Feb 22 BASFA minutes
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basfaBASFA Meeting 1334 - at Lyon's
February 22, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
FEB 29 WILL BE AT: the RT Pizza place near Coco's, 1220 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began 8:03 pm - with hope
29 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1333 were accepted as 'brought so Chuck could read 'em'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in nothing in the regular jar & $3.00 in the party jar, while at meeting 1332 we took in $0.25 in the regular jar & $2.25 in the party jar
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report, but said he & Geri will not be here on the 29th, because it is their anniversary
The President had nothing fannish to report, but said 'hi' to new people visiting us - Mark over here and Chris over there
The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at BabsCon on April 23, at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame
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. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ
Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 10] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at:
Feb 29 at the Round Table again = 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spaghetti Factory = 51 N San Pedro St, San Jose
March 14 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
The Hugo Nomination Committee reminded us that [tall] Kevin will next be at BASFA in 2 weeks
Announcements:
JC announced that the Nerdvana Podcast IndieGoGo fundraiser is in its final stretch & announced that he launched the website theoriginallightsaber.com
Valerie announced that 'Adoring Outlander' is out now, & also announced that her article 'women in Deadpool' has had 600 hits so far
Dave C announced that that there will be nomination talk after the regular meeting & announced that today is National Margarita day
[evil] Kevin announced that he will be at Livermore Reads with Thinbot on Feb 27 at the Livermore Civic Center Public Library
Ken announced that this Friday at 7:30 is the Legion of Rasselon meeting at the IHoP on Steven's Creek & the Lawrence Expressway & announced that the Retrodome is kind of back & will be doing sing-a-longs at the Camera 12, starting March 18 - check theretrodome.com for details
Ric announced that March 1 thru March 15 is the Cinequest Film Festival & check cinequest.org for details
Lisa announced that Consonance will be the first weekend in March at the Crown Plaza Silicon Valley in Milpitas
Gerry announced that he is working his way through 'Raising Cane' by Charles Gannon & is looking for others who have read it
Reviews:
I reviewed the 'Deadpool' movie as lots of violent fun and not for the under 16 crowd [there were many follow-ons, pretty much agreeing] & then reviewed 'The Big Short' as extremely well done in explaining the subject - others agreed and recommended it
Ric reviewed the audio book of 'The Martian' as excellent & recommended, then reviewed Will Murray's 'Skull Island' as good & reviewed 'The Expanse' as the best hard scifi on TV ever & reviewed 'Legends of Tomorrow' as very well done & recommended
Mo & Adrienne reviewed 4 Oscar nominated movies = 'Bridge of Spies' as very good, 'The Big Short' as excellent, 'Mad Max, Fury Road' as good, but having almost too much violence for Adrienne & 'Room' as uplifting [Mo] & kind of creepy [Adrienne]
John O reviewed 'Zoolander 2' as a triumph for the vapid, recommended at matinee prices, then reviewed 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies' as thoroughly enjoyed & reviewed 'Witches of Lichford' by Paul Cornell as a fun romp
Dave C reviewed Gallifrey as he did well there
[tall] Kevin reviewed the Nevada caucus as interesting & his precinct had 30 attendees and was one of the larger ones & that he ended up as a delegate
we adjourned at 9:22 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Ryan Reynolds has redeemed himself for the 'Green Lantern' movie'
February 22, 2016
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
FEB 29 WILL BE AT: the RT Pizza place near Coco's, 1220 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began 8:03 pm - with hope
29 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1333 were accepted as 'brought so Chuck could read 'em'
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in nothing in the regular jar & $3.00 in the party jar, while at meeting 1332 we took in $0.25 in the regular jar & $2.25 in the party jar
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report, but said he & Geri will not be here on the 29th, because it is their anniversary
The President had nothing fannish to report, but said 'hi' to new people visiting us - Mark over here and Chris over there
The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at BabsCon on April 23, at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame
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. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ
Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 10] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs
The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at:
Feb 29 at the Round Table again = 1220 Oakmead Parkway
March 7 at the Old Spaghetti Factory = 51 N San Pedro St, San Jose
March 14 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas
The Hugo Nomination Committee reminded us that [tall] Kevin will next be at BASFA in 2 weeks
Announcements:
JC announced that the Nerdvana Podcast IndieGoGo fundraiser is in its final stretch & announced that he launched the website theoriginallightsaber.com
Valerie announced that 'Adoring Outlander' is out now, & also announced that her article 'women in Deadpool' has had 600 hits so far
Dave C announced that that there will be nomination talk after the regular meeting & announced that today is National Margarita day
[evil] Kevin announced that he will be at Livermore Reads with Thinbot on Feb 27 at the Livermore Civic Center Public Library
Ken announced that this Friday at 7:30 is the Legion of Rasselon meeting at the IHoP on Steven's Creek & the Lawrence Expressway & announced that the Retrodome is kind of back & will be doing sing-a-longs at the Camera 12, starting March 18 - check theretrodome.com for details
Ric announced that March 1 thru March 15 is the Cinequest Film Festival & check cinequest.org for details
Lisa announced that Consonance will be the first weekend in March at the Crown Plaza Silicon Valley in Milpitas
Gerry announced that he is working his way through 'Raising Cane' by Charles Gannon & is looking for others who have read it
Reviews:
I reviewed the 'Deadpool' movie as lots of violent fun and not for the under 16 crowd [there were many follow-ons, pretty much agreeing] & then reviewed 'The Big Short' as extremely well done in explaining the subject - others agreed and recommended it
Ric reviewed the audio book of 'The Martian' as excellent & recommended, then reviewed Will Murray's 'Skull Island' as good & reviewed 'The Expanse' as the best hard scifi on TV ever & reviewed 'Legends of Tomorrow' as very well done & recommended
Mo & Adrienne reviewed 4 Oscar nominated movies = 'Bridge of Spies' as very good, 'The Big Short' as excellent, 'Mad Max, Fury Road' as good, but having almost too much violence for Adrienne & 'Room' as uplifting [Mo] & kind of creepy [Adrienne]
John O reviewed 'Zoolander 2' as a triumph for the vapid, recommended at matinee prices, then reviewed 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies' as thoroughly enjoyed & reviewed 'Witches of Lichford' by Paul Cornell as a fun romp
Dave C reviewed Gallifrey as he did well there
[tall] Kevin reviewed the Nevada caucus as interesting & his precinct had 30 attendees and was one of the larger ones & that he ended up as a delegate
we adjourned at 9:22 pm
and the rumor of the week was: 'Ryan Reynolds has redeemed himself for the 'Green Lantern' movie'
