Sept 21 BASFA minutes
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basfaBASFA Meeting 1312
September 21, 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 8pm with talk of moth vomit
31 people attended
a party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1311 were accepted as 'zero percent contained'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $7.50 in the regular jar & took in $27.25 in the [redacted] jar
The Vice President gave a birthday card to Chuck & said there were cassettes on the back table for free-zies or donation
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Sports Committee still has a question out to the SJ Earthquakes that has yet to be answered
Announcements:
Ken announced that the new Muppets show starts tomorrow & announced that this Friday is the monthly Legion of Rasselon
meeting at 7:30 at the Ihop on Steven's Creek & the 280
[evil] Kevin announced that Convolution is coming up and that the Barbarella party is a 'go'
JC announced that it's the 40th anniversary of a rather awful, locally produced movie, 'The Milpitas Monster' and the Great
Mall will have a showing of it at 7pm, Oct 30 for $10
John O announced that there is a new fire in the Carmel Valley
Bill announced that TwitchCon is in SF this weekend
Josh announced that there is a Tiki Tuesday at the SJ South bar with new tiki drinks & announced that DC will acknowledge
Phil Fingers contribution to Batman
Mo announced that she's a panelist at Convolution & will be Fan GoH at Windycon
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghosthunters now have more than 1500 members & announced that her folks' place is going on
the market
Lisa announced that Convolution is still looking for staff
Dave C announced that he has a SMOF relic with him & it is going up for BASFA auction
Reviews:
Brad reviewed the book-on-tape version of 'Lord of the Rings' as highly recommended & reviewed current events as
controversial
Gail reviewed Hawaii-con as very good and interesting, especially the panels on Hawaiian culture & commented that the
dealer's room was a bit questionable
John O reviewed 'The Martian' by Andy Weir as a quick read & really, really good & said it will soon be a movie
Dave C reviewed the Fathom event of 'Dr Who' as lightly attended and not worth full price, Adrienne followed, saying she &
Lisa also went and she also thought it was only okay & not worth full price
JC reviewed Levi stadium as a great stadium
Old Harold reviewed 'The Enchanted Forest Chronicle' by Patricia Wrede, bought at BASFA auction as excellent
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:16 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'We may have a fan, but it doesn't mean we're cool'
September 21, 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 8pm with talk of moth vomit
31 people attended
a party jar was established
The minutes of meeting 1311 were accepted as 'zero percent contained'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $7.50 in the regular jar & took in $27.25 in the [redacted] jar
The Vice President gave a birthday card to Chuck & said there were cassettes on the back table for free-zies or donation
The President had nothing fannish to report
The Sports Committee still has a question out to the SJ Earthquakes that has yet to be answered
Announcements:
Ken announced that the new Muppets show starts tomorrow & announced that this Friday is the monthly Legion of Rasselon
meeting at 7:30 at the Ihop on Steven's Creek & the 280
[evil] Kevin announced that Convolution is coming up and that the Barbarella party is a 'go'
JC announced that it's the 40th anniversary of a rather awful, locally produced movie, 'The Milpitas Monster' and the Great
Mall will have a showing of it at 7pm, Oct 30 for $10
John O announced that there is a new fire in the Carmel Valley
Bill announced that TwitchCon is in SF this weekend
Josh announced that there is a Tiki Tuesday at the SJ South bar with new tiki drinks & announced that DC will acknowledge
Phil Fingers contribution to Batman
Mo announced that she's a panelist at Convolution & will be Fan GoH at Windycon
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghosthunters now have more than 1500 members & announced that her folks' place is going on
the market
Lisa announced that Convolution is still looking for staff
Dave C announced that he has a SMOF relic with him & it is going up for BASFA auction
Reviews:
Brad reviewed the book-on-tape version of 'Lord of the Rings' as highly recommended & reviewed current events as
controversial
Gail reviewed Hawaii-con as very good and interesting, especially the panels on Hawaiian culture & commented that the
dealer's room was a bit questionable
John O reviewed 'The Martian' by Andy Weir as a quick read & really, really good & said it will soon be a movie
Dave C reviewed the Fathom event of 'Dr Who' as lightly attended and not worth full price, Adrienne followed, saying she &
Lisa also went and she also thought it was only okay & not worth full price
JC reviewed Levi stadium as a great stadium
Old Harold reviewed 'The Enchanted Forest Chronicle' by Patricia Wrede, bought at BASFA auction as excellent
We did auctions
we adjourned at 9:16 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'We may have a fan, but it doesn't mean we're cool'
