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BASFA minutes for September 12
BASFA Meeting 1363
September 12, 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, with dessert
26 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1362 were accepted as 'Oh no they're not'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.50 in the regular jar & $4.20 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that the Retrodome kills theatres
The President greeted Neil W - who was visiting us for the first time because of JC
Announcements:
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast is back, baby & a huge gret of datatude is owed to Steve Nelson & they will be posting 3 podcasts a week for a while. Episode 44, parts 2 & 3 are out now and episode 45 will be out Friday & they will be doing the Convolution Podcast on Saturday of the con & next week is their Hallowe'en tribute
Adrienne announced that she has 2 boxes of household supplies, some of them opened, for anyone interested & announced that next Monday is 'Talk like a Pirate Day'
Steven announced that he has a new podcast = SciFiSciFiSciFi, doing short reivews of books and is on episode 10 and available on iTunes
Dave C announced that there's a convention coming up, Jan 14-15, Comic Excitement in LA at the Staple Center
Kaitlyn announced that her music department at Santa Clara High is doing a fund raiser on Oct 2nd, from 10 am till 2pm, selling all sorts of mattresses
Reviews:
Carole reviewed a wedding as nice enough in a mildly hokey sort of way
Fred reviewed a SFinSF event with Robert Silverberg as he really enjoyed hearing about SF fannish history
John O reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he enjoyed it & thought Harley Quinn steals the show & reviewed 'Kubo' as visually beautiful, really enjoyable hero's journey, recommended & worth full price
Gayle reviewed a Finnish fanzine bought at BASFA auction as an interesting read & their website is http://www.finnishweird.net/
Gerry reviewed a TV biopic on Churchill, 'Churchill's Secret' as worth a couple of hours to watch
Fred reviewed a party where he played fizzball for the first time as a good time was had by all
we did auctions
we adjourned at 8:52 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Huge grets of datatude are better than small ones'
September 12, 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, with dessert
26 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1362 were accepted as 'Oh no they're not'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.50 in the regular jar & $4.20 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that the Retrodome kills theatres
The President greeted Neil W - who was visiting us for the first time because of JC
Announcements:
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast is back, baby & a huge gret of datatude is owed to Steve Nelson & they will be posting 3 podcasts a week for a while. Episode 44, parts 2 & 3 are out now and episode 45 will be out Friday & they will be doing the Convolution Podcast on Saturday of the con & next week is their Hallowe'en tribute
Adrienne announced that she has 2 boxes of household supplies, some of them opened, for anyone interested & announced that next Monday is 'Talk like a Pirate Day'
Steven announced that he has a new podcast = SciFiSciFiSciFi, doing short reivews of books and is on episode 10 and available on iTunes
Dave C announced that there's a convention coming up, Jan 14-15, Comic Excitement in LA at the Staple Center
Kaitlyn announced that her music department at Santa Clara High is doing a fund raiser on Oct 2nd, from 10 am till 2pm, selling all sorts of mattresses
Reviews:
Carole reviewed a wedding as nice enough in a mildly hokey sort of way
Fred reviewed a SFinSF event with Robert Silverberg as he really enjoyed hearing about SF fannish history
John O reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he enjoyed it & thought Harley Quinn steals the show & reviewed 'Kubo' as visually beautiful, really enjoyable hero's journey, recommended & worth full price
Gayle reviewed a Finnish fanzine bought at BASFA auction as an interesting read & their website is http://www.finnishweird.net/
Gerry reviewed a TV biopic on Churchill, 'Churchill's Secret' as worth a couple of hours to watch
Fred reviewed a party where he played fizzball for the first time as a good time was had by all
we did auctions
we adjourned at 8:52 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Huge grets of datatude are better than small ones'