Oct 14 BASFA minutes
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basfaMeeting 1211
October 14, 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-ish - with dinner interrupted
26 people attended
A party jar was EVENTUALLY established
The minutes of meeting 1210 were accepted as 'BASFA is a not-so-elaborate Ponzi scheme'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $5.40 in the regular jar & $4.60 in the party jar
the Vice President reported that there is a new 'Klaus at Gunpoint' & a new 'Drink Tank' will be out tomorrow - and Beth is already moaning about Garcia's grammar
The President had nothing fannish to report
Adrienne had a question; Carole had a question
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she has pads to give away
Ric announced that there will be a Nov 26 PechaKucha at Cafe Stritch & announced that fanboy planet podcast, episode 328 is available now & announced that lost episodes of Dr Who have been found & announced that there will be a wine tasting on Oct 19 from 11am - 5pm at the Traviseo Winery & announced a death & announced that Wendy & Richard Pini have finished Elfquest and that Miracle Man will reappear
Debbie announced that Gail Carriger will be at the Willow Glen Hicklebee's Nov 5 at 7pm
JC announced that episode 19, part 2 of Nerdvana Podcast will be up Wednesday & announced that his nephew Will is going to be on a reality TV show
[evil] Kevin announced that Barbot 2013.75 will be Oddfellows Hall on Oct 25-26 at a kick-off for Bay Area Science Fest - check http://barbot.us/
Bradford announced 3 comic conventions will be in the months and year to come - Sac Con Dec 8 at the Sacramento Scottish Rite Center; East Bay Comic Con Feb 16 2014 at the Concord Hilton & Big Wow Comic Fest May 17-18 at the SJ Convention Center
Bill announced that Convolution is Nov 1,2,3 at the Hyatt Regency
Stacy announced upcoming psychic events as Oct 25 is Ship of Spirits, Oct 26 is the Monster Ball & Nov 2 is a Mare Island ghost walk - then Adrienne followed, saying that Pleasanton holds ghost walks in October
Chris announced that a new Krispy Kreme place opening & that JC is broken
Ken announced that the Retrodome has a new home at the Century 21 on weekends from Nov 1 thru Dec 29, check their schedule at www.theretrodome.com
Yochanan announced that Oct 19 there will be a Jewish film festival - check svjff.org
Lisa announced that Big harold is in the hospital and already on the mend
Reviews:
Ken reviewed the new Dr Who episodes as very good - Mo theinks their quality is great
JC reviewed 'Hitchcock' as very, very good
Josh reviewed a PenWAG meeting as lots of fun; reviewed 'The Smoking Pig' as he was really impressed & reviewed Tapsilong Bistro as also worth full price
Dave G reviewed the McHenry grand reopening gala as quite entertaining
Ric reviewed the 'Midsummer's Nights Dream' reading as very good & reviewed 'Walking Dead' season 4 opener as things went nuts fast
Bill reviewed 'Throne of the Crescent Moon' by Saladin Ahmed as very well written and worth retail
Yochanan reviewed 'Once Upon a Time in Wonderland' as disappointing & Mo also saw it and enjoyed it but thought it was a lesser work
Dave C reviewed 'Shattering Conventions by Bob Calhoun as he's a fun writer & had lots of fun with the book - recommended & reviewed 'Afterlife with Archie' as hilarity ensues
Bradford reviewed 'Iron Sky' as a pleasant take on funny Nazis & reviewed APE as he enjoyed it - please go to it and Mo agrees
Beth reviewed the season 2 opener of 'Arrow' as they removed his clothes early on & reviewed the 'Dream Inn' in Santa Cruz as outstanding and their pool was nice - pricey but recommended
then we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:04 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA hates letting the president vote'
October 14, 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-ish - with dinner interrupted
26 people attended
A party jar was EVENTUALLY established
The minutes of meeting 1210 were accepted as 'BASFA is a not-so-elaborate Ponzi scheme'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $5.40 in the regular jar & $4.60 in the party jar
the Vice President reported that there is a new 'Klaus at Gunpoint' & a new 'Drink Tank' will be out tomorrow - and Beth is already moaning about Garcia's grammar
The President had nothing fannish to report
Adrienne had a question; Carole had a question
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she has pads to give away
Ric announced that there will be a Nov 26 PechaKucha at Cafe Stritch & announced that fanboy planet podcast, episode 328 is available now & announced that lost episodes of Dr Who have been found & announced that there will be a wine tasting on Oct 19 from 11am - 5pm at the Traviseo Winery & announced a death & announced that Wendy & Richard Pini have finished Elfquest and that Miracle Man will reappear
Debbie announced that Gail Carriger will be at the Willow Glen Hicklebee's Nov 5 at 7pm
JC announced that episode 19, part 2 of Nerdvana Podcast will be up Wednesday & announced that his nephew Will is going to be on a reality TV show
[evil] Kevin announced that Barbot 2013.75 will be Oddfellows Hall on Oct 25-26 at a kick-off for Bay Area Science Fest - check http://barbot.us/
Bradford announced 3 comic conventions will be in the months and year to come - Sac Con Dec 8 at the Sacramento Scottish Rite Center; East Bay Comic Con Feb 16 2014 at the Concord Hilton & Big Wow Comic Fest May 17-18 at the SJ Convention Center
Bill announced that Convolution is Nov 1,2,3 at the Hyatt Regency
Stacy announced upcoming psychic events as Oct 25 is Ship of Spirits, Oct 26 is the Monster Ball & Nov 2 is a Mare Island ghost walk - then Adrienne followed, saying that Pleasanton holds ghost walks in October
Chris announced that a new Krispy Kreme place opening & that JC is broken
Ken announced that the Retrodome has a new home at the Century 21 on weekends from Nov 1 thru Dec 29, check their schedule at www.theretrodome.com
Yochanan announced that Oct 19 there will be a Jewish film festival - check svjff.org
Lisa announced that Big harold is in the hospital and already on the mend
Reviews:
Ken reviewed the new Dr Who episodes as very good - Mo theinks their quality is great
JC reviewed 'Hitchcock' as very, very good
Josh reviewed a PenWAG meeting as lots of fun; reviewed 'The Smoking Pig' as he was really impressed & reviewed Tapsilong Bistro as also worth full price
Dave G reviewed the McHenry grand reopening gala as quite entertaining
Ric reviewed the 'Midsummer's Nights Dream' reading as very good & reviewed 'Walking Dead' season 4 opener as things went nuts fast
Bill reviewed 'Throne of the Crescent Moon' by Saladin Ahmed as very well written and worth retail
Yochanan reviewed 'Once Upon a Time in Wonderland' as disappointing & Mo also saw it and enjoyed it but thought it was a lesser work
Dave C reviewed 'Shattering Conventions by Bob Calhoun as he's a fun writer & had lots of fun with the book - recommended & reviewed 'Afterlife with Archie' as hilarity ensues
Bradford reviewed 'Iron Sky' as a pleasant take on funny Nazis & reviewed APE as he enjoyed it - please go to it and Mo agrees
Beth reviewed the season 2 opener of 'Arrow' as they removed his clothes early on & reviewed the 'Dream Inn' in Santa Cruz as outstanding and their pool was nice - pricey but recommended
then we did auctions
we adjourned at 10:04 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA hates letting the president vote'
