The Rumor of the Now.

Meeting 1139
May 28, 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 very 8-ish

We established a party jar

26 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1138 were accepted as '4-con hangover'

the Treasurer reported that 'we have money'

The VP was not present

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Party Committee had parties at Clockwork Alchemy on Friday night & at Baycon on Saturday & Sunday - all went quite well - and Aatheus is the new Party Maven


Announcements:
Ken announced that his Eurovision special is archived KFJC.com & his next special will be this Thursday, 10am-2pm - "Owl Stretching Time"

Geri volunteered to be the Cimema Committee & announced that the AMC theatres will have a Frankenstein special event on June 6-7

Adrienne announced that there will be a Bay Area Ghost Hunters meet up this Saturday, 1pm at the Moss Beach Distillery, $42 to attend

John O announced that next year BayCon's writer GoH is Lois McMasters Bujold & that the fan GoHs will be John & Chris O'Halloran

Chris O announced that she is BayCon's reigning Fluxx champion

Ed suggested that BASFA needs to advertize itself to draw in new blood

Carole announced that Clockwork Alchemy did well this year and that there WILL be another Clockwork Alchemy next year [yay!]

Dave G announced that Borderlands in SF will host Mary Robinette Kowal at 3pm & Mira Grant [Seanan McGuire] at 6pm & John O followed with the news that the Newsflesh series has been optioned


Reviews:
Lisa reviewed Clockwork Alchemy as really nice for a 1st-time convention - and that trying to go to 3 cons is insane; all who followed gave opinions about how excellent the con was - except for getting registered - & Ed mentioned that Baycon offered a linked membership discount for those trying to go to all 3 cons

Diane reviewed BayCon as phenominal - worth her lost sleep, that the BASFA and Westercon parties were wonderful and that she WILL be going back; Dave C said Dealers Room was moved and that was a good change overall; & other comments about the con were positive and that it had a lot of good spirit, cheer & enthusiasm

Mo reviewed Fanime as she & Dann worked the Art Show, that it was excellent and space for it will be quadrupled for next year - that the resin dragon was incredible & the costumes were tremendous; again all following comments were positive - except that registration was a bear, not helped by a power outage at one point

Terri reviewed 'The Avengers' movie as full of eye candy for women, it was funny & extrememly loud - very enjoayable; John O said that in loud theatres you might miss the best line 'Puny god' - although Ed voted that 'Hulk ... smash' was the better line; & Dave G finally saw the shawarma scene

Dave G reviewed the Nebula Awards Banquet as a lot of fun & recommended it

John O reviewed Maker's Faire as growing bigger every year & amazingly cool to walk thru - you need to go both days to see everything - the parking is a problem & Fred suggested 'friending' them on Facebook so you can buy tickets to go at the best possible price

[tall] Kevin reviewed seeing 'Thanks for Playing the Game Show Show' as well worth re-seeing and the $44 ticket price; Lisa also enjoyed it & applauded the set crew

we did auctions

we adjourned at 10:03 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'next year no Jersey Shore LARP'

Meeting 1137
May 14, 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 8:09 pm - if you trust clocks
We established a party jar

24 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1136 were accepted as 'hoarse de combat'

the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $5.80 in the regular jar & $26.55 in the party jar & observed that the VP may be over-extending himself - whereas in rebuttal, Chris stated he liked Dave's shirt

The VP reported that there will be a new 'Claims Department' out soon & a new 'Drink Tank' out soon too - "yeah ... sure"

The President made a pun but had nothing fannish to report


The Party Committee will host a soiree at Clockwork Alchemy on Friday night & there will be a BASFA party at Baycon on Saturday

The Sports Committee reported that the SJ Giants have their VIP box for parties of 12+ & that for $40 each one gets the box and wonderful BBQ - and he's still researching attending the Giants/Cubs game at Wrigley Field during Chicon 7.

Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she has 2 Giants tickets to give away [and they're GONE!] - plus is looking for someone to go with her to the Giants game this Sunday - please contact her

JC announced that a friend is having a baby real soon now and would like good thoughts sent to Gwen

[tall] Kevin announced that he has a box of food & ingrediants to give away that will not be making the move with him

Ric announced that there's a new Fanboy Planet podcast out '90 Minutes until the end of Civilization', issue #265, check fanboyplanet.com

Ed announced that he wants to help spur a movement to get Keith Laumer a special lifetime acheivement award from Worldcon

Dave C announced that this is KFJC's Month of Mayhem and to check their schedule


Reviews:
I reviewed the 'Avengers' as I enjoyed it a hella amount and thing it's worth seeing at least twice at full price & both cookies were fun; there were several recommendations for seeing the movie in 3D; everyone agreed with my assessment of the Hulk; Adrienne thought it was tons of fun & really admired Captain America - recommends it at full price; there were more neeps; Bradford said it has earned a billion in 9 days, more neeps - there was no flying car; Ed if of the opinion that it's the 'best of the batch' & he plans to see it again in 3D

Adrienne reviewed 'Dark Shadows' as very amusing and she enjoyed it, but not as much as she enjoyed the 'Avengers', she liked the interpretation & thought it worth discounted Costco tickets; Dave C stated that the audience for his showing was very respectful but the film was 'meh' and worth matinee, Eric said it followed the story...ish, but he was less impressed & found it uneven, worth matinee; Ric saw it at a press screening and thought it worth that or cable & was disappointed; while Ken & Geri saw it and enjoyed it

Chris reviewed 'Cuttlefish' by David Freer as a YA steampunk adventure with some serious problems, thought a library DVD from 2008 'Company' as it validated the existance of libraries & reviewed the DVD commentary of 'Buckaroo Banzai' as brilliant, it made him roll around in mirth & was worth full price

Ric reviewed dinner at Mountain Windery as $69 is a bit pricey for the dinner, but the view is incredible

Ed reviewed 'A Beautiful Friendship' by Weber as it made him laugh and cry and like tree cats even more now than before - worth full hardback price

Ken reviewed 'Thanks for Playing the Game Show Show' as great fun and they plan to go again [runs thru the 1st weekend in June]; Mo follwed saying that it is a Kickstarter success and she had a great time

JC reviewed 'Chimpanzee' as darned fun and worth matinee - and bring tissues

Mo pointed out that we had a 1st-time visitor - Bert Taylor - a longtime fan

we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:40 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Next week's Coco special is shawarma week'

Meeting 1136
May 7, 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 pm with a discussion of numbers

The ruling of the Chair was appealed in regards to the pun tax & the Chair was sustained

We established a party jar

24 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1135 were accepted as 'she who controls the minutes, controls the universe'

there was no Treasurer or faux report

The VP reported that there is NO new 'Drink Tank' out this week - but he has a few 'rare print copies of the Handicapping the Hugos issue' to distrubute; there will be a new 'Journey Planet' out soon & he would like reviews of the Hugo nominated novels to include in a 'Drink Tank' to that subject - so please write them and send them to him

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Party Committee will host a soiree at Clockwork Alchemy on Friday night & there will be a BASFA party at Baycon on Saturday


Announcements:
Eric announced that the Stanford Savoy Knights will be presenting Rudigore at the Dinklespiel Auditorium at Stanford this weekend - and may have cameos in it - & Ken stretched the metaphor to announce that the 'Dark Shadows' movie opens this weekend

JC announced that Josh's birthday is Wednesday & also announced that the March of Dimes team Tshirt he designed took 1st place this year

Dave C announced that Dame Edna's plans are TBA, also announced that the DUFF nominations are open for the next 4 days - contact either davedifferencecom or martyhoohahsbcglobalnet & also announced that the new 'Prometheus' movie has to be a tie-in with Dr. Who

Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters now has more than 700 members & needs 5 more members to beat out the other large paranormal group from New York City (aside: 'New York City?!' Beat NY!)

