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BASFA minutes for July 11
BASFA Meeting 1354
July 11, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner
Began 8pm - with talk of Warcraft
37 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1352 were accepted as 'jerky? What jerky?' The minutes of meeting 1353 were accepted as 'so much for THAT palace coup'
The Treasurer reported that at meeting 1352 we took in $26.50 in the regular jar & $31.00 in the party jar, while at meeting 1353 we took in $0.00 in the regular jar & $0.25 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that Amici's Pizzeria closed [a sentimental favorite of his]
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Code of Conduct Committee reported that he has handouts of the latest code of conduct, annotated, with comments, we convened as a committee of the whole, there were speeches for and against, then voted and adopted the Code of Conduct. Then we voted to adopt a 15th rule and that passed. The rule's wording is: 'That attendees at any BASFA function shall abide by the club's code of conduct.'
Announcements:
Chris O announced that the 2016 TAFF delegate, Anna Raftery, will visit us on our August 8th meeting
Dave C announced that Cargo Cult Books is now 20 years old & announced that he has 'Social Justice' kitty postcards for us to check out
Ken announced that the new 'Ghostbusters' movie opens this week & we were reminded that the 'Force Awakens' will have a Friday night free showing at El Quito park, Saratoga
[evil] Kevin announced that SJ in 2018 needs the names of folks who will be helping them at the Kansas City Worldcon so that they can get badges made for them
John O announced that Tor Books has a new ebook club & that each week they will give away a free ebook, check http://ebookclub.tor.com/
Reviews:
Westercon was reviewed a lot. Hypnotoad summary was that the con was a smashing success and all will obey Hypnotoad
Dave C reviewed his GPS traffic navigation tool as that it saved him from being stuck in a traffic mess for hours
John O reviewed & recommended 'Binti' from his Hugo nominations novella list as it had a different & interesting world view; he commented that a lot of the Hugo novels on the list were blah and forgettable, then reviewed & mentioned the webcomic 'Freefall' as just having finished a chapter & is very enjoyable
Chris reviewed a Google machine learning class that uses datamining as it makes us all characters in a sf novel
Gayle reviewed Onion's article on Tim Duncan's retirement as entertaining
Trey reviewed a web-comic, 'Data Chasers', as entertaining and worth viewing & having just finished a chapter
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:35 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Pokemon Go is down, I can't walk!'
July 11, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner
Began 8pm - with talk of Warcraft
37 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1352 were accepted as 'jerky? What jerky?' The minutes of meeting 1353 were accepted as 'so much for THAT palace coup'
The Treasurer reported that at meeting 1352 we took in $26.50 in the regular jar & $31.00 in the party jar, while at meeting 1353 we took in $0.00 in the regular jar & $0.25 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that Amici's Pizzeria closed [a sentimental favorite of his]
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Code of Conduct Committee reported that he has handouts of the latest code of conduct, annotated, with comments, we convened as a committee of the whole, there were speeches for and against, then voted and adopted the Code of Conduct. Then we voted to adopt a 15th rule and that passed. The rule's wording is: 'That attendees at any BASFA function shall abide by the club's code of conduct.'
Announcements:
Chris O announced that the 2016 TAFF delegate, Anna Raftery, will visit us on our August 8th meeting
Dave C announced that Cargo Cult Books is now 20 years old & announced that he has 'Social Justice' kitty postcards for us to check out
Ken announced that the new 'Ghostbusters' movie opens this week & we were reminded that the 'Force Awakens' will have a Friday night free showing at El Quito park, Saratoga
[evil] Kevin announced that SJ in 2018 needs the names of folks who will be helping them at the Kansas City Worldcon so that they can get badges made for them
John O announced that Tor Books has a new ebook club & that each week they will give away a free ebook, check http://ebookclub.tor.com/
Reviews:
Westercon was reviewed a lot. Hypnotoad summary was that the con was a smashing success and all will obey Hypnotoad
Dave C reviewed his GPS traffic navigation tool as that it saved him from being stuck in a traffic mess for hours
John O reviewed & recommended 'Binti' from his Hugo nominations novella list as it had a different & interesting world view; he commented that a lot of the Hugo novels on the list were blah and forgettable, then reviewed & mentioned the webcomic 'Freefall' as just having finished a chapter & is very enjoyable
Chris reviewed a Google machine learning class that uses datamining as it makes us all characters in a sf novel
Gayle reviewed Onion's article on Tim Duncan's retirement as entertaining
Trey reviewed a web-comic, 'Data Chasers', as entertaining and worth viewing & having just finished a chapter
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:35 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Pokemon Go is down, I can't walk!'