Feb 1 BASFA minutes
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basfaBASFA Meeting 1331 - at the Round Table pizza place
February 1, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8 pm - with comments about 'up trailer and down trailer'
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1330 were accepted as 'handed to the president'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $12.00 in the regular jar & $4.05 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that she'll be coming in
The President had nothing fannish to report, and then we presented the redacted [gift certificate] to the waitress
The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28 - AND that the SJ Giants will have their Star Wars night on Saturday, May 14, mentioning that we can have the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Omega got very mixed reviews.
Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035;
Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory
The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that a preliminary list has been compiled & that those interested can wait and nominate more after the regular meeting
Announcements:
[evil] Kevin announced that he will be at Livermore Reads with Thinbot on Feb 27 at the Livermore PL
Valerie announced that she has written a pastiche about the 'Force Awakens', mashed with Jane Austen, called 'Nonsensibility'
Reviews:
Carole reviewed Conflict as it seemed quiet to her, but enjoyable & she reviewed Alaskan airlines as better than most
Mo reviewed 'Gallivant' as very funny & recommended; Howeird agreed and added that it was written well
Dave C reviewed 'Lucifer' as 'he's the devil, she's a cop - together they fight crime' & Mo commented that so far it seems fun
Adrienne reviewed a Bay Area Ghost Hunter's meet-up in SF at the San Remo hotel as the hotel's Italian restaurant was pleasant
Mike reviewed the Numu in Los Gatos, Rick Guidice NASA paintings as worth seeing & recommended
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:02 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'We who are about to SMOF salute you'
February 1, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8 pm - with comments about 'up trailer and down trailer'
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1330 were accepted as 'handed to the president'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $12.00 in the regular jar & $4.05 in the party jar
The Vice President reported that she'll be coming in
The President had nothing fannish to report, and then we presented the redacted [gift certificate] to the waitress
The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28 - AND that the SJ Giants will have their Star Wars night on Saturday, May 14, mentioning that we can have the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Omega got very mixed reviews.
Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035;
Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway;
Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory
The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that a preliminary list has been compiled & that those interested can wait and nominate more after the regular meeting
Announcements:
[evil] Kevin announced that he will be at Livermore Reads with Thinbot on Feb 27 at the Livermore PL
Valerie announced that she has written a pastiche about the 'Force Awakens', mashed with Jane Austen, called 'Nonsensibility'
Reviews:
Carole reviewed Conflict as it seemed quiet to her, but enjoyable & she reviewed Alaskan airlines as better than most
Mo reviewed 'Gallivant' as very funny & recommended; Howeird agreed and added that it was written well
Dave C reviewed 'Lucifer' as 'he's the devil, she's a cop - together they fight crime' & Mo commented that so far it seems fun
Adrienne reviewed a Bay Area Ghost Hunter's meet-up in SF at the San Remo hotel as the hotel's Italian restaurant was pleasant
Mike reviewed the Numu in Los Gatos, Rick Guidice NASA paintings as worth seeing & recommended
we did auctions
we adjourned at 9:02 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'We who are about to SMOF salute you'
