks for Hire in Livermore' as it has FIRE TRUCKS! for HIRE! Plus a replica of a firehouse that is enough to keep a mob of kids happy - and worth not only full price but also full price when watching with a screaming mob of children Dann reviewed a preview seen of the remake of 'Total Recall' saying that it looks like it will be better than the original movie & he has lots of hope for it; Chris followed, disagreeing in every way possible [Ken commented 'Chris, you are always looking out for the lowest common denominator'] Mo reviewed loving the library as she saw the 1st 2 seasons of 'Veronica Mars' and really enjoyed the dialogue & interactions - it's a very nice series & reviewed the art show at Contact as it was full of beautiful stuff Chris reviewed 'Napolean' as 5 1/2 hours of awesome cinema & he got to meet awesome people - worth full price - $50 in his case & he also reviewed 'Luca Libre' as 'exactly like on of my father's family reunions' - started with foie grass poutine - also 'ah so good' and it was all amazing, highly recommended and worth full price - $72 for 3rd row & mentioned that both cons he will be fan GoH for have sent him directions to places that serve poutine Adrienne reviewed 'Mirror Mirror' as fun, actually, with costumes reminiscent of 'Hunger Games' - a cute movie, well it was cute, worth $8.65 & she reviewed trailers and says she is looking forward to the remake of 'Dark Shadows' Josh reviewed a trailer for 'Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer' as the audience reacted with total confusion; Chris followed that he loved the book and was in creative writing class with the author Blackfeather reviewed FogCon as worth full price - awesome - he enjoyed it Bob reviewed Symphony Silicon Valley as the music was awesome & reviewed the Redwood Symphony as he performed this time & enjoyed it; both worth full price We did auctions we adjourned at 9:40 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Alan Dean Foster made us the way we are' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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