Fred announced that May 13 is How Weird & that May 19-20 is the Maker's Faire

Josh announced that he is looking for feedback on a play

Chris announced that this Saturday at 10am he will be descending on the Chef's Table for breakfast at San Pedro Square market


Reviews:
[evil] Kevin reviewed the pre-show for 'Thank for Playing the Game Show Show' as it was great fun and he highly recommends it - worth more than full price; Ken commented that yes, much hilarity ensues there and also recommends it - then [evil] Kevin reviewed 2 mini-courses at the Tech Shop as 'Oh boy, my artwork is in trouble' as he will be improving it - worth full price and highly recommended

Josh reviewed replacing his phone as it's big, beautiful & gorgeous & worth full price & also reviewed a play, 'Crevice' as he had a great time there - worth full price

JC reviewed 'The Avengers' as every geektastic moment was included, lots of fun, it has 2 cookies at the end

end; Dave C stated 'yes, you must see this movie' & it's the most satisfying superhero movie ever; lots of other comments, all favorable

Mo reviewed 'Moneyball' as she enjoyed it, it's well-crafted and worth seeing

Fred reviewed 'Marley' as a documentary showing at the Camera 3 & incredibly good & reviewed a book, 'Ready Player One' about pop culture in the 1980's by Ernest Cline as good

Yochanan reviewed the 'Giant Novels' by James Hogan as very good & that a friend of his is looking for ushers at the Sunnyvale Community centre

Mo reviewed 1st Friday in Sj as it happened again and was wonderful

Ed reviewed the Botanical gardens in Golden Gate Park as incredibly fantastic

Lisa reviewed the Asian Art museum's story teller's recitation - live - usually with music as a wonderful thing


we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:46 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'There are more unscientific Americans than Scientific Americans'

Meeting 1134
April 30, 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 8:03 p.m., after VP scurried to make a food order


President and Secretary absent
Vice President presiding
Adrienne Foster, acting minute taker

27 people attended

We established a party jar.

The minutes for meeting 1133 were accepted as "making a mountain out of mohelhill."

VP passed around a rare printed copy of the Drink Tank, where he's handicapping the 2012 Hugo nominations.

Treasurer reports we collected $14.75 in last week's regular jar giving the treasury a total of $12,186.55 and the party fund has $309.73.

Party committee plans to have a party at Clockwork Alchemy over Memorial Day weekend, but it is not an officially called party.

Sports committee reminded everyone of our outing at the Giants game on May 4. They are still researching one at Wrigley Park during Chicon 7, where the Giants are playing the Cubs.

Announcements:
Ed says there's a robot project that other people can participate in. See him for more details.

Kevin S. has loads of little shampoos to give out.

Dave C. said Dame Edna Everage is doing another farewell tour in the U.S., but no appearances in the Bay Area. If anyone hears otherwise, please let him know.

I announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters will be doing an investigation of Casa Grande in San Jose on May 19 and it costs $45 to participate. For more information, please go to: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Ghost-Hunters/.

Kevin R. said the locally created and produced new live production Thanks for Playing…the Game Show Show starts May 19 at the Retrodome.

Howeird says a new Broadway show, Silence the Musical, is currently under production. It's a musical version of Silence of the Lambs.

Sarah announced a new show that is being produced, but I missed all of the details because I was catching up on all of the previous announcements.

Dave G. announced that DUFF nominations are now open. For more details, please go to: http://continuum.org.au/c8/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DUFF-2012-Announcement.pdf.

Lisa said Mythcon 43, which is being held in Berkeley, membership rates raise May 2. For more details, please go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/43/.

Ken reminded everyone that CreaturesCon 1, the Creatures Features convention, is being held at the Bal Theater in San Leandro on May 5. For more info, go here: http://www.creaturescon.com/.

Jerry announced that she had free tix for the San Jose Giants for anyone who is interested.

Reviews:
I reviewed The Raven. It was fictional speculation on the mysterious death of Edgar Allen Poe. Poe's love interest was invented, but the story was enjoyable enough. I liked the acting, costumes, and production values. Definitely worth the time and money spent on it. Chris liked John Cusak and one of the other actors and the costumes, but I had to agree with him when he said there were not enough red herrings.

Kris likes the new Amazon Touch and loves Amazon's lending library. She also likes the Titanic exhibition currently showing at the Luxor in Las Vegas. She considered the experience immersive and had to pay for her assessment. For more details, go to: http://www.luxor.com/entertainment/titanic.aspx.

