Jan 30 BASFA minutes
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basfaMeeting 1122
January 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 'close enough' to 8:00 pm
30 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1121 were accepted as 'eats shoots and leaves'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1121 we took in $8.20 in the regular jar & $9.87 in the party jar; while at meeting
1120 we took in $13.31 in the regular jar & $34.95 in the party jar
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out - issue '305-ish' - and a brand spanking new 'drink Tank Stupendous
annual' out, as of this meeting, right now
The President had nothing fannish to report
Hugo nomination night #1 will be tonight, with #s 2 & 3 on Feb 6 & Feb 13 - so please do not bring in auction items - and
the president thanked the members for not bringing in auction items tonight
The Sports Committee is starting to look for committment & collect monies for the Giants outing on Friday, may 4th -
Giants vs the Brewers - cost being $28.50
The Computer Website Committee reported that the site password has been changed & that Michael Wallis should be fixing
this soon
Adrienne reminded members to pay for their dinner bills before leaving
Announcements:
Jerry Nordley announced that 'Contact' will be held this year - March 30, April 1,2 & is looking for hospitality staff
Ken announced that the Retrodome will be debuting an original 'game show show' sometime this spring
[evil] Kevin announced that Gallifrey is coming up and that they'll host a Friday night party there & announced that the
1st weekend in March will have a Barbot party - check robogames.net for more details
Chris announced that there is good poutine in SJ now at the little chef counter in the San Pedro market on San Pedro
Square - amazingly good food for good prices [and things devolved into talk of lutefisk]
Lisa announced that FogCon will be held March 30, April 1,2 in Walnut Creek at the Marriott - check www.fogcon.org
Jo announced that he is part of the 9% and looking for work again & announced that he will host 2 parties soon - one
likely on Feb 16 and another party March 10 with free pizza and beer
[tall] Kevin announced that he is looking for a new place to live and will likely need help moving in April & announced
that SFFT [the science fiction & fantasy translations board] is doing a fundraiser - check sfftawards.org
Reviews:
Skyrim #1 [Ken] reviewed the 30th anniversary party for the Legion of Rassilon at Carrows as they had a large turnout and
it was a very successful party & reviewed that he & Geri had a pleasant semi-traditional anniversary visit to La Fondue &
that 2 sing-a-longs at the Retrodome on Friday & Sunday were enjoyable & reviewed watching some You-tubage as fun = 'I
built a tardis'
Skyrim #2 [Andy] says the new season of Eurovision is beginning and the recruiting processes is underway
Skyrim #3 [Lisa] reviewed the Legion of Rassilon party as very enjoyable & reviewed Wootstock on Sunday as a lot of fun
Skyrim #4 [Chris] reviewed the art project funded by google as it has completely shot his work productivity & is a lot of
fun & reviewed 'Transformers - Dark Side of the Moon' as the worst film he has ever seen - or made - and reminded folks of
the depth of horrible he has seen & reviewed the restored 'Metropolis' as it ... 'lifted his spirits' [sexy robots!] =
well worth full price & reviewed 'The Thorn and the Blossom' by Theodora Goss as a good story from 2 POVs
Skyrim #5 [Jo] reviewed having a life again as good, reviewed the remake of 'Girl with the Dragon tattoo' as good but not
as good as the original but still worth full price & reviewed supercross as very entertaining & reviewed 'Game of
Shadows' as he hated it a lot less than he expected to and it was pretty good as long as he forgot it was about Sherlock
Holmes
Skyrim #6 [Dave C] reviewed the nerdist live as interesting standup humor - worth full price for a slightly peculiar
evening
Skyrim_#7! [Ric] reviewed Youtube's ability to provide free entertainment as highly recommended - that 'Star Wars Uncut'
is worth every second spent on it & reviewed 'My Drunk Kitchen' as 'go see it' & then there were follow ons that included
the words 'bull penis'
Skyrim #8 [Fred] reviewed Bradford Lyau's book 'The Anticipation - novelists of the 1950's French science fiction -
Stepchildren of Voltaire' as a very good book with an interesting approach to the field and recommends it for the Hugo for
'best related work'; Chris followed and agreed
Skyrim #9 [Dann] reviewed the latest 'Thing' as very thoughtfully done and well written
Skyrim #10 [Trey] reviewed Zamora's Omelet House - which is doing 1-shot limited seating guest chef dinner experiments
we adjourned at 9:30 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Peaches have no intrinsic value and there is no god'
