BASFA minutes for Sept 15

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BASFA Meeting 1259
September 15, 2014


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
16 people attended

we established a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1258 were accepted as 'abridged too far'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0.50 in the regular jar & $10.75 in the party jar

There was no vice president report

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Sports committee reported that we all had a good time at the September 12 Giants game

The Party Committee reported that there will be a BASFA party at Convolution on Saturday

JC made a request that announcements and reviews be done with brevity


Announcements:
Fred announced that Convolution will be Sept 26-28 at the Hyatt Regency SFO

Carole announced that she will be in the Convolution Art show

[tall] Kevin announced that at 8am the hotel reservations open up for next year's Worldcon

JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast will be at Convolution & that he'll be on panels at Convolution

Bradford announced that he got a 4th good review on his book

Aatheus announced that it's national drive electric week

Geri announced that you should go to AT&T on Friday if you want an iphone on release day


Reviews:
Michael reviewed 'Here by Monsters' by Alan Snow as it started the boxtroll movement & was a fun read

Aatheus reviewed watching the China all-electric formula one race as worth watching on Fox Sports

Bill reviewed British transportation options & recommends the boat/train & taking out the deductible collision insurance

The Giants' outing was reviewed as wonderful

Geri reviewed South Bay Termite & they stayed back in their old place while the new is being tented & recommend Wiring by Woody, Ryan Wood = 408-393-6237 & say JC sent you


we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:37 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'if brevity is next to impossible then your dictionary is very small'

Sept 22 BASFA minutes

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Meeting 1260
September 22, 2014

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, after Trey ate my waffle
30 people attended

The minutes of meeting 1259 were approved as 'vlurbph?'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $1.94 in the regular jar & $2.98 in the party jar

The Vice President reported there was a new 'Drink Tank' out with a Mo cover

The President had nothing fannish to report


Announcements:
Ken announced that the next Legion of Rasselon meeting will be at the IHOP on Steven's Creek near Lawrence, 7:30 pm & that KFJC, 89.7 FM will have live coverage of English radio, the Liverpool Psych Fest Friday & Saturday, 6am to 6pm

JC announced that Nervana podcast will be at Convolution, noon till 2pm, and that he'll be on some panels there

Chris announced that this weekend is Convolution & that he'll host a film festival there, Saturday 4pm & will be on panels there AND be doing a signing on Friday afternoon & announced that he is looking for movie reviews of sf films and monster movies from the 30's to the 70's, deadline Oct 19, send them to garcia@computerhistory.org

Bradford announced that Silver Age comic material did not go down in value this last year

Fred announced that there will be a Latino comic expo Oct 11-12 at SJ state campus at the King Library

Dave C announced that SFinSF will have a do on Thursday, Sept 25 at the Hyatt Regency SFO. with readings and signings, free for Convolution members & $10 otherwise & announced that Phil Davis & Margaret Mannatt will not be at Convolution & announced that an Escapist Comic shop rumor about Xmen


Reviews:
Chris reviewed 'The Man Who Laughs' - a silent film with Conrad Veidt as it had incredible acting, worth full price & reviewed the 'Boxing Cats' from 1894 as the 1st cat video & demands we all see it & then reviewed a kale dish as the best thing he has ever tasted ... obviously delirious at the time

JC reviewed the TV 'Flash' as promising and he wants to see more of the shows

Dave C reviewed 'The Apocalypse Codex' by Charlie Stross, a Laundry book, as entertaining & a fun book

Bradford reviewed 'Guardians of the Galaxy' as he enjoyed it

Howeird reviewed 'House and Garden', a play by Alan Acorn as one play done in 2 theatres, as superbly acted & being performed at the Fair Avenue Theatre

[evil] Kevin reviewed 'Rare Exports', a Finnish film, as creepy and rye and hysterically funny - and subtitled, available on Xfinity & reviewed the newly revamped Gay Rodeo in Guernsville as pleasant, with comfortable temperatures and well-received by the local community & worth full price


we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:25

and the rumor of the week was: 'There is a conspiracy to mispell the subtitles of our lives'