Kevin thanked the BASFAns who helped him move a couple of weekends ago, then reviewed his Budget truck rental as unreliable. He is currently residing in a small apartment in San Jose while in the Bay Area.

Dave C. read Midnight Riot, by Ben Aaronovitch. It's the first in a series where a London detective ends up in the Wizard's Unit of the Metropolitan Police. It's very British and worth full price. He'll look for further books in the series.

Howeird saw Black Snake Moon with Samuel J. Jackson. Howeird said it's Jackson's worst performance ever, but it's worth at least $1. He also read Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Graeme-Smith, and said the dates were all correct, but it took five chapters to get to the blood and gore. Chris followed on that he enjoyed it.
Dave C. queried how else can we explain that brother went against brother in the Civil War besides vampires?

Lisa said that the Disney Store relocated in Valley Fair and was disappointed that the grownups' section of the store was downsized. There's a lot of stuff for kids, though.

Ken and Jerry went to see the opera Faust. Faust was redeemed in this version. They then went to the Little Chef counter and found they had run out of items they originally wanted to order. They also went to see the rehearsals for Thanks for Playing…the Game Show Show. It will run for several weeks.

Jerry saw some Shakespeare on TV with David Tennant and Catherine Tate and said it was hilarious.

Fundraising for Thanks for Playing…the Game Show Show was done through Kickstarter and its ins and outs were discussed by everyone for a while.

Bill and Carole joined California Steam Federation for a tour of the Winchester House in period costume and had curry cookies.

Ed said the movie Kaena is delightful. Well worth the $1 he paid for the DVD. He also read Fair Coin, by E.C. Myers. It's a good book. Not great, but a good first novel. Worth reading.

Chris saw Jiro Dreams of Sushi. He said if you want to see any doccos about sushi, this is the one. Beautifully made.

We did auctions.

Rumor of the Week:
It still has that new diode smell.

We adjourned approximately 9:39 p.m.

One of my retiree filker friends in Denver is funding his con trips by selling books and assorted other items on eBay.  There are some rare volumes (signed first editions) and a lot of low-priced older magazines (Galaxy 1950-51, Amazing 1954, etc.). Seller name is benefiche, the store is Robigalia-Bookshop
http://stores.ebay.com/Robigalia-Bookshop/_i.html?_dmd=1&_sid=9387997&_sop=10
-howeird

Meeting 1134
April 23, 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 8:05 pm with the Giants winning both games in the double-header

28 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1133 were accepted as 'Barbara took a tablet'

the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.50 in the regular jar & 2.25 in the party jar

The VP reported that there is NO new 'Drink Tank' out - but one should soon be posted on efanzines.com & it has Mo artwork - and that Mo will now be called 'Meaux' - and next weel he will be ahndicapping the Hugos

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Sports Committee is investigating a Giants outing on Friday August 31 - vs the Cubs at Wrigley Field [during ChiCon!] as - Chicago has an entertainment tax [comment: 'The Cubs count as entertainment?] - and that the ticket total price would be $41.02 after tax/service fee - however if he buys 20 or more there is a discount.

Then we did auctions


Announcements:
Ken announced that this Friday is the Legion of Rassilon meeting at 1st/Trimble in the Carl's Jr & he also announced that Jonathan Frid has died [possibly due to seeing the 'Dark Shadows' remake]

[evil] Kevin announced that Thinbot took the gold at the Robogames drink making contest

Adrienne announced that her father died & if you know of anyone interested in buying a book binding business - or supplies for one - please contact her

Chris announced that he'll be a GoH at Conquest next year & announced that he is looking for articles about comics for the next issue of 'Journey Planet'

Bill announced that this spring & summer CalTrans is doing massive roadwork [around Buttonwillow] on the 5 freeway and recommends using the 101 for drive travel

Carole announced that Costumecon is in Tempe, AZ & she'll be on panels there & announced that Clockwork Alchemy is over the memorial Day weekend [check clockworkalchemy.com]

Dave C announced that there is a new 'Cargo Cult' catalogue out & announced that Baycon is also held over the Memorial Day weekend

