Sept 17 BASFA minutes
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basfaMeeting 1155
September 17, 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
24 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1154 were accepted as 'Chris Garcia, MIA'
the Treasurer showed up late and did not report
The VP was MIA
The President said 'hi' to Sten, originally from Sweden & now in the area - and had nothing fannish to report
The AdHoc Cinema Committee reported that 'Hairspray the Musical' is showing at the Retrodome this weekend & that 'Iron Sky' will show [confirmed] in Cupertino at the AMC Cupertino Square Sept 20, 7:30pm [tickets obtained from tugg.com] - [there is also an 'Iron Sky' Sept 19, 7:30pm showing -confirmed- at the Santa Clara AMC Mercado]
Announcements:
[tall] Kevin announced that on Wednesday there will be a talk given by Christian Wolmar, a British rails expert, on his new book about US rail, 'The Great Railroad Revolution', at 6pm, at the Mechanic's Institute, 51 Polk St, SF
JC announced that his daughter's soccer team are now 3-0 & that Sept 28 is the premiere of this season's 'Big Bang Theory'
Howeird announced that he is in a production of 'Anything Goes', playing at the Satitoga Civic Theatre, Friday, Saturdays and Sunday thru October 6th and he recommends it
Ed announced that 'have Spacesuit will Travel' is due out in 2013
Bradford announced that he has had his 3rd academic review of his book
Lisa announced that Sept 22 is Hobbit Day & that [evil] Kevin won't be here tonight
Reviews:
Harold reviewed 'Iron Sky' as it's funny, makes reference to other films & has extensive credits - worth paying to see twice & recommended
Josh reviewed the 'Ring Cycle' [all 4 parts] on KQUD/KQEH as he really liked it, the set didn't upstage the actors & is worth seeing and even buying
Fred reviewed DragonCon as huge & crowded, a lot of fun & he has a wonderful time - then Mo commented that Jan Price does their parade
[tall] Kevin reviewed the train ride back from Worldcon as it's warm in San Antonio & the train was early everywhere - they got into LA at 4am
Dave C reviewed 'The Janus Affair' by Ballantine & Morris as steampunk fantasy, enjoyable and fun
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:20 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA is one step closer to completing its Swedish fan collection'
September 17, 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
24 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1154 were accepted as 'Chris Garcia, MIA'
the Treasurer showed up late and did not report
The VP was MIA
The President said 'hi' to Sten, originally from Sweden & now in the area - and had nothing fannish to report
The AdHoc Cinema Committee reported that 'Hairspray the Musical' is showing at the Retrodome this weekend & that 'Iron Sky' will show [confirmed] in Cupertino at the AMC Cupertino Square Sept 20, 7:30pm [tickets obtained from tugg.com] - [there is also an 'Iron Sky' Sept 19, 7:30pm showing -confirmed- at the Santa Clara AMC Mercado]
Announcements:
[tall] Kevin announced that on Wednesday there will be a talk given by Christian Wolmar, a British rails expert, on his new book about US rail, 'The Great Railroad Revolution', at 6pm, at the Mechanic's Institute, 51 Polk St, SF
JC announced that his daughter's soccer team are now 3-0 & that Sept 28 is the premiere of this season's 'Big Bang Theory'
Howeird announced that he is in a production of 'Anything Goes', playing at the Satitoga Civic Theatre, Friday, Saturdays and Sunday thru October 6th and he recommends it
Ed announced that 'have Spacesuit will Travel' is due out in 2013
Bradford announced that he has had his 3rd academic review of his book
Lisa announced that Sept 22 is Hobbit Day & that [evil] Kevin won't be here tonight
Reviews:
Harold reviewed 'Iron Sky' as it's funny, makes reference to other films & has extensive credits - worth paying to see twice & recommended
Josh reviewed the 'Ring Cycle' [all 4 parts] on KQUD/KQEH as he really liked it, the set didn't upstage the actors & is worth seeing and even buying
Fred reviewed DragonCon as huge & crowded, a lot of fun & he has a wonderful time - then Mo commented that Jan Price does their parade
[tall] Kevin reviewed the train ride back from Worldcon as it's warm in San Antonio & the train was early everywhere - they got into LA at 4am
Dave C reviewed 'The Janus Affair' by Ballantine & Morris as steampunk fantasy, enjoyable and fun
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:20 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA is one step closer to completing its Swedish fan collection'
