Jan 25 BASFA minutes

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BASFA Meeting 1330
January 25, 2016

Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
FEB 1 WILL BE AT: the RT Pizza place near Coco's, 1220 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale

Began 8 pm - TRYING OUT OMEGA'S DINER
30 people attended

We established a party jar
It was very loud here, with people yelling about basketball on the other side of a partition

The minutes of meeting 1329 were accepted as 'alpha of Omega'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $4.00 in the regular jar & $15.25 in the redacted jar

The Vice President had nothing fannish to report

The President had nothing fannish to report, but welcomed back Robert Sallade after a several years absence

The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the

Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28

The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites.
Feb 1 = back at the Round Table 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035;
Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway

Announcements:
Dave C announced that there is an art exhibit of 'My Hero - Contemporary Art & Superhero Action' will be at the Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for the Arts through March 20 & announced that next week begins the Hugo Nomination process, after regular meetings and that it will also cover nominations for the Retro Hugos of 1940

Bill announced that he & Carole will attend a convention

JC announced that hotel reservations are open, but tricky to book at MidAmeriCon & announced that Nerdvana

Podcast has an IndieGoGo fundraiser

Adrienne announced that Hugo nomination forms are out

Chris O announced that John O had his surgery and he is improving

Fred announced that light rail will be messed up during Superbowl week

Ken announced that Stephen Moffit has stepped down from 'Dr Who'

Reviews:
Dave C reviewed 'Spectre' as it had a poor premise, reviewed 'Ride Along 2' as being more pleasant to view &

reviewed the TV series 'Angie Tribeka' as enjoyable
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Adrienne reviewed her visit to North Dakota as nice, with lots of snow [too much snow], but she & Mo agreed that

being in snow makes one appreciate heat more

Fred reviewed reading a newspaper as informative

Bill reviewed their visit to Georgia as interesting & Carole opined that the Georgia Puppet Museum is worth seeing

JC reviewed the 'X Files' premiere as establishing the mood of the series & interesting, but Mo thought the pacing was frantic

we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:18 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'Do you think that Moffit looks tired?'

Feb 1 BASFA minutes

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BASFA Meeting 1331 - at the Round Table pizza place
February 1, 2016

Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary

Began 8 pm - with comments about 'up trailer and down trailer'
28 people attended

We established a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1330 were accepted as 'handed to the president'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $12.00 in the regular jar & $4.05 in the party jar

The Vice President reported that she'll be coming in

The President had nothing fannish to report, and then we presented the redacted [gift certificate] to the waitress

The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28 - AND that the SJ Giants will have their Star Wars night on Saturday, May 14, mentioning that we can have the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs

The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Omega got very mixed reviews.
Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035;
Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory

The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that a preliminary list has been compiled & that those interested can wait and nominate more after the regular meeting

Announcements:
[evil] Kevin announced that he will be at Livermore Reads with Thinbot on Feb 27 at the Livermore PL

Valerie announced that she has written a pastiche about the 'Force Awakens', mashed with Jane Austen, called 'Nonsensibility'

Reviews:
Carole reviewed Conflict as it seemed quiet to her, but enjoyable & she reviewed Alaskan airlines as better than most

Mo reviewed 'Gallivant' as very funny & recommended; Howeird agreed and added that it was written well

Dave C reviewed 'Lucifer' as 'he's the devil, she's a cop - together they fight crime' & Mo commented that so far it seems fun

Adrienne reviewed a Bay Area Ghost Hunter's meet-up in SF at the San Remo hotel as the hotel's Italian restaurant was pleasant

Mike reviewed the Numu in Los Gatos, Rick Guidice NASA paintings as worth seeing & recommended

we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:02 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'We who are about to SMOF salute you'

Feb 8 BASFA minutes

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BASFA Meeting 1332 - at the Black Bear Diner
February 8, 2016

Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary

Began 8 pm - with many small noisy creatures in the room

28 people attended

We established a party jar
Then a motion failed

The minutes of meeting 1331 were accepted as 'still commuting from Superbowl city'

The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $10.00 in the regular jar & $1.00 in the party jar & he gave the Party Committee money

The Vice President had nothing fannish to report

The President had nothing fannish to report, and then we said hi to several folks visiting us for the first time - Melanie, who is a long-time fan; Nathan who is a longtime reader of sf & Brandon who found us because of the Meet-up site

The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Omega got very mixed reviews.
Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035;
Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory
March 14 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway

The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at Babscon [Apr 22-24], at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame on Apr 23

The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that they will be doing retro Hugo nominations after the regular meeting tonight

The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28 - PLUS that Ken is working on getting tickets for the SJ Giants Star Wars night on Saturday, 5pm, May 14, saying that we can have the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs

Announcements:
John announced that the next free admission day for the SF Exploratorium is on March 14

Bob announced that he is moving to his first place of his own in 20 years and will be in Hayward & thus closer to us

John O announced that Consonance will be March 4-6 at the Crown Plaza [880 & the 237], $60 for the weekend if preregistering - check for details at consonance.org

Chuck announced that Nerdvana Podcast is still doing its fundraiser on Indy Gogo with a goal of $2500, so give the site a look

Dave C announced that Brian Kesinger has a site and to go look at it = www.rickey.org and search for 'Calvin' & he announced that Gallifrey One is at the LA Marriott this weekend

Fred announced that FogCon is March 11-13 in Walnut Creek & announced that Potlatch is March 19 at the SJ public library & is free - and there is a writer's workshop there too

Reviews:
I reviewed the trout served at the diner as the best trout I have encountered in years & worth buying at least twice

Ric reviewed the TV 'Shannara' adaptation as 'really it's been kind of decent' with good fx and he mildly recommends it

Alex reviewed 'Hail Caesar' as very good, solid and recommended

Gerry reviewed the Space X assembly facility as free, worth full price and very interesting, Gayle followed and agreed

Bob reviewed the free SF 'Superbowl city' experience as not worth full price because there was not much to see but lines and temporary buildings, he had a bear-battered sausage ['sausage tempura?' Melanie suggested] & Bob really didn't enjoy himself, even if the beer was flowing 'if you consider that Lite is beer'

Carole reviewed the 'East Meets West' exhibit at the Asian Arts Museum as very good

Ken reviewed getting out of the Bay Area this last weekend was worth full price

Dave C reviewed 'Realityland' by David Koenig as true-life adventures in building Disneyland as interesting

we did auctions

we adjourned at 8:55 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA recomends the Sha-na-na Chronicles'