Mo announced that Fanime is also over the Memorial Day weekend and that she & Dann are in charge of the Art Show there

Valeria announced that 'Gaslight Gathering' will be in San Diego over the May 12 weekend


Reviews:
Andy reviewed Robogames as 'besides the win' it was lots of fun - with robot fights and experiments, especially if you are a contestant and can see 'behind the scenes' stuff; [evil] Kevin commented that you can do artistic entries and enter without having to build working robots to be a contestant & Aatheus asked when the area will be allowed to defend itself from violent robots

Mo reviewed getting to hear Jack Black sing 'Beautiful dreamer' as she can die happy now

JC reviewed 'American Reunion' as hysterically funny - and recommends seeing it & reviewed the new jellies exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium as wonderful & also recommended

Kalifer reviewed Hal Clement's book 'Half Life' as hard sf with an omniscient POV & written as though by a high school science teacher

Dave C reviewed 'Carter Beats the Devil' by Glen David Gold as a fun historical novel, an interesting read & reviewed 'Cabin in the Woods' as violent, bloody, messy & fun; Bradford followed, saying that it was enjoyable but that if you are a Josh Whedon fan you will have seen much of this before

Adrienne reviewed the 4th season of the UK 'Being Human' as 'wow' - and it's a transition with a surprising finale & recommended


we adjourned at 9:28 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'There are no mohels on Mars'

Meeting 1133
April 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 wonderful strawberries
26 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1132 were accepted as 'no'

the Treasurer is ill - however last week we took in $10.30 in the regular jar

The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out so 'your long national nightmare is over' - and the issue has a Mo cover - plus she's a Hugo nominee

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Sports Committee is looking into another Giants outing on Friday August 31 - vs the Cubs at Wrigley Field [during ChiCon!]

Announcements:
Josh announced that he was accepted by UC Berkeley

I announced that Adrienne is full of awesomeness and is a wonderful person

Chris announced that the score was Sharks 1/Blues 2 in the 2nd period

'Ric without a 'k' announced that there will be a PechaKucha night April 17, at 7pm at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell & that Mo will do a presentation there

[tall] Kevin announced that he needs help moving this Saturday, April 21 from around 9am till noon in Fremont

Bradford thanked the members of BASFA for their Hugo nominations of his book but since there was a problem with the publication date it has been disqualified - & he announced that he got a positive academic review for his book - 'The Anticipation - novelists of the 1950's French science fiction - Stepchildren of Voltaire'

Ken announced that William Finley had died


Reviews:
Debbie reviewed the Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild dinner held in honor of the Titanic's sinking as expensive but worth full price

Chris reviewed his trip as turbulance was not his friend, that the Minicon people treated him like a minor king as Fan GoH, that his hotel room at-con was AMAZING and had a hot tub [among other wonders], the con was real fun and he 'went to a thing and saw stuff'; he also reviewed seeing his grandparents and seeing turkeys and huge deer and cavorting mountain lions - he had a wonderful time

Adrienne reviewed reading 2 other Devon Monk books - 'Magic on the Storm' & 'Magic at the Gate' as interesting and entertaining with believable characters & then reviewed the 1st 2 seasons of 'Downton Abbey' as a pleasant distraction to watch - 5 stars, a keeper and highly recommended

Mo reviewed 1st Friday in San Jose as the downtown museums are open from 8pm till 11pm with free admission & worth visiting; she also reviewed '5 Spot' as a Mexican cookery open until 3am with authenic cuisine & all delicious - then Josh followed, saying it was actually called 'Chivas', but that everyone -calls- it '5 Spot', it's on 1st just south of 280

Tom reviewed 'The Blind Spot', written in the 1920's by Homer Eon Flint & Austin Hall as a wacky alternate universe book & an interesting read - Bradford followed, saying that he read it years ago and remembers it fondly - a good book for the genre

Ric reviewed Slave Labor Graphics ['SLG'] as it does a 3rd Wednesday 'Nerd Mart', selling all things nerdish & it's a great browsing spot, in SJ near Market and 280; Mo followed that they have live jazz there on 1st Fridays and Josh rated it as a cool place; then Ric reviewed that getting ready for a presentation he will deliver on an iPad inspired him to get an 'air stash' - a wireless networked storage device & that it will fit on a bandoleer

Lisa reviewed the Guadalupe River Parkway Fantasy Fest as they had some writers there, but mostly it was a fun little Ren Faire

We did auctions

we adjourned at 9:13 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Quick! End the meeting before the secretary gets caught up!'

