April 13 BASFA minutes

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BASFA Meeting 1289
April 13, 2015

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 - with the Giants 3 and 5
29 people attended

We established a complex system for a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1288 were accepted as 'double dollar guarantee'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $3.75 in the regular jar & $15.25 in the party jar - and has appointed Chuck as assistant auctioneer

The Vice President was missing [week 3]

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Sports Committee reported that we're still sold out of tickets for the BASFA baseball outing for the May 8th Giants game

Announcements:
JC announced that they did a new Nerdvana Podcast and episode 38, part 1 will be out Wednesday, featuring Mo & [tall] Kevin

Chris O & Brad announced that this Sunday Wadaiko Newark will be playing taiko drums at Morgan Hills Hanu Matsure Festival at the Buddhist Community center, April 19, 11 - 5pm & John O announced that Big Wow, a comics Fest will be at the SJ Convention Center this weekend

Adrienne announced that the new season of Orphan Black starts this week

[tall] Kevin announced that Puppygate has attracted the attention of the AP new & announced that Don Eastlake is visiting us

Gerry announced that 'Variations on a Theme' has gone out of business & that Brief Candle has picked up their business

Reviews:
JC reviewed 'Imitation Game' as very good, worth full price

Dave C reviewed a book, 'Resistance' by Samit Basu as it was fun

Mo reviewed the series 'Archer' as highly recommended

John O reviewed Cornell's book 'London Falling' as noir-ish and entertaining & reviewed the 'Game of Thrones' season premiere as they hit the ground running

Bradford reviewed 'Woman in Gold' as recommended

Gerry reviewed Norwescon as a very good con, with especially good writing and science panels and various other folk followed on, mostly agreeing, although [tall] Kevin commented the hotel was small for the convention

[tall] Kevin reviewed gave advice about Hugo nominations & John O thanked him for his efforts

Pat reviewed the Carousel Trilogy by Sharon Lee [Carousel Sun, Tides, Sea] as all were very good

Aatheus reviewed the Hyatt Regency SFO as very hostile to the hotel in-room parties & not worth full price


we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:08

and the rumor of the week was: 'When you lie down with mad dogs you wake up with rabies'

April 20 BASFA minutes

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BASFA Meeting 1290
April 20, 2015

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 - mellowly
31 people attended

We established a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1289 were accepted as 'the secretary says she doesn't have them'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $16.00 in the regular jar & $11.39 in the party jar

The Vice President reported there is a new, albeit 2 weeks old, 'Journey Planet' out and another will soon be released

The President greeted Nathan, visiting us for the 1st time, who is from Ohio and a long-time fan

The Sports Committee reported that we're still sold out of tickets for the BASFA baseball outing for the May 8th Giants game

Announcements:
Brad announced that Stan Lee & Steve Wozniak will start up a new Silicon Valley convention next year

Chris announced that Art Widner died last week at age 97

Dave C announced that it's national pot day; Ken then announced that tomorrow is national unannounced drug test day

Adrienne announced that she is still getting rid of things

JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast, episode 38, part 2 will be out Wednesday & that they'll record episode 39 soonish

Ken announced that this Friday is the Legion of Rasselon meeting at the IHoP on Stevens Creek & Lawrence, 7:30pm & announced that on May 4th he will be doing a Star Wars music medley on KFJC

Fred announced that Book Buyers bookstore in Mountain View is having problems

Reviews:
Nathan reviewed the new 'Star Wars' trailer as it looks promising

Bill reviewed the 'Star Wars' orchestral performance as very well done; Lisa followed, saying it was great and a lot of hard work & phenominal & Harold liked the subtitles used

Carole reviewed Big Wow as a standard comic convention, with a few good panels, as it was a lot of fun [and her Tshirt was -excellent!-], Bill reviewed it as there was a lot of energy there and he enjoyed it a lot more than he expected to & there were other positive comments made

Diane recommended going to cons

Chris also recommended going to cons & reviewed Wrestlemania as go see it in person and the Russian tank was the best part

Adrienne reviewed the new season start of 'Orphan Black' as amazing & she appreciates the male nudity; Chuck agreed and found the acting amazing

Mo reviewed 'Ancillary Justice' & 'Ancillary Sword' by Ann Leckie as they really drew her in and are excellent reads

JC reviewed Disney's 'Monkey Kingdom' as fun and worth full price & Beth's opinion is that 'monkeys are cool'

Nathan reviewed the 'Daredevil' series as it captured the feel of the comics and Marvel universe & Carole said the overall quality is good

we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:11

and the rumor of the week was: 'The missing minutes have been mistaken for a brownie'