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BASFA minutes for May 20
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melcharMeeting 1190
May 20, 2013
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 8:00 pm - sans podcastry
29 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1189 were accepted as 'secretary's gone wild'
the Treasurer reported that last week the regular jar took in $20.25 & the party jar took in $28.25
the Vice President reported that there are no new fanzines out - EXCEPT for a new 'Drink Tank' with a Mo ['the thrill'] Starkey cover & he'll be fan GoH this weekend at Conquest
The President had nothing fannish to report
the Party Committee reported that there will be a BASFA party at Baycon on Sunday
Then Jo wondered if BASFA existed on wikipedia & then we wandered off into philosophy
Announcements:
JC announced that the latest Nerdvana podcast was recorded over the weekend - a 'Dr Who season 7 wrap up show' & should be up this Wednesday - check www.nerdvanapodcast.com - then there was neepery about what season it really was & then he announced that they also posted a 'Star Trek' movie impulse review
Adrienne announced that fans died and she'd like to know more details
[evil] Kevin announced that there will be an Ordinary Room Party at Baycon Friday-ish & that Westercon is now selling kid-in-tow & youth memberships for Westercon 66 - details on the website - & he heard his chaps won an award in Denver & announced that Westercon 66 will have a brief planning meeting on Monday
Ken announced that there will be no Legion of Rasselon meeting this Friday, due to cons - but there WILL be one next Friday & he announced that KFJC's [89.7] month of mayhem will have a 'very grey' mayhem episode next Monday from 2-6pm
Valerie announced that she has a new book out [and another on the way] - 'Winning the Game of Thrones' - & it's free on Amazon this week & next week 'Winter is Coming' comes out and life is busy
Beth announced that she is soliciting donations for an end of year [grade 7] cool things auction
Ric announced that episode 307 of the FanboyPlanet podcast was recorded yesterday & is out now & that his review of 'Into Darkness' will be up tonight & he's looking for people who need presentation experience
John O announced that Fanime, Baycon, Clockwork Alchemy & Kublacon are this next weekend - remember to bathe - and announced that Sunday night they'll have their Taiko group playing at Baycon & Howeird commented that taiko is not an astronomy presentation
Chris announced that her cancer is not aggressive and not prone to spread [all hail lazy cancer!]
Howeird announced that Ye Olde Towne Band will be giving free concerts from May through September on the last Sunday of every month at Shoup park, 1:30pm & announced that he bought a car yesterday that he then exchanged for a different car - a Toyota Corrola & the Toyota Sunnyvale guys were totally professional
Lance has Westercon 66 booksmarks
Mo announced that she's art director for Fanime & urged us to visit her
Jo announced that he has a book out & a 2nd one approved - both tech manuals & announced that Andrew Offutt died
Aatheus announced that the 'Iron Sky' folks are planning a part 2 & starting to crowd source for it
Reviews:
'Star Trek into Darkness' was reviewed a lot, mostly positively; "Was the science creamy or lumpy?" - "What science?"