January 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 'close enough' to 8:00 pm
30 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1121 were accepted as 'eats shoots and leaves'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1121 we took in $8.20 in the regular jar & $9.87 in the party jar; while at meeting
1120 we took in $13.31 in the regular jar & $34.95 in the party jar
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out - issue '305-ish' - and a brand spanking new 'drink Tank Stupendous
annual' out, as of this meeting, right now
The President had nothing fannish to report
Hugo nomination night #1 will be tonight, with #s 2 & 3 on Feb 6 & Feb 13 - so please do not bring in auction items - and
the president thanked the members for not bringing in auction items tonight
The Sports Committee is starting to look for committment & collect monies for the Giants outing on Friday, may 4th -
Giants vs the Brewers - cost being $28.50
The Computer Website Committee reported that the site password has been changed & that Michael Wallis should be fixing
this soon
Adrienne reminded members to pay for their dinner bills before leaving
Announcements:
Jerry Nordley announced that 'Contact' will be held this year - March 30, April 1,2 & is looking for hospitality staff
Ken announced that the Retrodome will be debuting an original 'game show show' sometime this spring
[evil] Kevin announced that Gallifrey is coming up and that they'll host a Friday night party there & announced that the
1st weekend in March will have a Barbot party - check robogames.net for more details
Chris announced that there is good poutine in SJ now at the little chef counter in the San Pedro market on San Pedro
Square - amazingly good food for good prices [and things devolved into talk of lutefisk]
Lisa announced that FogCon will be held March 30, April 1,2 in Walnut Creek at the Marriott - check www.fogcon.org
Jo announced that he is part of the 9% and looking for work again & announced that he will host 2 parties soon - one
likely on Feb 16 and another party March 10 with free pizza and beer
[tall] Kevin announced that he is looking for a new place to live and will likely need help moving in April & announced
that SFFT [the science fiction & fantasy translations board] is doing a fundraiser - check sfftawards.org
Reviews:
Skyrim #1 [Ken] reviewed the 30th anniversary party for the Legion of Rassilon at Carrows as they had a large turnout and
it was a very successful party & reviewed that he & Geri had a pleasant semi-traditional anniversary visit to La Fondue &
that 2 sing-a-longs at the Retrodome on Friday & Sunday were enjoyable & reviewed watching some You-tubage as fun = 'I
built a tardis'
Skyrim #2 [Andy] says the new season of Eurovision is beginning and the recruiting processes is underway
Skyrim #3 [Lisa] reviewed the Legion of Rassilon party as very enjoyable & reviewed Wootstock on Sunday as a lot of fun
Skyrim #4 [Chris] reviewed the art project funded by google as it has completely shot his work productivity & is a lot of
fun & reviewed 'Transformers - Dark Side of the Moon' as the worst film he has ever seen - or made - and reminded folks of
the depth of horrible he has seen & reviewed the restored 'Metropolis' as it ... 'lifted his spirits' [sexy robots!] =
well worth full price & reviewed 'The Thorn and the Blossom' by Theodora Goss as a good story from 2 POVs
Skyrim #5 [Jo] reviewed having a life again as good, reviewed the remake of 'Girl with the Dragon tattoo' as good but not
as good as the original but still worth full price & reviewed supercross as very entertaining & reviewed 'Game of
Shadows' as he hated it a lot less than he expected to and it was pretty good as long as he forgot it was about Sherlock
Holmes
Skyrim #6 [Dave C] reviewed the nerdist live as interesting standup humor - worth full price for a slightly peculiar
evening
Skyrim_#7! [Ric] reviewed Youtube's ability to provide free entertainment as highly recommended - that 'Star Wars Uncut'
is worth every second spent on it & reviewed 'My Drunk Kitchen' as 'go see it' & then there were follow ons that included
the words 'bull penis'
Skyrim #8 [Fred] reviewed Bradford Lyau's book 'The Anticipation - novelists of the 1950's French science fiction -
Stepchildren of Voltaire' as a very good book with an interesting approach to the field and recommends it for the Hugo for
'best related work'; Chris followed and agreed
Skyrim #9 [Dann] reviewed the latest 'Thing' as very thoughtfully done and well written
Skyrim #10 [Trey] reviewed Zamora's Omelet House - which is doing 1-shot limited seating guest chef dinner experiments
we adjourned at 9:30 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Peaches have no intrinsic value and there is no god'
