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March 14 BASFA minutes
BASFA Meeting 1337 - at the Black Bear Diner
March 14, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
MARCH 21 WILL BE AT: Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
Began 8-ish pm - with pie, yummy, yummy pie
33 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1336 were accepted as 'Chuck reads for pie'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $19.24 in the regular jar
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report
The President had nothing fannish to report, but did say 'hi' to folks visiting us for the 1st time: William Middleton, Boris and Ronald Fischer
The Sports Committee reported that there are 5 tickets remaining for the Giants/Rockies game on Friday, May 6, in the view reserve [section 317] at a price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 12] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at:
March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
April 4 at Mimi’s Cafe = 1200 El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130
April 11 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
April 18 = TBA
April 25 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that there is a Bay Area Ghost Hunters Meet Up scheduled for March 26, 5pm at Kat's in Los Gatos
Ken announced that Camera 12 in SJ will have Retrodome sing-a-longs on weekends in April & May, check theretrodome.com
John O announced that Silicon Valley Comic Con will be this weekend, with diverse panels and guests, Mo adding that her daughter will be in the Artist's Alley & that books will be given away at the Journey Planet table [manned by Chuck & Chris Garcia]
Andy announced that he has stuff for Dave & has SJ in 2018 flyers & ribbons to give out
[tall] Kevin announced that he still has a box of books that someone bought & handed to him at Worldcon & asked him to drive back & he can't remember who gave it to him & announced that Cheryl Morgan is in Toronto right now & sends her best wishes
Tom announced that Potlatch is free this year and will be at the SJ Public Library this Saturday, 3pm - and will try to do a Skype Q&A with Leonard Richardson
[evil] Kevin announced that they are doing a SJ in 2018 party at Eastercon in Manchester England, April 24-27
Ronald Fischer announced that he has copies of his books to hand out
Reviews:
Bill reviewed Fogcon as wet there & back, a literary con & he mostly enjoyed it & thought it worth full price; Andy agreed and had a good time; then Bill reviewed 'Zootopia' as pretty good
Mo reviewed getting a 20-year-old+ beehive removed humanely as worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Doc Martin' as bing-watched & enjoyed, then reviewed seeing 3 seasons of 'Ballykissangel' as good viewing for St. Patrick day preparation
John O reviewed 'As you Wish', the Cary Elwes rememberance as he enjoyed it
I reviewed 'Gods of Egypt' as very shiny & pretty, but done with less than a thimble's worth of plot, enjoyed as a fantasy flick as long as I didn't try to connect it with Egyptian mythology at all, then Trey followed, equating the deities shown as furry archetypes & worth matinee
Ken reviewed seeing 2 Harold Lloyd films at Cinequest with organ accompanyment as worth full price
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:27 pm
there was no official rumor of the week
nyah
March 14, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
MARCH 21 WILL BE AT: Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
Began 8-ish pm - with pie, yummy, yummy pie
33 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1336 were accepted as 'Chuck reads for pie'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $19.24 in the regular jar
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report
The President had nothing fannish to report, but did say 'hi' to folks visiting us for the 1st time: William Middleton, Boris and Ronald Fischer
The Sports Committee reported that there are 5 tickets remaining for the Giants/Rockies game on Friday, May 6, in the view reserve [section 317] at a price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 12] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at:
March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
April 4 at Mimi’s Cafe = 1200 El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130
April 11 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
April 18 = TBA
April 25 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that there is a Bay Area Ghost Hunters Meet Up scheduled for March 26, 5pm at Kat's in Los Gatos
Ken announced that Camera 12 in SJ will have Retrodome sing-a-longs on weekends in April & May, check theretrodome.com
John O announced that Silicon Valley Comic Con will be this weekend, with diverse panels and guests, Mo adding that her daughter will be in the Artist's Alley & that books will be given away at the Journey Planet table [manned by Chuck & Chris Garcia]
Andy announced that he has stuff for Dave & has SJ in 2018 flyers & ribbons to give out
[tall] Kevin announced that he still has a box of books that someone bought & handed to him at Worldcon & asked him to drive back & he can't remember who gave it to him & announced that Cheryl Morgan is in Toronto right now & sends her best wishes
Tom announced that Potlatch is free this year and will be at the SJ Public Library this Saturday, 3pm - and will try to do a Skype Q&A with Leonard Richardson
[evil] Kevin announced that they are doing a SJ in 2018 party at Eastercon in Manchester England, April 24-27
Ronald Fischer announced that he has copies of his books to hand out
Reviews:
Bill reviewed Fogcon as wet there & back, a literary con & he mostly enjoyed it & thought it worth full price; Andy agreed and had a good time; then Bill reviewed 'Zootopia' as pretty good
Mo reviewed getting a 20-year-old+ beehive removed humanely as worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Doc Martin' as bing-watched & enjoyed, then reviewed seeing 3 seasons of 'Ballykissangel' as good viewing for St. Patrick day preparation
John O reviewed 'As you Wish', the Cary Elwes rememberance as he enjoyed it
I reviewed 'Gods of Egypt' as very shiny & pretty, but done with less than a thimble's worth of plot, enjoyed as a fantasy flick as long as I didn't try to connect it with Egyptian mythology at all, then Trey followed, equating the deities shown as furry archetypes & worth matinee
Ken reviewed seeing 2 Harold Lloyd films at Cinequest with organ accompanyment as worth full price
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:27 pm
there was no official rumor of the week
nyah