Ric & Mo reviewed Big Wow - a comic festival - as lots of fun and enjoyable
JC reviewed the latest Dr Who episode as inspired - and folks agreed
The Nebula awards weekend was reviewed a lot as -very- good
Andy reviewed the Eurovision songfest as really a lot of fun & worth stealing & getting together with friends with to heckle
Adrienne reviewed Bjuold's 'Captain Vorpatril's Alliance' as she liked it more than 'Red Shirts'
Aatheus reviewed 'Steins' as an exceptionally good bar with good food & an excellent chicken poutine, definitely worth full price & reviewed 'Hydrogen Sonata' [by Iain Banks] as an excellent read
Jo reviewed Missouri as misery & they visited a wild animal park outside of Springfield as awesome & a good time; he doesn't really get Branson & said that drinking is the state sport
John O reviewed Makers Faire as he spent all his time there with his taiko group & it appeared crowded
Howeird reviewed "The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination' - short stories - as all good, some excellent and some world class - well worth full price
Chris reviewed 'sweatercats.com' as really cute cat artwork [https://www.facebook.com/sweatercats]
Mo reviewed Adrienne's Taurus birthday party bash as worth full price & wonderful
then we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:10 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'lazy cancer is the best cancer'
May 20, 2013
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 8:00 pm - sans podcastry
29 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1189 were accepted as 'secretary's gone wild'
the Treasurer reported that last week the regular jar took in $20.25 & the party jar took in $28.25
the Vice President reported that there are no new fanzines out - EXCEPT for a new 'Drink Tank' with a Mo ['the thrill'] Starkey cover & he'll be fan GoH this weekend at Conquest
The President had nothing fannish to report
the Party Committee reported that there will be a BASFA party at Baycon on Sunday
Then Jo wondered if BASFA existed on wikipedia & then we wandered off into philosophy
Announcements:
JC announced that the latest Nerdvana podcast was recorded over the weekend - a 'Dr Who season 7 wrap up show' & should be up this Wednesday - check www.nerdvanapodcast.com - then there was neepery about what season it really was & then he announced that they also posted a 'Star Trek' movie impulse review
Adrienne announced that fans died and she'd like to know more details
[evil] Kevin announced that there will be an Ordinary Room Party at Baycon Friday-ish & that Westercon is now selling kid-in-tow & youth memberships for Westercon 66 - details on the website - & he heard his chaps won an award in Denver & announced that Westercon 66 will have a brief planning meeting on Monday
Ken announced that there will be no Legion of Rasselon meeting this Friday, due to cons - but there WILL be one next Friday & he announced that KFJC's [89.7] month of mayhem will have a 'very grey' mayhem episode next Monday from 2-6pm
Valerie announced that she has a new book out [and another on the way] - 'Winning the Game of Thrones' - & it's free on Amazon this week & next week 'Winter is Coming' comes out and life is busy
Beth announced that she is soliciting donations for an end of year [grade 7] cool things auction
Ric announced that episode 307 of the FanboyPlanet podcast was recorded yesterday & is out now & that his review of 'Into Darkness' will be up tonight & he's looking for people who need presentation experience
John O announced that Fanime, Baycon, Clockwork Alchemy & Kublacon are this next weekend - remember to bathe - and announced that Sunday night they'll have their Taiko group playing at Baycon & Howeird commented that taiko is not an astronomy presentation
Chris announced that her cancer is not aggressive and not prone to spread [all hail lazy cancer!]
Howeird announced that Ye Olde Towne Band will be giving free concerts from May through September on the last Sunday of every month at Shoup park, 1:30pm & announced that he bought a car yesterday that he then exchanged for a different car - a Toyota Corrola & the Toyota Sunnyvale guys were totally professional
Lance has Westercon 66 booksmarks
Mo announced that she's art director for Fanime & urged us to visit her
Jo announced that he has a book out & a 2nd one approved - both tech manuals & announced that Andrew Offutt died
Aatheus announced that the 'Iron Sky' folks are planning a part 2 & starting to crowd source for it
Reviews:
'Star Trek into Darkness' was reviewed a lot, mostly positively; "Was the science creamy or lumpy?" - "What science?"
Ric & Mo reviewed Big Wow - a comic festival - as lots of fun and enjoyable
JC reviewed the latest Dr Who episode as inspired - and folks agreed
The Nebula awards weekend was reviewed a lot as -very- good
Andy reviewed the Eurovision songfest as really a lot of fun & worth stealing & getting together with friends with to heckle
Adrienne reviewed Bjuold's 'Captain Vorpatril's Alliance' as she liked it more than 'Red Shirts'
Aatheus reviewed 'Steins' as an exceptionally good bar with good food & an excellent chicken poutine, definitely worth full price & reviewed 'Hydrogen Sonata' [by Iain Banks] as an excellent read
Jo reviewed Missouri as misery & they visited a wild animal park outside of Springfield as awesome & a good time; he doesn't really get Branson & said that drinking is the state sport
John O reviewed Makers Faire as he spent all his time there with his taiko group & it appeared crowded
Howeird reviewed "The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination' - short stories - as all good, some excellent and some world class - well worth full price
Chris reviewed 'sweatercats.com' as really cute cat artwork [https://www.facebook.com/sweatercats]
Mo reviewed Adrienne's Taurus birthday party bash as worth full price & wonderful
then we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:10 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'lazy cancer is the best cancer'
