BASFA minute from June 25

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Minutes of Meeting #1456
Monday, June 25, 2018

Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas

Called to order at 8 pm
30 people attended

we established a party jar

The minutes of meeting 1455 were accepted as 'served with pride at your local diner'

the Treasurer reported that we took in $1.25 in the regular jar & $9.25 in the party jar

the VP had nothing fannish to report but was here

the President congratulated Ken on making it through his procedure

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that she & [young] Harold will miss the next 2 meetings & be at Westercon, where there will be a memorial for Harold on Thursday

Dave C announced that the BBC has changed the Dr Who release strategy & they will release all of the Tom Baker content on one blueray & announced that Nick Knox, drummer for the Cramps just died at age 60 & Ric commented that Twitch TV is showing 3 Dr Who episodes every day

[young] Harold announced that the most recent Zeldathon raised more than $100,000 & they have a Kickstarter up now for a documentary, 'Money Making Game' - check = https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1063893979/money-making-game?ref=project_tweet

REVIEWS:
Gayle reviewed a writer's retreat as it had multiple reservation screw ups and they ended up staying in a motel in Weed, which was a lovely place, except for a non-functional air-conditioner

Carole reviewed 'La Papillion' on Kiely in Saratoga as very nice & they had pleasant gatherings all weekend

Dave C reviewed 'Lovecraft Country' by Matt Ruff as HP Lovecraft meets Jim Crow - a series of connected stories as very well done & worth full price & reviewed Dita Von Teese & the Copper Coupe at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre as a lovely show & well worth full price

Ken reviewed the SF Lesbian Gay Freedom Band Gala as a lovely experience & reviewed the Palo Alto Players performance of 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' as really fun - and they will be performing through July 1 & reviewed getting a camera shoved down his throat as illuminating

Ric reviewed unintentionally attending Pride as the traffic was horrendous & he saw an interesting musical called 'Soft Power' - which is why they were in SF - as conceptionally complex and politically intense

we had auctions

we adjourned at 8:58

Rumor of the week was 'it usually costs more to buy a president'