Jan 7 BASFA minutes
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basfaMeeting 1171
January 7, 2013
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 - loudly
27 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of the last 3 meetings, 1168, 1169 & 1170, were accepted as 'superfluous'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0.00 in the regular jar -- and that at meeting 1169 we took in $0.25
The Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' 'upon us' on efanzines.com
The President had nothing fannish to report
The AdHoc Outing Committee had a fun 'Holy Grail' outing at the Retrodome & will be assembling there on Saturday for the
7:30 showing of 'Grease' - and 2 weeks hence 'Raider of the Lost Ark' will be there
Announcements:
[evil] Kevin announced that they are looking for empty green and brown glass bottles
JC announced that the Mayans were wrong and that the hockey lockout is over
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is sold out of tickets for the night tour of Alcatraz & that there is an exclusive event at a castle for 15 people - check meetup.com for more information - & announced that the Royal mail is doing the 11 Doctors on official stamps
Chris announced that he's helping with the sf outreach getting started this spring & announced that Lynda says 'hi'
Bradford announced that he has a ticket for the innauguation
Reviews:
Dave C reviewed a book by Penn Gillett, 'God Knows' as worth full price & reviewed a TV show, '50 Years of Bond Cars' as worth having BBC America for
Chris reviewed a book, 'The Doctor and the RoughRider' by Mike Resnick as it has literary value and is a fun read & reviewed 'Les Miserables' as Hugh Jackman was hot and he enjoyed it - rated worth 'yes'; JC opined that it was a wonderful movie and worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Chicks Dig Timelords' as 'god, it's boring' & reviewed 'Hitchcock' as good
Brad reviewed 'Spiderman 2' as terrible, not even worth seeing & reviewed Katherine Kerr's 'Apocalypse to Go' as fun
Trey reviewed 'Thinking Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman as excellent
Diane reviewed 'A Beautiful Mind' as a well-written book
then Ken announced that the Double Clicks are performing this Thursday at 7:30 at Elusive Comics
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:36 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'the Mayans were right, get back to work'
January 7, 2013
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 - loudly
27 people attended
A party jar was established
The minutes of the last 3 meetings, 1168, 1169 & 1170, were accepted as 'superfluous'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0.00 in the regular jar -- and that at meeting 1169 we took in $0.25
The Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' 'upon us' on efanzines.com
The President had nothing fannish to report
The AdHoc Outing Committee had a fun 'Holy Grail' outing at the Retrodome & will be assembling there on Saturday for the
7:30 showing of 'Grease' - and 2 weeks hence 'Raider of the Lost Ark' will be there
Announcements:
[evil] Kevin announced that they are looking for empty green and brown glass bottles
JC announced that the Mayans were wrong and that the hockey lockout is over
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is sold out of tickets for the night tour of Alcatraz & that there is an exclusive event at a castle for 15 people - check meetup.com for more information - & announced that the Royal mail is doing the 11 Doctors on official stamps
Chris announced that he's helping with the sf outreach getting started this spring & announced that Lynda says 'hi'
Bradford announced that he has a ticket for the innauguation
Reviews:
Dave C reviewed a book by Penn Gillett, 'God Knows' as worth full price & reviewed a TV show, '50 Years of Bond Cars' as worth having BBC America for
Chris reviewed a book, 'The Doctor and the RoughRider' by Mike Resnick as it has literary value and is a fun read & reviewed 'Les Miserables' as Hugh Jackman was hot and he enjoyed it - rated worth 'yes'; JC opined that it was a wonderful movie and worth full price
Adrienne reviewed 'Chicks Dig Timelords' as 'god, it's boring' & reviewed 'Hitchcock' as good
Brad reviewed 'Spiderman 2' as terrible, not even worth seeing & reviewed Katherine Kerr's 'Apocalypse to Go' as fun
Trey reviewed 'Thinking Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman as excellent
Diane reviewed 'A Beautiful Mind' as a well-written book
then Ken announced that the Double Clicks are performing this Thursday at 7:30 at Elusive Comics
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:36 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'the Mayans were right, get back to work'
