BASFA minutes for April 23
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basfaMeeting 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'
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'
