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BASFA minutes for June 13
Meeting 1089
June 13, 2011
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-ish pm - with olive talk
we established a party jar
31 people attended
The minutes for meeting 1088 were accepted as 'octarine'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1087 we took in $2.95 in the regular jar & $8.80 in the party jar
The VP reported that there's a new 'Drink Tank' out on efanzines.com - with a Mo cover - and he's looking for reviews of the Hugo nominated novels - send them to him at garcia@computerhistory.org
The President reported that there is depressing stuff about Terry Pratchett on LJ
The Party Committee reported that he intends to hold a BASFA party at Westercon - at least on Friday night
The Sports Committee reported that Star Wars at at the Giants will be Sept 4
Fred made a motion to have auctions then and it passed
We did auctions: birthday auctioned off Eric for $9.00 to the secretary; sold a dalek with a fex for $4.00; CDs for $1.00, $0.75, $1.25, then Fred had principles & $1.00; sunglasses for $2.00, fanzines for $0.50, a rolodeck for $1.00, a cable for $5.00, books for $1.00, $0.25, $0.50, $1.25, mousepads for $1.00 & $0.50; magazines for $3.00, $1.00, $1.50, $0.25, $0.25, $1.00, $4.00, $5.00 & $1.00, & a pouch for $2.00
Announcements:
Diane announced that she has a job now in the Financial District
Lisa announced that the PR from Westercon has hit the mails
Chris announced that the 'Dune' issue of 'Journey Planet' is out on efanzines.com
Valerie announced that the Pirate Faire & the County faire are both this weekend
Andy announced that there is a dark green bid for Westercon 66
Reviews:
I reviewed 'Xmen First Class' as okay, worth matinee & reviewed 'Abominable' - a syfy flick - as truth in advertising & that it looked like they used old wookie costumes & not really worth sitting thru unless one suffered from insomnia
Mike reviewed 'Super 8' as that everyone had daddy issues & the plot was stitched together out of a dozen other movies - worth matinee - and Chris follow-on'd that it was a fantastic 2 minutes
Ed reviewed John Scalzi's book 'God Engines; as dark and too horrible for him but still recommended
Carole reviewed 10 hours of going thru stuff as that much stuff found new & loving homes, but that much other stuff remained - if interested, come see her
Howeird reviewed a play = 'Tongue of a Bird' seen at the Dragon Theatre in Palo Alto as ambiguous with lots of monologues but the cast & director were great - it was worth matinee but the talk back opportunity afterwards was worth full price & reviewed the National Geographic 'LotR' doco as having high production values
Jo reviewed going thru a cloudburst as not worth full price
Chris reviewed rodents as worth it & reviewed 'Who Killed Science Fiction' by Earl Kemp as fabulous
[evil] Kevin reviewed 'Undead or Alive' as seen to spare us all
Fred commented that 'The Book of Mormon' as having won a Tony award & available on Amazon for $1.99
Bill reviewed Bujold's latest 'Cryo Burn' as mediocre & recommends 'vote for something else'
we adjourned at 9:43 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Xmen First Class, everyone else coach'
June 13, 2011
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-ish pm - with olive talk
we established a party jar
31 people attended
The minutes for meeting 1088 were accepted as 'octarine'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1087 we took in $2.95 in the regular jar & $8.80 in the party jar
The VP reported that there's a new 'Drink Tank' out on efanzines.com - with a Mo cover - and he's looking for reviews of the Hugo nominated novels - send them to him at garcia@computerhistory.org
The President reported that there is depressing stuff about Terry Pratchett on LJ
The Party Committee reported that he intends to hold a BASFA party at Westercon - at least on Friday night
The Sports Committee reported that Star Wars at at the Giants will be Sept 4
Fred made a motion to have auctions then and it passed
We did auctions: birthday auctioned off Eric for $9.00 to the secretary; sold a dalek with a fex for $4.00; CDs for $1.00, $0.75, $1.25, then Fred had principles & $1.00; sunglasses for $2.00, fanzines for $0.50, a rolodeck for $1.00, a cable for $5.00, books for $1.00, $0.25, $0.50, $1.25, mousepads for $1.00 & $0.50; magazines for $3.00, $1.00, $1.50, $0.25, $0.25, $1.00, $4.00, $5.00 & $1.00, & a pouch for $2.00
Announcements:
Diane announced that she has a job now in the Financial District
Lisa announced that the PR from Westercon has hit the mails
Chris announced that the 'Dune' issue of 'Journey Planet' is out on efanzines.com
Valerie announced that the Pirate Faire & the County faire are both this weekend
Andy announced that there is a dark green bid for Westercon 66
Reviews:
I reviewed 'Xmen First Class' as okay, worth matinee & reviewed 'Abominable' - a syfy flick - as truth in advertising & that it looked like they used old wookie costumes & not really worth sitting thru unless one suffered from insomnia
Mike reviewed 'Super 8' as that everyone had daddy issues & the plot was stitched together out of a dozen other movies - worth matinee - and Chris follow-on'd that it was a fantastic 2 minutes
Ed reviewed John Scalzi's book 'God Engines; as dark and too horrible for him but still recommended
Carole reviewed 10 hours of going thru stuff as that much stuff found new & loving homes, but that much other stuff remained - if interested, come see her
Howeird reviewed a play = 'Tongue of a Bird' seen at the Dragon Theatre in Palo Alto as ambiguous with lots of monologues but the cast & director were great - it was worth matinee but the talk back opportunity afterwards was worth full price & reviewed the National Geographic 'LotR' doco as having high production values
Jo reviewed going thru a cloudburst as not worth full price
Chris reviewed rodents as worth it & reviewed 'Who Killed Science Fiction' by Earl Kemp as fabulous
[evil] Kevin reviewed 'Undead or Alive' as seen to spare us all
Fred commented that 'The Book of Mormon' as having won a Tony award & available on Amazon for $1.99
Bill reviewed Bujold's latest 'Cryo Burn' as mediocre & recommends 'vote for something else'
we adjourned at 9:43 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Xmen First Class, everyone else coach'