August 27 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1465
Monday, August 27, 2018
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm - without pie
33 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1464 were accepted as 'Fairmontized'
the Treasurer was absent, but the proxy report stated that at meeting 1464, we took in $0.50 in the regular jar & $2.50 in the party jar
the VP gave Mo congratulations & a birthday card that we all signed
the President said 'hi' to folks visiting us for the first time - Adam Singer, who was just at Worldcon last week, was on staff & heard about BASFA there - and John who heard of us through a meet-up & [another] Kevin who dropped by to check us out
The Party Committee reported that the BASFA parties on Friday & Saturday at Worldcon 76 went very well & that the next BASFA party was scheduled for PawCon at the Doubltree [Nov 2-4] at a time tba
There was a report TO the Website Committee that the BASFA website 'about us' tab still directs people to the now-extinct Coco's - so this needs to be fixed [and on a related note we all said 'Happy Birthday!' to [tall] Kevin & requests he make the fix
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Debbie announced that at Worldcon 76 a plaque was awarded to [evil] Kevin in thanks for his efforts & it ended up with her, so she brought it to the club meeting to show it to us & give it back to him
Adrienne announced that 'Big Bang Theory' is in its final season & announced that Neil Simon died
JC announced that after Worldcon he drove down to Anaheim & they moved Katlyn into Cal Poly Pomona
Dianne announced that she was now working for EBay & she thanked everyone who helped with hospitality & consuite at Worldcon 76
Aatheus announced that Burning Man begins this week & announced that the Party Committee needs volunteers & a new printer
Lisa announced that there will be memorial parties for Harold at LosCon, Consonance, BayCon & next Westercon
Andy announced that there's a convention coming up but that they are now DONE with Worldcon 76 [there was cheering]
REVIEWS:
Worldcon 76 was reviewed exhaustively as a huge success & it gave Spider Robinson an energy 'power-up'
Adrienne review Texas Roadhouse in Union City as cool, then saw 'And Man & the Wasp' as forgettable & not one of her favorite Marvel movies, worth matinee
the secretary reviewed 'The Meg' as a fun, brainless 'shark eating people with elements of humor' popcorn movie, not a waste of time spent watching, worth matinee & Trey agreed that it was fun, worth matinee, but that it had plot holes that the Marianas Trench could be hidden within
Chris O reviewed 'Mamma Mia 2' as she had fun seeing it
JC reviewed the Pride Festival weekend as lovely, with good people there & that he enjoyed Worldcon & was told that the work he did there would make him eligible for a Worldcon nomination for next year
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:45
Rumor of the week was 'The secretary needs to stop playing with her tentacles'
Monday, August 27, 2018
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm - without pie
33 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1464 were accepted as 'Fairmontized'
the Treasurer was absent, but the proxy report stated that at meeting 1464, we took in $0.50 in the regular jar & $2.50 in the party jar
the VP gave Mo congratulations & a birthday card that we all signed
the President said 'hi' to folks visiting us for the first time - Adam Singer, who was just at Worldcon last week, was on staff & heard about BASFA there - and John who heard of us through a meet-up & [another] Kevin who dropped by to check us out
The Party Committee reported that the BASFA parties on Friday & Saturday at Worldcon 76 went very well & that the next BASFA party was scheduled for PawCon at the Doubltree [Nov 2-4] at a time tba
There was a report TO the Website Committee that the BASFA website 'about us' tab still directs people to the now-extinct Coco's - so this needs to be fixed [and on a related note we all said 'Happy Birthday!' to [tall] Kevin & requests he make the fix
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Debbie announced that at Worldcon 76 a plaque was awarded to [evil] Kevin in thanks for his efforts & it ended up with her, so she brought it to the club meeting to show it to us & give it back to him
Adrienne announced that 'Big Bang Theory' is in its final season & announced that Neil Simon died
JC announced that after Worldcon he drove down to Anaheim & they moved Katlyn into Cal Poly Pomona
Dianne announced that she was now working for EBay & she thanked everyone who helped with hospitality & consuite at Worldcon 76
Aatheus announced that Burning Man begins this week & announced that the Party Committee needs volunteers & a new printer
Lisa announced that there will be memorial parties for Harold at LosCon, Consonance, BayCon & next Westercon
Andy announced that there's a convention coming up but that they are now DONE with Worldcon 76 [there was cheering]
REVIEWS:
Worldcon 76 was reviewed exhaustively as a huge success & it gave Spider Robinson an energy 'power-up'
Adrienne review Texas Roadhouse in Union City as cool, then saw 'And Man & the Wasp' as forgettable & not one of her favorite Marvel movies, worth matinee
the secretary reviewed 'The Meg' as a fun, brainless 'shark eating people with elements of humor' popcorn movie, not a waste of time spent watching, worth matinee & Trey agreed that it was fun, worth matinee, but that it had plot holes that the Marianas Trench could be hidden within
Chris O reviewed 'Mamma Mia 2' as she had fun seeing it
JC reviewed the Pride Festival weekend as lovely, with good people there & that he enjoyed Worldcon & was told that the work he did there would make him eligible for a Worldcon nomination for next year
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:45
Rumor of the week was 'The secretary needs to stop playing with her tentacles'