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basfaBASFA Meeting 1263
October 13, 2014
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 hangers
20 people attended
A party jar motion failed
The minutes of meeting 1262 were accepted as 'proxied well'
there was no Treasurer report
There was no vice president report - but he 'was here and buggered off'
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Tom announced that Potlatch is coming up in Seattle, Feb 6,7,8 2015 & their 'Book of Honor' is 'Women Destroy Science Fiction' & Lightspeed magazine has a good chunk of the book online
Fred announced that Harlan Ellison is in hospital with a stroke, but can talk, which is good news
Dave C announced that the news media has discovered 'gamer-gate'
Brad announced that this weekend, oct 18-19 is SuperSacCon in Sacramento at the Scottish Rites Center
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast episode 33, part 3 will be available Wednesday
Reviews:
Diana reviewed seasons 1,2,3 of 'Warehouse 13', seen on Netflix, as fun to watch
Adrienne reviewed the current season of 'Dr Who' as interesting; reviewed a 'Resurrection' marathon as she recommends it & reviewed a documentary done by Shatner as recommended
Brad reviewed 'Red Planet Mars' from 1952 as perfect Cold War screed & reviewed 'Dracula, the untold Story' as derivitive & reviewed the season 5 priemere episode of 'Walking Dead' as very good zombie stuff
Dave C reviewed 'Dark Harvest' by Norman Partridge as set in 1963 & written in dark noir style & reviewed Ransome Riggs
'Miss Perigrin's Home for Peculiar Children' - with photos - as okay
Tom reviewed 'Exo' by Stephen Gould, the 4th in a series, as an okay series, but 'Exo' is the reason to read the others in series & is extremely enjoyable & also reviewed a short story collection by Martha Wells ' Tales of the Raksura' as so damn good.
JC reviewed their trip as good & reviewed 'Equalizer' as entertaining, but formulaic
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:10 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'The combine harvester was invented in 1834 by Hiram Moore'
October 13, 2014
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 hangers
20 people attended
A party jar motion failed
The minutes of meeting 1262 were accepted as 'proxied well'
there was no Treasurer report
There was no vice president report - but he 'was here and buggered off'
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Tom announced that Potlatch is coming up in Seattle, Feb 6,7,8 2015 & their 'Book of Honor' is 'Women Destroy Science Fiction' & Lightspeed magazine has a good chunk of the book online
Fred announced that Harlan Ellison is in hospital with a stroke, but can talk, which is good news
Dave C announced that the news media has discovered 'gamer-gate'
Brad announced that this weekend, oct 18-19 is SuperSacCon in Sacramento at the Scottish Rites Center
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast episode 33, part 3 will be available Wednesday
Reviews:
Diana reviewed seasons 1,2,3 of 'Warehouse 13', seen on Netflix, as fun to watch
Adrienne reviewed the current season of 'Dr Who' as interesting; reviewed a 'Resurrection' marathon as she recommends it & reviewed a documentary done by Shatner as recommended
Brad reviewed 'Red Planet Mars' from 1952 as perfect Cold War screed & reviewed 'Dracula, the untold Story' as derivitive & reviewed the season 5 priemere episode of 'Walking Dead' as very good zombie stuff
Dave C reviewed 'Dark Harvest' by Norman Partridge as set in 1963 & written in dark noir style & reviewed Ransome Riggs
'Miss Perigrin's Home for Peculiar Children' - with photos - as okay
Tom reviewed 'Exo' by Stephen Gould, the 4th in a series, as an okay series, but 'Exo' is the reason to read the others in series & is extremely enjoyable & also reviewed a short story collection by Martha Wells ' Tales of the Raksura' as so damn good.
JC reviewed their trip as good & reviewed 'Equalizer' as entertaining, but formulaic
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:10 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'The combine harvester was invented in 1834 by Hiram Moore'
