BASFA minutes for Aug 29
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basfaMeeting 1100
August 29, 2011
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 at 8 pm - with Chris but without his Hugo
22 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1099 were accepted as 'to the point'
the Treasurer arrived late - but a proxy Treasurer report is that at meeting 1099 we took in $9.55 in the regular jar & $7.10 in the party jar
The VP reported that there was no 'Drink Tank' out - he was resting on his laurels and distracted by his shiny Hugo - but he plans to write one soon & that the next 2 'Journey Planets' will have themes of Sherlock Holmes & Bladerunner
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she had had a miserable week & that local fan Paul Metz had died
Ken announced that tomorrow he will be doing a fun radio show about John Peel - a BBC radio DJ - on KFJC from 2-6pm
Dave C announced that the August 'Cargo Cult' catalog was out & he is having some publisher drama
Jo announced that he will be working for Tango next week
Chris announced that Ann Vandemeer is no longer going to be editing 'Weird Tales' and it makes him sad, like cancer
Reviews:
Chris reviewed 'Unwoman Uncovered Volume 1' of her doing covers of other songs as fantastic & well worth getting & reviewed the last 2 episodes of 'True Blood' as a tease & still pretty good & reviewed Carrie Vaughn's 'After the Golden Age' as pretty good, worth paperback
Diane reviewed a tapas place, 'Alegrias' in SF on Van Ness as having delightful food & Chris agreed'
Jo reviewed 'Crazy Stupid Love' as it surprised him, that it was geared for adults & not predictable, had reasonable choices & was worth full price & he reviewed Chris' acceptance speech for the Hugo as worthy of nomination for best short dramatic film
http://videosift.com/video/Greatest-Hugo-Acceptance-Speech-of-All-Time
then Renovation was reviewed again ... a ton. Adrienne thought the ap was great & the free wifi was good when it worked & she was very impressed when [tall] Kevin handled a part of the WSFS business meeting & hopes they let him handle all of it next year & reviewed the Dr Who stuff with River Song as very contrived; Carole commented that the Orlando in 2015 bid is not technically all under the same roof; Jo said the ap didn't work if the wifi didn't work; Dave C agreed about the Dr Who as being contrived; Bill commented that filking had problems with where it was placed & the smoke was bad & the con facilities were far flung; Carole liked the programming volunteers; Mo also thought it was too spread out & she missed seeing some panels but others she did see were excellent - met great people and had a great time & 'Vice President Adorable' gave the Masquerade 4 stars
Howeird said Ye Olde Town Band gave another free park concert and it was bigger than before, they got a standing ovation & a retirement home took up a collection for them; he reviewed Motorola's re-hiring of him as he's been warmly welcomed back and it's been worth full price
Carole reviewed funding & bringing out an East Coast costumer to Worldcon as well worth full price
Bill reviewed 'Cowboys vs Aliens' as truth in advertising & full of mindless fun - worth either matinee or DVD & Carole approved of Daniel Craig as eye-candy
Ed mused on attending his 1st Worldcon long ago as he went mainly to see Alan E Nourse - who wrote 'Bladerunner' as he had a great time then
We did auctions = buttons for $0.50; books for $1.00, $0.25, $1.00, $0.25, $2.00, $1.25, $1.00, $1.00, $1.00, $3.00, $0.75, $1.00; books on CD for $6.00; various Worldcon things for $0.10, $0.10 & $0.10 & luggage for $0.50
we adjourned at 9:26 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Chris' next project will be Mr Adorable's weep-along blog'
August 29, 2011
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 at 8 pm - with Chris but without his Hugo
22 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1099 were accepted as 'to the point'
the Treasurer arrived late - but a proxy Treasurer report is that at meeting 1099 we took in $9.55 in the regular jar & $7.10 in the party jar
The VP reported that there was no 'Drink Tank' out - he was resting on his laurels and distracted by his shiny Hugo - but he plans to write one soon & that the next 2 'Journey Planets' will have themes of Sherlock Holmes & Bladerunner
The President had nothing fannish to report
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that she had had a miserable week & that local fan Paul Metz had died
Ken announced that tomorrow he will be doing a fun radio show about John Peel - a BBC radio DJ - on KFJC from 2-6pm
Dave C announced that the August 'Cargo Cult' catalog was out & he is having some publisher drama
Jo announced that he will be working for Tango next week
Chris announced that Ann Vandemeer is no longer going to be editing 'Weird Tales' and it makes him sad, like cancer
Reviews:
Chris reviewed 'Unwoman Uncovered Volume 1' of her doing covers of other songs as fantastic & well worth getting & reviewed the last 2 episodes of 'True Blood' as a tease & still pretty good & reviewed Carrie Vaughn's 'After the Golden Age' as pretty good, worth paperback
Diane reviewed a tapas place, 'Alegrias' in SF on Van Ness as having delightful food & Chris agreed'
Jo reviewed 'Crazy Stupid Love' as it surprised him, that it was geared for adults & not predictable, had reasonable choices & was worth full price & he reviewed Chris' acceptance speech for the Hugo as worthy of nomination for best short dramatic film
http://videosift.com/video/Greatest-Hugo-Acceptance-Speech-of-All-Time
then Renovation was reviewed again ... a ton. Adrienne thought the ap was great & the free wifi was good when it worked & she was very impressed when [tall] Kevin handled a part of the WSFS business meeting & hopes they let him handle all of it next year & reviewed the Dr Who stuff with River Song as very contrived; Carole commented that the Orlando in 2015 bid is not technically all under the same roof; Jo said the ap didn't work if the wifi didn't work; Dave C agreed about the Dr Who as being contrived; Bill commented that filking had problems with where it was placed & the smoke was bad & the con facilities were far flung; Carole liked the programming volunteers; Mo also thought it was too spread out & she missed seeing some panels but others she did see were excellent - met great people and had a great time & 'Vice President Adorable' gave the Masquerade 4 stars
Howeird said Ye Olde Town Band gave another free park concert and it was bigger than before, they got a standing ovation & a retirement home took up a collection for them; he reviewed Motorola's re-hiring of him as he's been warmly welcomed back and it's been worth full price
Carole reviewed funding & bringing out an East Coast costumer to Worldcon as well worth full price
Bill reviewed 'Cowboys vs Aliens' as truth in advertising & full of mindless fun - worth either matinee or DVD & Carole approved of Daniel Craig as eye-candy
Ed mused on attending his 1st Worldcon long ago as he went mainly to see Alan E Nourse - who wrote 'Bladerunner' as he had a great time then
We did auctions = buttons for $0.50; books for $1.00, $0.25, $1.00, $0.25, $2.00, $1.25, $1.00, $1.00, $1.00, $3.00, $0.75, $1.00; books on CD for $6.00; various Worldcon things for $0.10, $0.10 & $0.10 & luggage for $0.50
we adjourned at 9:26 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Chris' next project will be Mr Adorable's weep-along blog'
