BASFA minutes for Sept 2

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Meeting 1205
September 2, 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 8:05 - with spawn
8 people attended

A party jar was established

The minutes of meeting 1204 were accepted as 'skeleton crew'

there was no Treasurer

there was no Vice President

The President had nothing fannish to report - but did say 'hi' to Kaitlyn [aka 'Special K'] & Dara [aka 'Mittle Miss Mad Hatter'] - JC & Beth's kids


Announcements:
Fred announced that Frederick Pohl had died today

JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast will post part 3 of their anniversary special on Wednesday & episode 17 will be about the Hugos


Reviews:
Diane reviewed 'Kushiel's Dart' as fascinating and worth 'BASFA price' & reviewed 'Pathfinder' as a con freebie but it sucked her into it and was well-written & she'll buy the next one

JC reviewed 'The Wolverine' as he & Beth loved it, the plot was well-written & engrossing & worth full price - stay for the cookie

Dara reviewed an episode from 'Clash of the Gods' about Perseus and Medusa as recommended & also advised avoiding 'Who's Next' based on its trailers

Diane reviewed 'The Phone' - a japanese horror movie - as well done horror


then we did auctions

we adjourned at 8:47 pm

and the rumor of the week was: 'invasion of the knuckleheads'