BASFA minutes for July 8

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Meeting 1197
July 8, 2013

The following are minutes for the BASFA meeting head 2013-07-08 at
 Coco's in Sunnyvale.  These minutes are neither totally accurate nor
 totally complete.  Anyone who complains can take minutes the next time.

 The meeting started at about 8:00PM with Chris Garcia presiding.
 Approximately 21 people attended.
 Other officers not present.
 Party jar established.
 Several minutes were spent discussing minutes and by some strange
 process the taking of minutes fell to me.
 A standing ovation given to Andy and Kevin.
 Chris announced a new Drink Tank was in paper form and soon to be online.
 No committee reports.
 No new business.

 Announcements as follows
 Andy announced the convention is over.
 Various people discussed how long they had been in fandom with some of
 the starting at a Westercon.
 JohnO and ChrisO said it was their 19th anniversary
 Mo discussed moving
 JC said a new Nerdvana podcast would be going up on Wednesday
 Chris said his next episode was rendering and would be up soon
 And there were the first three episodes of leaf and let die

 Reviews by many people about Westercon
 KC Speakeasy Party was great and even had people from Kansas City
 Dealers who knew what they were doing did better
 Music was good
 Awesome fanzine lounge (aka Champagne Lounge)
 BarBot was great
 Nicole and Kelly 25th anniversary
 Good writers workshop
 Comments about the blackout
 Fireworks were good
 Lots of fun
 Great time at dead dog party
 Music was incredible
 Volunteers were dragged into minionhood
 Phenomenauts were awesome
 Parties were awesome
 Great masquerade
 Match game was great
 Beth first con
 Mac and cheese with lobster
 Two Buck Chuck moderated panel
 Panel on page 119 was good

 Other Reviews
 Costco the day before a major holiday was insanity
 Lone Ranger movie loads of fun
 Lone Ranger tie-in merchandise already at half price

 Auction
 Stuffed Items auctioned.
 (All money went into party jar because regular jar was never
 established.  At end of meeting party jar contained $2.25.)

 Rumor: Best Blackout Ever

 Adjourned at about 9:05