Meeting 1132
April 9, 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 - eventually
24 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1131 were accepted as 'Godzilla tested - mother approved'

the Treasurer was missing

The VP had also fled the state

The President had nothing fannish to report


Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she is looking to sell a pair of tickets for the May 15 game vs the Rockies for $44 - see her - & then later she announced that some people had died

[tall] Kevin announced that he will need help moving Saturday, April 21 from around 9am till noon in Fremont & announced that the Hugo nominations are out and that some BASFAns are on the ballot\

Jo announced that he plans to have a Cinco de Mayo party, May 5th, 7-ish

'Ric without a 'k' announced that taxes are due on April 17 this year & that there will be a PechaKucha night, April 17, 7pm at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell & that Mo will do a presentation there

Mo mentioned that she was nominated for a Hugo [and we cheered]

Dann announced that he & Mo will be running the art show for Fanime - expecting 18,000 attendees the same weekend as Clockwork Alchemy

[evil] Kevin announced that there's a kickstarter event this next week to fund a documentary about the Robogames - check www.kickstarter.com

Andy announced that Robogames will be April 20-22 & that the bar-bot will be judged on Friday & exhibited all weekend at the San Mateo fairgrounds

Ken announced that it's Tom Lehrer's birthday

Joni announced that they have started a website for Garth's sister Blythe = http://blythe-smiles.com, where pictures or short videos can be posted to help cheer up Blythe's spirits


Reviews:
I reviewed a website = http://satwcomic.com/ 'Scandinavia and the World' as a delightful site & so very worthwhile, I read all the archives the day I discovered it; Andy followed with the words 'beer ghost' [LOL]; Aatheus summed it up as 'Europe, the animated series'; Trey also enjoys the site and recommends reading the commentaries

Ric reviewed eating brunch at San Pedro's Little Chef counter as heartily recommended - brunch for 2 under $20.00 & he also reviewed the 1st 2 episodes of 'Game of Thrones' season 2 as very well done & reviewed the NEST learning thermostat as it is teaching them to be more energy conscious - a tad expensive but worth it

[tall] Kevin reviewed the 5x Hugo-cast as ambitious & 'isn't the internet wonderful?' He lauds ChiCon for getting it done

Aatheus reviewed Patrick Stewart reading 'Christmas Carol' as Stewart's voice is highly entertaining and that it was worth far more than he paid for it at BASFA auction

Diane reviewed Muir Woods as beautiful & worth full price & the cost of a yearly pass

Jo reviewed Facebook as 'friends' apparently means everybody anyone else knows; Josh followed with the problem that Facebook can list day & month but cannot list year properly; then Jo reviewed the Sharks playing their last regular season game as they snatched victory at the end of the game and inspired him to buy season tickets for next year


We did auctions

we adjourned at 9:27 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'Short story Hugo discussions to be held in John Scalzi's outhouse'

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'

Apriol 15, not the 25th as I announced last night. Here's an article from South Bay Folks:

Mission City Coffee Roasting to Close on April 15th

3/26/2012

Since 2006, Mission City Coffee Roasting Company, has provided an exceptional home not only for South Bay Folks, but also for the Fiddling Cricket Concert Series, Doug Young's Acoustic Guitar Nights and so much more. Unfortunately, the extended recession has taken a toll. The Cafe's final day will be Sunday, April 15th.

We are currently in search of a new venue. More info as to how you can help is in the SBF newsletter of March 26th. You can also subscribe to the SBF newsletter or watch here for updates as to where we will be after April 15th.

We can't thank Jae and his staff enough for six great years of acoustic fun. Plans are afoot for a Good-Bye Party on that last weekend. We'll keep you posted.

-howeird