March 5 BASFA minutes
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1440
Monday, March 5, 2018
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm, with flyers
22 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1439 were accepted as 'the minutes are posted online'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1439 we took in $0.00 in the regular jar & $3.75 in the party jar
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
The Sports Committee reported that the San Jose Giants Harry Potter Night is Friday, June 15 & Ken has put down a reservation for a BASFA outing there, for the Martinelli’s VIP deck - which will be $52 per person. This includes BBQ dinner, 2 drinks & a good view of the field. We need to get 25 people signed up for this. Email basfa@p4tt.com if you are interested. The Sports Committee further reported that Dave G is still taking money for the May 18 Giants vs Rockies game BASFA outing
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dave G announced that Spring will be a dealer at NorWesCon & thus there will be no March 24 party at their place
Adrienne announced that BA Ghost Hunters will do an investigation in San Leandro, $45 to participate & details will be posted to BayArea Ghosthunters later in the week
Chris O announced Oscar results & that Consonance will be March 23-25 & that International Guests will be Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps
Bill announced that they are taking donations of gently-used lanyards that can be repurposed
Gayle announced that Gerry is stuck in Minnesota at a conference & announced dates for Contact 2018 = April 6-8
[evil] Kevin announced that there are 11 days to vote on the Hugos - deadline March 16 & Fred followed that he has an extra supporting membership to sell
Diane announced that she has flyers for Worldcon 76 & that there are many conventions coming up to spread flyers among
Dave C announced that Fog Con in Walnut Creek at the Marriott this weekend
Reviews
JC reviewed the SJ Super Toy Show at the SJ Fairgrounds that there were tons of people there on Saturday & the next one will be in June & he recommends it
Dave C reviewed Jonathan L Howard's book 'Johannes Caval, the Necromancer' as 'it's a spritely road to hell' & a fun read, worth full price
Brad reviewed 'Annihilation' as it had excellent visual but 'lacked a layer of depth, so its purpose escaped me' - worth matinee - & Andy recommended folks to see it soon
Adrienne reviewed 'Dunkirk' as good - with a good soundtrack - then 'Darkest Hour' as good, but she's not sure it's historically accurate, then 'Call me By Your Name' as the most boring of the 5 movies she saw, then 'The Post' as she LOVED it & 'Get Out' as akin to a Gothic romance and a refreshing twist on the genre & was glad it won 'best screenplay'; then Mo agreed that 'Dunkirk' had the best soundtrack, but in general the theatre played the sound too loudly, she enjoyed the way they did 'The Post' & she found 'Get Out' to be delightfully creepy; Bill followed, opining that Gary Oldman was excellent in 'Darkest Hour'
John O reviewed 'Dark Crystal' as a Fathom event & still an amazing movie to watch & that the animatronics are still amazing now & he very much recommends the movie - there were various folk who agreed on the awesomeness of the movie & the way it was made - & was mention that 'Labyrinth' will be a Fathom event soon; then John O also reviewed 'Star Trek Live' at the Oasis as 'Turnabout Intruder' was done in drag and one of the funniest things he's ever seen, definitely worth full price & highly recommended - and it runs thru March 24
Gayle reviewed MarsCon [March 2-4] in Minneapolis as very comfortable & enjoyable & Gerry did a presentation there
we had auctions
we adjourned at 9:10
Rumor of the week was that 'Fred wins the jet ski'
Monday, March 5, 2018
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm, with flyers
22 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1439 were accepted as 'the minutes are posted online'
the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1439 we took in $0.00 in the regular jar & $3.75 in the party jar
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
The Sports Committee reported that the San Jose Giants Harry Potter Night is Friday, June 15 & Ken has put down a reservation for a BASFA outing there, for the Martinelli’s VIP deck - which will be $52 per person. This includes BBQ dinner, 2 drinks & a good view of the field. We need to get 25 people signed up for this. Email basfa@p4tt.com if you are interested. The Sports Committee further reported that Dave G is still taking money for the May 18 Giants vs Rockies game BASFA outing
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dave G announced that Spring will be a dealer at NorWesCon & thus there will be no March 24 party at their place
Adrienne announced that BA Ghost Hunters will do an investigation in San Leandro, $45 to participate & details will be posted to BayArea Ghosthunters later in the week
Chris O announced Oscar results & that Consonance will be March 23-25 & that International Guests will be Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps
Bill announced that they are taking donations of gently-used lanyards that can be repurposed
Gayle announced that Gerry is stuck in Minnesota at a conference & announced dates for Contact 2018 = April 6-8
[evil] Kevin announced that there are 11 days to vote on the Hugos - deadline March 16 & Fred followed that he has an extra supporting membership to sell
Diane announced that she has flyers for Worldcon 76 & that there are many conventions coming up to spread flyers among
Dave C announced that Fog Con in Walnut Creek at the Marriott this weekend
Reviews
JC reviewed the SJ Super Toy Show at the SJ Fairgrounds that there were tons of people there on Saturday & the next one will be in June & he recommends it
Dave C reviewed Jonathan L Howard's book 'Johannes Caval, the Necromancer' as 'it's a spritely road to hell' & a fun read, worth full price
Brad reviewed 'Annihilation' as it had excellent visual but 'lacked a layer of depth, so its purpose escaped me' - worth matinee - & Andy recommended folks to see it soon
Adrienne reviewed 'Dunkirk' as good - with a good soundtrack - then 'Darkest Hour' as good, but she's not sure it's historically accurate, then 'Call me By Your Name' as the most boring of the 5 movies she saw, then 'The Post' as she LOVED it & 'Get Out' as akin to a Gothic romance and a refreshing twist on the genre & was glad it won 'best screenplay'; then Mo agreed that 'Dunkirk' had the best soundtrack, but in general the theatre played the sound too loudly, she enjoyed the way they did 'The Post' & she found 'Get Out' to be delightfully creepy; Bill followed, opining that Gary Oldman was excellent in 'Darkest Hour'
John O reviewed 'Dark Crystal' as a Fathom event & still an amazing movie to watch & that the animatronics are still amazing now & he very much recommends the movie - there were various folk who agreed on the awesomeness of the movie & the way it was made - & was mention that 'Labyrinth' will be a Fathom event soon; then John O also reviewed 'Star Trek Live' at the Oasis as 'Turnabout Intruder' was done in drag and one of the funniest things he's ever seen, definitely worth full price & highly recommended - and it runs thru March 24
Gayle reviewed MarsCon [March 2-4] in Minneapolis as very comfortable & enjoyable & Gerry did a presentation there
we had auctions
we adjourned at 9:10
Rumor of the week was that 'Fred wins the jet ski'
