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basfaMeeting 1168
December 17, 2012
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began at 8pm - with it beginning to look a lot like Giftmas
28 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1167 were accepted as 'sung by dwarves'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $3.75 in the regular jar & $21.02 in the party jar -- and that at meeting 1166 we took in $6.00 in the regular jar & $27.50 in the party jar
The Vice President reported there are 2 'Drink Tanks' out now & 1 is in the 'pipes' & should be on efanzines.com soon - and that the deadline for the end of the year issue is Dec. 28 - send to garcia@computerhistory.org & Lynda says 'hi'
The President reminds us that he & the secretary won't be at BASFA's next 2 meetings
The AdHoc Outing Committee is having an outing to the 'Back to the Future' trilogy on Dec 29 at the Retrodome & the January showings there will be fan favorites - starting with 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail'
Announcements:
Ken announced that this Friday is the Legion of Rassilon meeting at 1st/Trimble in the Carl's Jr, 7:30pm
[evil] Kevin announced that SFinSF is doing a Dr. Who showing at the Hobart Building, sponsored by BBC America - at which
the Tiki Dalek shall make an appearance - and also announced that Furcon will be in about a month & he needs pilots for his flying saucers there - see him
Dave C announced that he has mailed December's Cargo Cult catalogs & also announced that he had a signed book insert - that bradford won
Mo announced that she has a Cafe Press shop now [that I could not find a url to] = Mo Starkey's store - and Bob Hole greatly helped her set it up
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is doing 2 meet-ups - the 1st = Friday, Dec. 28 - at the paramount Theatre in Oakland for a showing of 'Wizard of Oz' and then a theatre tour - the 2nd = Saturday, Jan. 12 - a night tour of Alcatraz - 65 are signed up out of 200 so farl check meetup.com for more information
Chris announced that 'Journey Planet' needed a website - so he & James Bacon made one = http://journeyplanet.weebly.com/
Dave G announced that their Solstice Porty will be 7-ish on Dec 29 - Saturday
[tall] Kevin announced that he had free stuff an an auction item
Bradford announced that his paper was accepted by the Eton Conference
Lisa announced that Benedict Cumberband got a Golden Globe nomination
Reviews:
Fred reviewed an art exhibit at the SJ Museum of Art by Eric Fischl as interesting and highly recommended = check http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dive-deep-fischl
Dave C reviewed 'Hitchcock' as 'Ed was right' - it's good & worth full price
Andy reviewed 'Meshugah Nutcracker' as absolutely charming & worth full price - and several people followed on, agreeing
Ric, Debbie, Harold, Dave G & Ken all reviewed 'The Hobbit' as very good, worth full price - and there were various opinions about the 3D/48 frame version - Mo thanked Ric about the motion sickness warning
Tom reviewed Ian Banks 'Hydrogen Sonata' as very good and worth buying in hardback - reviewed 'Siren Depths' by Martha Wells as the 3rd of an incredibly good series - awesome, with great characters
Mo reviewed the TV show 'Legend of the Seeker' as she enjoyed it very much, it was gorgeous, kind of D&D fantasy & worth buying on DVD
Adrienne reviewed SMOFcon as interesting & that has useful information, although the venue was too large for the con
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:5 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'well, the world didn't end this week, so we'll put another $100 in the jackpot'
December 17, 2012
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began at 8pm - with it beginning to look a lot like Giftmas
28 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1167 were accepted as 'sung by dwarves'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $3.75 in the regular jar & $21.02 in the party jar -- and that at meeting 1166 we took in $6.00 in the regular jar & $27.50 in the party jar
The Vice President reported there are 2 'Drink Tanks' out now & 1 is in the 'pipes' & should be on efanzines.com soon - and that the deadline for the end of the year issue is Dec. 28 - send to garcia@computerhistory.org & Lynda says 'hi'
The President reminds us that he & the secretary won't be at BASFA's next 2 meetings
The AdHoc Outing Committee is having an outing to the 'Back to the Future' trilogy on Dec 29 at the Retrodome & the January showings there will be fan favorites - starting with 'Monty Python & the Holy Grail'
Announcements:
Ken announced that this Friday is the Legion of Rassilon meeting at 1st/Trimble in the Carl's Jr, 7:30pm
[evil] Kevin announced that SFinSF is doing a Dr. Who showing at the Hobart Building, sponsored by BBC America - at which
the Tiki Dalek shall make an appearance - and also announced that Furcon will be in about a month & he needs pilots for his flying saucers there - see him
Dave C announced that he has mailed December's Cargo Cult catalogs & also announced that he had a signed book insert - that bradford won
Mo announced that she has a Cafe Press shop now [that I could not find a url to] = Mo Starkey's store - and Bob Hole greatly helped her set it up
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is doing 2 meet-ups - the 1st = Friday, Dec. 28 - at the paramount Theatre in Oakland for a showing of 'Wizard of Oz' and then a theatre tour - the 2nd = Saturday, Jan. 12 - a night tour of Alcatraz - 65 are signed up out of 200 so farl check meetup.com for more information
Chris announced that 'Journey Planet' needed a website - so he & James Bacon made one = http://journeyplanet.weebly.com/
Dave G announced that their Solstice Porty will be 7-ish on Dec 29 - Saturday
[tall] Kevin announced that he had free stuff an an auction item
Bradford announced that his paper was accepted by the Eton Conference
Lisa announced that Benedict Cumberband got a Golden Globe nomination
Reviews:
Fred reviewed an art exhibit at the SJ Museum of Art by Eric Fischl as interesting and highly recommended = check http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dive-deep-fischl
Dave C reviewed 'Hitchcock' as 'Ed was right' - it's good & worth full price
Andy reviewed 'Meshugah Nutcracker' as absolutely charming & worth full price - and several people followed on, agreeing
Ric, Debbie, Harold, Dave G & Ken all reviewed 'The Hobbit' as very good, worth full price - and there were various opinions about the 3D/48 frame version - Mo thanked Ric about the motion sickness warning
Tom reviewed Ian Banks 'Hydrogen Sonata' as very good and worth buying in hardback - reviewed 'Siren Depths' by Martha Wells as the 3rd of an incredibly good series - awesome, with great characters
Mo reviewed the TV show 'Legend of the Seeker' as she enjoyed it very much, it was gorgeous, kind of D&D fantasy & worth buying on DVD
Adrienne reviewed SMOFcon as interesting & that has useful information, although the venue was too large for the con
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:5 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'well, the world didn't end this week, so we'll put another $100 in the jackpot'
