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July 13 BASFA minutes
BASFA Meeting 1302
July 13, 2015
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, 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 pm with tiara talk
23 people attended
We established a party recepticle
The regular jar was renamed the 'party pooper jar' for the duration of the meeting
Another motion failed
The minutes of meeting 1300 were accepted as 'cheaper than bailing out Goldman Sachs'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $7.25 in the regular jar & $4.75 in the party basket
The Vice President gave a retrospective of the 10-th year 1st meeting between Ken & Geri
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Outings Committee thanked those who came out for last Friday's SJ Giants Star Wars [who won in the 12th, despite bad refereeing]
Announcements:
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast episode 41 had been recorded & that part 1 will be out Wednesday & announced that Nerdvana Podcast will be at Kepler's bookstore on Tuesday at 7:30pm
Carole announced that Sasquan is about to finalize their programming schedule & it's looking really nice - and that [evil]
Kevin will be the Masquerade MC; then [tall] Kevin mentioned that both the Business Meeting & the Match Game will be in room 300-B
Lisa announced that Little Harold has graduated from SJ State
Little Harold announced that Nintendo's president died last week
Jenny announced that she brought pre-support info for the Montreal in 2017 bid & John O reminds that the Hugo ballot deadline is July 31
Reviews:
[tall] Kevin reviewed his Westercon travels as fascinating
Bill reviewed his travels as Carole was a mosquito entre' & that it was worth mostly full price to visit relatives, even though they had to miss Westercon
Brenna reviewed 'The Body Pirate' by Van Aaron Hughs in F&SF's July-Aug 2015 issue as she was delighted by it
Brad reviewed the SFRA conference as 'these grad students are getting younger and younger' & reviewed a visit to Metropolis Comics as it is by appointment only & reviewed Westercon as his hotel was terrible, but his panels went well & he enjoyed the con & bought stuff from Dave
Westercon was also reviewed by JC, Lisa, both Daves, [tall] Kevin, Big Harold & there was an agreement that the convention was mostly good, panels were very good, Dealers Room was sporadic, Registration had problems and the hotel was -terrible-
Beth reviewed Andy Weir's book 'The Martian' as very good
John O reviewed 'Minions' as not much plot or characterization, but very silly & worth full price for 2D & reviewed Scalzi's 'Locked In' as he enjoyed it, recommends it, but doesn't think it will be a Hugo nominee for him next year
Lisa reviewed Disneyland as the new electric parade is gorgeous, they missed the Muppet singalong that has been replaced with a 'Frozen' show & she had a good time; Tall Harold praised the Scooter folk; Dave C also went & thinks the electric parade needs more floats & the fireworks display was loud
Dave G reviewed Convergence as a fun little con
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:33
and the rumor of the week was: 'Learning Welsh is much harder than learning Klingon'
July 13, 2015
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, 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 pm with tiara talk
23 people attended
We established a party recepticle
The regular jar was renamed the 'party pooper jar' for the duration of the meeting
Another motion failed
The minutes of meeting 1300 were accepted as 'cheaper than bailing out Goldman Sachs'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $7.25 in the regular jar & $4.75 in the party basket
The Vice President gave a retrospective of the 10-th year 1st meeting between Ken & Geri
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Outings Committee thanked those who came out for last Friday's SJ Giants Star Wars [who won in the 12th, despite bad refereeing]
Announcements:
JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast episode 41 had been recorded & that part 1 will be out Wednesday & announced that Nerdvana Podcast will be at Kepler's bookstore on Tuesday at 7:30pm
Carole announced that Sasquan is about to finalize their programming schedule & it's looking really nice - and that [evil]
Kevin will be the Masquerade MC; then [tall] Kevin mentioned that both the Business Meeting & the Match Game will be in room 300-B
Lisa announced that Little Harold has graduated from SJ State
Little Harold announced that Nintendo's president died last week
Jenny announced that she brought pre-support info for the Montreal in 2017 bid & John O reminds that the Hugo ballot deadline is July 31
Reviews:
[tall] Kevin reviewed his Westercon travels as fascinating
Bill reviewed his travels as Carole was a mosquito entre' & that it was worth mostly full price to visit relatives, even though they had to miss Westercon
Brenna reviewed 'The Body Pirate' by Van Aaron Hughs in F&SF's July-Aug 2015 issue as she was delighted by it
Brad reviewed the SFRA conference as 'these grad students are getting younger and younger' & reviewed a visit to Metropolis Comics as it is by appointment only & reviewed Westercon as his hotel was terrible, but his panels went well & he enjoyed the con & bought stuff from Dave
Westercon was also reviewed by JC, Lisa, both Daves, [tall] Kevin, Big Harold & there was an agreement that the convention was mostly good, panels were very good, Dealers Room was sporadic, Registration had problems and the hotel was -terrible-
Beth reviewed Andy Weir's book 'The Martian' as very good
John O reviewed 'Minions' as not much plot or characterization, but very silly & worth full price for 2D & reviewed Scalzi's 'Locked In' as he enjoyed it, recommends it, but doesn't think it will be a Hugo nominee for him next year
Lisa reviewed Disneyland as the new electric parade is gorgeous, they missed the Muppet singalong that has been replaced with a 'Frozen' show & she had a good time; Tall Harold praised the Scooter folk; Dave C also went & thinks the electric parade needs more floats & the fireworks display was loud
Dave G reviewed Convergence as a fun little con
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:33
and the rumor of the week was: 'Learning Welsh is much harder than learning Klingon'