BASFA minutes for August 1

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BASFA Meeting 1357
August 1, 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 8 pm - needing soda
25 people attended

we established a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1356 were accepted as 'the happiest minutes on Earth'

The Treasurer was absent & but last week we took in $2.75 in the regular jar & $14.50 in the party jar

The Vice President had nothing fannish to report

The President had nothing fannish to report

The Website Committee reported that the BASFA Rules list & the code of conduct are now up on the website

Announcements:
Mike announced that Jack Davis & Richard Thompson died

John O announced that the 2016 TAFF delegate, Anna Raftery, will visit us on our August 8th meeting & announced that House Arkham has arrived at Disneyland

Bill announced that he will be doing a filk concert Thursday, 1pm of Worldcon

Gerry announced that the medical community has decided he will not die immediately & he recommends the PSA test

Dave C announced that Cargo Cult is conducting a poll for preference between the formats of DVD vs Blueray - and the results was that DVD is still preferred & announced that the convention results from Gallup were that Hilary got a +4 point bump, while Trump got a -15 point dimple

Andy announced that Worldcon is coming up & SJ in 2018 can still use help for the site selection table and fan table - both during the day - for the bid party at night & may need help with the Registration table if they win & will also need help with assembly in the large exhibit hall

Brad announced that he is here & that he has had a new paper accepted academically & announced that the Heinlein bust will be displayed at Worldcon & announced that he is driving to the con

[tall] Kevin announced that he will drive to Worldcon from home & he'll leave a week from Thursday

[evil] Kevin announced that the test build for the secret project was a success and took only 2 hours

Geri announced that a Bacon festival will happen Sept 3-4 in SJ

Carole announced that she has 2 art panels in the Worldcon art show

Reviews:
Valerie reviewed the Harry Potter release for 'Cursed Child' as fun & revealing

Gerry reviewed the operetta, 'El Capitan', by John Philip Sousa as rousing, melodic and recommended

Adrienne reviewed 'Absolutely Fabulous' as a good movie adaptation of the show, the performances were good & she found it fun, but rates it worth waiting for Amazon

Bill reviewed the new 'Ghostbusters' movie as a madcap romp, enjoyable and worth full price

Andy reviewed Google maps as the area around the SJ in 2018 site as solidly orange = packed with things to do

Ric reviewed the app for 'Overdrive' as it works well for audio books & reviewed an imagining app called 'Sombra' as it also works well

[tall] Kevin reviewed travel by train as relaxing, with beautiful scenery

John O reviewed 'Zombies versus Aliens versus Vampires versus Dinosaurs' as a delightful romp that reads like fan fic and is just fun

Dave C reviewed the 'Preacher' season finale as satisfying

we did auctions

we adjourned at 9:14 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'We have better maps'