June 4 BASFA minutes
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basfaMeeting 1140
June 4, 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 8:10, with a new menu
We established a party jar
33 people attended
The minutes of meeting 1198 were accepted as 'lovely parting gifts'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $28.75 in the regular jar and $26.55 in the party jar
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out with talk about BayCon and bacon - on efanzines.com & the 'Balderunner' issue of 'Journey Planet' is also out & slickly beautiful and 'how are you?'
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Party Committee thanked Diane for helping at the BASFA BayCon parties
The Cinema Committee reported that the AMC Frankenstein special event will be on June 6-7
the membership voted against considering a motion
Announcements:
there were announcements about the transit of Venus June 5
Dave C announced that the 20th anniversary of the Rock Bottom Remainders will be their last shows & announced that the election is June 5
Adrienne announced that she will be going to Westercon this year
Andy announced that Westercon 65 is coming up in Seattle July 5-8 & they will be hosting parties there 2 nights - Friday & Saturday - that they should be on a Future Westercons panel and are supposed to have a table; [tall] Kevin announced that there will be an alternate time-line Tonopah Westercon party Friday night
[evil] Kevin urges people to vote tomorrow
Mo made me emit applause
There were announcements that people died
Ed announced that the Scorpions allege they are quitting
Chris announced that FurCon's writer GoH will be Ursula Vernon
Reviews:
Ric reviewed 'MiB 3' as pleasantly surprising & that Brolin does an eerily good Tommy Lee Jones - highly recommended, worth full price; Dave C opined that the special effects looked great and the '60's looked wonderful
Mo reviewed 'Grimm', viewed via Hulu as clever & enjoyable - recommended
Tom reviewed Wiscon as good; reviewed 'The Quantum Thief' by Hannu Rajaniemi as a hard sf novel with some interesting stuff - highly recommended & reviewed a surf show as good
Harold reviewed visiting natural wonders as seen from the railroad & he enjoyed the drink, the Rusty Spike & reviewed hiking in Texas as hikers are warned about the heat [apparently Satan wants Hell's weather back] & nice except for the heat
Adrienne reviewed the Taurus birthday outing as the mango maitai was wonderful; Josh voted 'yes' for the Sangria
JC reviewed 'Geek Time' on the XM radio Howard 100 channel as they did a good 3 hour Avengers special, worth listening to & reviewed 'Innerspace' as just as good now as when it came out
Chuck reviewed a book, 'In the Garden of Beasts' by Erik Larson as colorful & interesting - highly recommended & reviewed the country of Ukraine as wonderful - worth full price & there were lots of comments
Dave G reviewed the author signings at Borderlands as strongly recommended
Dave C reviewed 'One man, 2 Guv'nors' as a traditional farce & a really fun evening at the National Theatre
Fred reviewed 'Hysteria' as well done & predictable & reviewed a play on the same subject at City Lights, 'In the next Room, the vibrator play' as done with greater depth, highly recommended
[tall] Kevin reviewed seeing 'Thanks for Playing the Game Show Show' a 3rd and 4th time as still & Lisa H agreed
Aatheus reviewed Broadway SJ's 'Mary Poppins' as beautiful & very worth seeing & reviewed a DRM-free game bundle as worth more than full price
Trey reviewed 'Ready Player One' as about the '80's & Monty Python & Zork & Pong and he enjoyed it, albeit it had plot holes & recommended it as worth paperback
we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:06 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Mo's optimism will be guarded by Russian granny-kicking Swedes'
June 4, 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 8:10, with a new menu
We established a party jar
33 people attended
The minutes of meeting 1198 were accepted as 'lovely parting gifts'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $28.75 in the regular jar and $26.55 in the party jar
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out with talk about BayCon and bacon - on efanzines.com & the 'Balderunner' issue of 'Journey Planet' is also out & slickly beautiful and 'how are you?'
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Party Committee thanked Diane for helping at the BASFA BayCon parties
The Cinema Committee reported that the AMC Frankenstein special event will be on June 6-7
the membership voted against considering a motion
Announcements:
there were announcements about the transit of Venus June 5
Dave C announced that the 20th anniversary of the Rock Bottom Remainders will be their last shows & announced that the election is June 5
Adrienne announced that she will be going to Westercon this year
Andy announced that Westercon 65 is coming up in Seattle July 5-8 & they will be hosting parties there 2 nights - Friday & Saturday - that they should be on a Future Westercons panel and are supposed to have a table; [tall] Kevin announced that there will be an alternate time-line Tonopah Westercon party Friday night
[evil] Kevin urges people to vote tomorrow
Mo made me emit applause
There were announcements that people died
Ed announced that the Scorpions allege they are quitting
Chris announced that FurCon's writer GoH will be Ursula Vernon
Reviews:
Ric reviewed 'MiB 3' as pleasantly surprising & that Brolin does an eerily good Tommy Lee Jones - highly recommended, worth full price; Dave C opined that the special effects looked great and the '60's looked wonderful
Mo reviewed 'Grimm', viewed via Hulu as clever & enjoyable - recommended
Tom reviewed Wiscon as good; reviewed 'The Quantum Thief' by Hannu Rajaniemi as a hard sf novel with some interesting stuff - highly recommended & reviewed a surf show as good
Harold reviewed visiting natural wonders as seen from the railroad & he enjoyed the drink, the Rusty Spike & reviewed hiking in Texas as hikers are warned about the heat [apparently Satan wants Hell's weather back] & nice except for the heat
Adrienne reviewed the Taurus birthday outing as the mango maitai was wonderful; Josh voted 'yes' for the Sangria
JC reviewed 'Geek Time' on the XM radio Howard 100 channel as they did a good 3 hour Avengers special, worth listening to & reviewed 'Innerspace' as just as good now as when it came out
Chuck reviewed a book, 'In the Garden of Beasts' by Erik Larson as colorful & interesting - highly recommended & reviewed the country of Ukraine as wonderful - worth full price & there were lots of comments
Dave G reviewed the author signings at Borderlands as strongly recommended
Dave C reviewed 'One man, 2 Guv'nors' as a traditional farce & a really fun evening at the National Theatre
Fred reviewed 'Hysteria' as well done & predictable & reviewed a play on the same subject at City Lights, 'In the next Room, the vibrator play' as done with greater depth, highly recommended
[tall] Kevin reviewed seeing 'Thanks for Playing the Game Show Show' a 3rd and 4th time as still & Lisa H agreed
Aatheus reviewed Broadway SJ's 'Mary Poppins' as beautiful & very worth seeing & reviewed a DRM-free game bundle as worth more than full price
Trey reviewed 'Ready Player One' as about the '80's & Monty Python & Zork & Pong and he enjoyed it, albeit it had plot holes & recommended it as worth paperback
we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:06 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Mo's optimism will be guarded by Russian granny-kicking Swedes'
