May 4 BASFA minute notes
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basfaBASFA Meeting 1292
May 4, 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 8:03 pm with a history lesson
24 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1291 were accepted as '2 verbs short of a happy meal'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.75 in the regular jar & $2.25 in the party jar
The Vice President was not here BUT there will be elections for a new VP next week; Nominees currently are = JC, Beth, Chuck, Bruce Pelz & Ken Patterson
The President discussed the election & eventually said 'hi' to folks visiting us for the 1st time - Kate & Seg
The Sports Committee reported that we're still sold out of tickets for the BASFA baseball outing for the May 8th Giants game & suggested folks going dress warmly
Announcements:
Brad announced that Joe Haldeman's book, 'Forever War' will be a movie soon
Adrienne announced that folks trying to preregister for Gallifrey 1 broke the interwebs today & she still needs a membership there - check their website & she announced that Grace Lee Whitney died
Valerie announced that she wrote 'The Avengers Face Their Dark Sides' & that it may be available for free on Kindle via Amazon right now
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast, episode 39, part 2 will be out Wednesday & announced they recorded episode 40 during Free Comic Book day
[tall] Kevin announced that SG Match Game is a casualty of Puppygate & will not be at Worldcon this year, however he was *informed* that there will be 3 Match Game SFs at this year's San Diego Westercon & he needs questions for the games & he announced that he may be recording a set of 'safety how-to messages' for the Worldcon Business Meeting, most likely at Westercon & announced that his sister is breathing on her own again
Reviews:
'Age of Ultron' was exhaustively reviewed as a good, enjoyable movie, albeit with a few flaws - with a safety advisory that if you see it in IMAX don't sit at the very top or in the 1st 2 rows
Mo reviewed 'Ancillary Sword' by Leckie as it was well-written & impells the reader forward
Ric reviewed getting Sihlouette glasses as it came with 3 magnetic clipons & the 3D clipon gives a very good image & he reviewed the new GE Link Lights as costing about $15 and for a white LED bulb this is a very good price
Beht reviewed SLG's owner as he donated the left-over comics from Free Comic Book day to her school & she got a chance to see New Kids on the Block & it was great fun
Dave C commented that a music site called 'Groove Shark' has gone out of business
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:32
and the rumor of the week was: 'All men may have been created equally but that doesn;'t mean they should all take off their shirts'
May 4, 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 8:03 pm with a history lesson
24 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1291 were accepted as '2 verbs short of a happy meal'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.75 in the regular jar & $2.25 in the party jar
The Vice President was not here BUT there will be elections for a new VP next week; Nominees currently are = JC, Beth, Chuck, Bruce Pelz & Ken Patterson
The President discussed the election & eventually said 'hi' to folks visiting us for the 1st time - Kate & Seg
The Sports Committee reported that we're still sold out of tickets for the BASFA baseball outing for the May 8th Giants game & suggested folks going dress warmly
Announcements:
Brad announced that Joe Haldeman's book, 'Forever War' will be a movie soon
Adrienne announced that folks trying to preregister for Gallifrey 1 broke the interwebs today & she still needs a membership there - check their website & she announced that Grace Lee Whitney died
Valerie announced that she wrote 'The Avengers Face Their Dark Sides' & that it may be available for free on Kindle via Amazon right now
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast, episode 39, part 2 will be out Wednesday & announced they recorded episode 40 during Free Comic Book day
[tall] Kevin announced that SG Match Game is a casualty of Puppygate & will not be at Worldcon this year, however he was *informed* that there will be 3 Match Game SFs at this year's San Diego Westercon & he needs questions for the games & he announced that he may be recording a set of 'safety how-to messages' for the Worldcon Business Meeting, most likely at Westercon & announced that his sister is breathing on her own again
Reviews:
'Age of Ultron' was exhaustively reviewed as a good, enjoyable movie, albeit with a few flaws - with a safety advisory that if you see it in IMAX don't sit at the very top or in the 1st 2 rows
Mo reviewed 'Ancillary Sword' by Leckie as it was well-written & impells the reader forward
Ric reviewed getting Sihlouette glasses as it came with 3 magnetic clipons & the 3D clipon gives a very good image & he reviewed the new GE Link Lights as costing about $15 and for a white LED bulb this is a very good price
Beht reviewed SLG's owner as he donated the left-over comics from Free Comic Book day to her school & she got a chance to see New Kids on the Block & it was great fun
Dave C commented that a music site called 'Groove Shark' has gone out of business
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:32
and the rumor of the week was: 'All men may have been created equally but that doesn;'t mean they should all take off their shirts'
