March 23 BASFA minutes
BASFA Meeting 1286
March 23, 2015
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 pm - while eating
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1285 were accepted as 'did the earth move for you?'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $5.50 in the regular jar
The Vice President reported there are no new Garcia zines, except for 2 new 'Klaus' ones & there will be 4 'Journey Planets'
out soonish
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
John O announced that longtime fan Peggy Rae Saprenza passed away & Lisa read a tribute to her that [tall] Kevin wrote
Dave C announced that Norwescon is coming up on April 2-5th
Chris announced that the 'Drink Tank review of Dinosaurs' is going to be a thing
Ric announced that his mother suffered a stroke 2 weeks ago, but is recovering & announced that Debbie had surgery last week and is recovering & announced that Fanboy Planet has Cinequest film reviews up now & he recommends everyone learn the warning signs of a stroke
JC announced that Beth is doing just fine - it was food poisoning & announced that Nerdvana Podcast recorded last weekend with Mo in attendance & it was great & announced that Mo may be in treatment for another couple weeks & also to go visit Mo, if you're not contagious
Ken announced that This Friday is a Legion of Rasselon meeting at the IHoP on Stevens Creek & announced that 'Life of Brian' will be shown at the Blue Light cinema at 7pm, check lifeofbrianmovie.eventbrite.com & Geri has made beards
Derek announced that Baycon is coming up and he has flyers
Reviews:
Chris reviewed Cinequest as awesome & he got an award there
Alex reviewed Super Slam Dunk Touchdown as a fun game, played at a Kickstarter event at the 7 Star Bar & Grill - and the game will be there again on Thursday; the wings and corn dog linguisa were reviewed as delicious
Ric reviewed the new line of Star Wars books as pretty good reads
JC reviewed 'Mocking Jay' as boring, Chris O called it a 'bridge' movie
Chris O reviewed 'Insurgent' as a movie that was a bit on rails & worth matinee
Ken reviewed the Psychotronic Film Festival as the best one in years and various folk agreed
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:16 pm in memory of Peggy Rae & Terry Pratchett
and the rumor of the week was: 'Hubert Garcia?'
March 23, 2015
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 pm - while eating
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1285 were accepted as 'did the earth move for you?'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $5.50 in the regular jar
The Vice President reported there are no new Garcia zines, except for 2 new 'Klaus' ones & there will be 4 'Journey Planets'
out soonish
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
John O announced that longtime fan Peggy Rae Saprenza passed away & Lisa read a tribute to her that [tall] Kevin wrote
Dave C announced that Norwescon is coming up on April 2-5th
Chris announced that the 'Drink Tank review of Dinosaurs' is going to be a thing
Ric announced that his mother suffered a stroke 2 weeks ago, but is recovering & announced that Debbie had surgery last week and is recovering & announced that Fanboy Planet has Cinequest film reviews up now & he recommends everyone learn the warning signs of a stroke
JC announced that Beth is doing just fine - it was food poisoning & announced that Nerdvana Podcast recorded last weekend with Mo in attendance & it was great & announced that Mo may be in treatment for another couple weeks & also to go visit Mo, if you're not contagious
Ken announced that This Friday is a Legion of Rasselon meeting at the IHoP on Stevens Creek & announced that 'Life of Brian' will be shown at the Blue Light cinema at 7pm, check lifeofbrianmovie.eventbrite.com & Geri has made beards
Derek announced that Baycon is coming up and he has flyers
Reviews:
Chris reviewed Cinequest as awesome & he got an award there
Alex reviewed Super Slam Dunk Touchdown as a fun game, played at a Kickstarter event at the 7 Star Bar & Grill - and the game will be there again on Thursday; the wings and corn dog linguisa were reviewed as delicious
Ric reviewed the new line of Star Wars books as pretty good reads
JC reviewed 'Mocking Jay' as boring, Chris O called it a 'bridge' movie
Chris O reviewed 'Insurgent' as a movie that was a bit on rails & worth matinee
Ken reviewed the Psychotronic Film Festival as the best one in years and various folk agreed
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:16 pm in memory of Peggy Rae & Terry Pratchett
and the rumor of the week was: 'Hubert Garcia?'