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basfaMeeting 1178
February 25, 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 8pm with cocaine trees far as the eye can see
26 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1177 were accepted as 'accepted the minutes'
the Treasurer reported that on Feb 4 the regular jar took in $7.75 & $3.75 in the party jar; that on Feb 11 the regular jar took in $2.75 & that on Feb 18 the regular jar took in nothing & the party jar took in $0.25
The Vice President reported that his '5 cons' doco has been funded on indiegogo - and that a new 'Drink Tank' is out - and that he has a new 'zine out = 'Klaus at Gunpoint' for film reviews
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Carole announced that Consonance is this weekend & announced that Condor will be in San Diego March 9-10
Cindi announced that FogCon is in Walnet Creek & there'll be an Ordinary Hotel Room party Saturday night
Chris announced that Cinequest starts tomorrow and goes for 12 days, there was a follow on that the Silicon Valley Browncoats will have an outing to see 'Sparks' there on Saturday & then Chris also announced that Jan Finder [Wombat] is in hospital
News today is that Wombat died
Adrienne announced that the BBS is cancelling 'Being Human'
JC announced that Nerdvana episode #9 will be released Wednesday - and this Saturday they will record 'Pulp the Celluloid', ep 10 Wednesday
[evil] Kevin announce that barbot will return this Fri & Sat from 7-10pm, check for info at www.somarts.org & www.robogames.net/barbot
Ric announced that Fanboy Planet #298a is now out & that #298b will be recorded at Cinequest & that PechaKucha #9 will be at Cafe Stritch, Wed, 6:30pm Feb 27th & announced that PechaKucha #10 will be April 2 & Chris says he'll present at that one
Tom announced that Potlatch 23 will be selling memberships at FogCon
Reviews:
JC reviewed 'Beautiful Creatures' as having wonky pacing with nic fx - worth matinee
Ric reviewed 'Silver linings Playbook' as such a good movie - the topic well-handled & highly recommended - Mo commented that it wasd excellent, worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Randall & Hopkirk [Deceased]' as a lot of fun & worth buying on DVD - but it's a region 2 DVD
Dave G reviewed Capricon - a midwest con - as it snowed - he enjoyed the con, it had good programming
Tom reviewed the Flying Karamatsov Brothers 40th anniversary show as pretty good non-stop silliness
Dave C reviewed Gallifrey as the Dealer's room was larger than last year & he saw Shelley Goldstein who was enjoyable
Mo reviewed seeing 5 Oscar nom'd films as pretty spectacular - and recommends going to a marathon like that with a friend
[tall] Kevin reviewed an Al Stewart concert as definitely worth full price ^ was lots of fun
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:28 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'I just barely got Saturday'
February 25, 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 8pm with cocaine trees far as the eye can see
26 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1177 were accepted as 'accepted the minutes'
the Treasurer reported that on Feb 4 the regular jar took in $7.75 & $3.75 in the party jar; that on Feb 11 the regular jar took in $2.75 & that on Feb 18 the regular jar took in nothing & the party jar took in $0.25
The Vice President reported that his '5 cons' doco has been funded on indiegogo - and that a new 'Drink Tank' is out - and that he has a new 'zine out = 'Klaus at Gunpoint' for film reviews
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Carole announced that Consonance is this weekend & announced that Condor will be in San Diego March 9-10
Cindi announced that FogCon is in Walnet Creek & there'll be an Ordinary Hotel Room party Saturday night
Chris announced that Cinequest starts tomorrow and goes for 12 days, there was a follow on that the Silicon Valley Browncoats will have an outing to see 'Sparks' there on Saturday & then Chris also announced that Jan Finder [Wombat] is in hospital
News today is that Wombat died
Adrienne announced that the BBS is cancelling 'Being Human'
JC announced that Nerdvana episode #9 will be released Wednesday - and this Saturday they will record 'Pulp the Celluloid', ep 10 Wednesday
[evil] Kevin announce that barbot will return this Fri & Sat from 7-10pm, check for info at www.somarts.org & www.robogames.net/barbot
Ric announced that Fanboy Planet #298a is now out & that #298b will be recorded at Cinequest & that PechaKucha #9 will be at Cafe Stritch, Wed, 6:30pm Feb 27th & announced that PechaKucha #10 will be April 2 & Chris says he'll present at that one
Tom announced that Potlatch 23 will be selling memberships at FogCon
Reviews:
JC reviewed 'Beautiful Creatures' as having wonky pacing with nic fx - worth matinee
Ric reviewed 'Silver linings Playbook' as such a good movie - the topic well-handled & highly recommended - Mo commented that it wasd excellent, worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Randall & Hopkirk [Deceased]' as a lot of fun & worth buying on DVD - but it's a region 2 DVD
Dave G reviewed Capricon - a midwest con - as it snowed - he enjoyed the con, it had good programming
Tom reviewed the Flying Karamatsov Brothers 40th anniversary show as pretty good non-stop silliness
Dave C reviewed Gallifrey as the Dealer's room was larger than last year & he saw Shelley Goldstein who was enjoyable
Mo reviewed seeing 5 Oscar nom'd films as pretty spectacular - and recommends going to a marathon like that with a friend
[tall] Kevin reviewed an Al Stewart concert as definitely worth full price ^ was lots of fun
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:28 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'I just barely got Saturday'
