additional information on Ohlone Sing-Along: Smith Center at Ohlone College Outdoor Amphitheatre Movies Under The Stars http://www.ohlone.edu/org/smithcenter/20112012/themuppets.html $5 each person, $2 parking per car
1 add-on: By the end of the meeting, I had registered http://indoor-squirrel.org/ JohnO On 7/17/2012 6:12 PM, melchar wrote:
Meeting 1146 July 16, 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 8pm - with twisty logic We established a party jar 31 people attended The minutes of meeting 1145 were accepted as 'bacon, bacon minutes' the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1144 we took in $26.00 in the regular jar and $3.50 in the party jar - and that last week at meeting 1145 we took in $0 in the regular jar and $9.00 in the party jar The VP reported there's no new 'Drink Tank' out yet & he was given books by Diane - but the latest issue of 'Journey Planet' is on his laptop now [not yet published] and has a Mo cover & he can't find his list and will be the Fan GoH for Westercon 67 The President had nothing fannish to report - however [note added after the fact - neither president nor secretary wii be at the meeting next Monday night] The AdHoc Cinema Committee reports that the Retrodome is showing 'My Fair Lady' this weekend ... & 'Airplane will be shown the weekend after that [and there will be an OUTING July 28 to see it] - plus it was reported that the 'Muppet Movie' is showing at Ohlone Community College this weekend Announcements: [evil] Kevin announced that on July 29 there'll be an open meeting for Westercon 66 in Sacramento at the Hilton Arden West at 11am John O announced that Consonance has signed their hotel contract for the Crowne Plaza in Milpitas, for March 1,2,3 2013 - check their site = consonance.org <http://consonance.org> Ric announced that the next Pachacachachacha will be held Monday, July 23 in San Jose at the IBC - and check their Facebook page for details & later he announced that 'Daredevil' the series won the Eisner award Carole announced that she had artwork in the Westercon art show and sold 7 pieces Josh announced that Convolution will be held Nov 2,3,4 at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame & there are bookmarks for it [pretty!] Lisa announced that Mythcon is coming up on Aug 3,4,5,6 at UC Berkeley, $95 at the door - & check www.mythsoc.org <http://www.mythsoc.org> Reviews: Chris reviewed indoor squirrels at Yosemite [awesome] and he had a wonderful time there - worth missing ComicCon for & reviewed cheese at the Oakdale Cheese & Specialty Company as OMG the cheese! [tall] Kevin reviewed indoor lizard as Ferney was very hot, he saw a coyote & deer grazing with cows - & reviewed Westercon as better than he thought it would be - the Alternate Tonopah party was well received and the Westercon business meeting lasted 7 minutes; there were tons of Westercon follow-ons = Bill didn't care for the con layout; Carole was on 7 panels & the Masquerade was tiny; Dave was stuck in the Deaer's room -which was hidden nearly from view- signage was non-existant; Kevin & Andy's party rocked & Dave learned his 'Invader Zim' Tshirt was a drunk chick magnet; Reg badges were truncated and badly spelled; Lisa had an interesting time & found the Dealer's Room! & had fun Fred told people to watch for the movie 'Play Dead' that's coming out soon; he saw it unofficially & it's really good and interesting - he recommends it Ric reviewed ComicCon as line standing was exhausting, it was REALLY crowded; he took 1040 pictures which are posted at fanboyplanet.com <http://fanboyplanet.com> & Facebook; he got Gail Carriger swag, saw lots of 'Walking Dead' stuff & thought it was worth full price Diane reviewed 'London Eye - Toxic City' by Tim Lebbon as interesting, with good characters, a quick read & fun Adrienne reviewed 'Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter' as she enjoyed it, but was not impressed, worth matinee; John O agreed and opined that it was badly edited & that they mucked with history in ways that were annoying, not clever Harold reviewed marinetraffic.com <http://marinetraffic.com> as a wonderful time sink - interesting & kinda fun Lisa reviewed taking the train to Seattle as they were late to Seattle and on time back - and the beds were rock hard Josh reviewed 'Yellow Submarine' at the Retrodome as a lot of fun [and there were lots of follow-ons] I reviewed spending time at the Kaiser emergency room with Trey as I'm glad the visit proved productive Ed reviewed the new Laundry book by Charlie Stross as interesting Carole reviewed visiting Hurricane Ridge as gorgeous and she got a lot of good photos we did auctions we adjourned at 9:54 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Everything I learned about Robert's Rules I learned at BASFA' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ******************* _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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