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BASFA meeting, July 16
Minutes of Meeting #1459
Monday, July 16, 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 - with neepery
28 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1458 were accepted as 'stretching'
the Treasurer reported that we took in $9.70 in the regular jar & $4.55 in the party jar
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President thanked Congress for demonstrating how a rudimentary knowledge of Parliamentary procedure can make one look better in public - & we said 'hi' to Michael, visiting us for the first time - he is a teacher & learned about BASFA from Bob
The Sports Committee reported that he is still investigating buying SJ Sharks tickets for possibly Star Wars night & other factors [like seat locations]
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bill announced that Confluence will be held in 2 weeks in Pittsburg, PA & that he & Carole will be attending - and that he will have a concert there
Vikas announced that the Seti Institute will host a talk on 'VR in Space' this Thursday, 7pm at the SRI Institute in Menlo Park & that tickets are required, for more info check https://www.seti.org/event/vrar-space-next-space-revolution
Dave C announced that BBC America will have a 'Dr Who new episode' event on Thursday at 8pm
REVIEWS:
the secretary reviewed 'Ant Man & the Wasp' as a fun movie, worth full price; Dave C followed, saying that he also enjoyed it and there are lots of local shots of the area in the film, Ric enjoyed it & commended the de-aging camera work & Trey made a wretched pun [that it was sad it won't be eligible for the Hugo short form]
Bill reviewed Westercon 71 in Denver as there were lots of good panels, the music programming was excellent & the only sour note was that the hotel installed carpet in the room above theirs at 8am Sunday; Lisa commented that the hotel was set up badly for room parties - having only one suite per floor, commended the science panels & thought filking was great & art show was excellent - Dave C had to fight to get into Dealers Room & was one of only 2 book dealers there
Lisa reviewed taking the train to Westercon 71 'there and back again' as they went first class & were treated very well & the scenery was lovely
Vikas reviewed Scalzi's 'Collapsing Empire' as okay - lots of social intrigue, which is not his cup of tea as he prefers hard sf
JC reviewed a recent film, 'Cargo' as a post-zombie event set in Australia, not really exciting, but a real cool take on the genre - definitely recommended & enjoyed
Brad reviewed the audiobook for 'Farenheit 451', read by Rim Robbins as very well done & recommended - then JC recommended the current video adaptation with Michael B Jordan that is showing on 'Xfinity on demand'
Gayle reviewed some of her Hugo reading - 2 novelettes = 'Wind will Rove' by Sarah Pinsker as her favorite of the 3, 'The Secret Life of Bots' by Palmer as okay & the short Story 'Welcome yo your Authentic Indian Experience' by Roanhorse as she needed to read another review to get a sense of the story
we had an auction
we adjourned at 9pm
Rumor of the week was 'Bob was here'
Monday, July 16, 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 - with neepery
28 people attended
we established a party jar
The minutes of meeting 1458 were accepted as 'stretching'
the Treasurer reported that we took in $9.70 in the regular jar & $4.55 in the party jar
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President thanked Congress for demonstrating how a rudimentary knowledge of Parliamentary procedure can make one look better in public - & we said 'hi' to Michael, visiting us for the first time - he is a teacher & learned about BASFA from Bob
The Sports Committee reported that he is still investigating buying SJ Sharks tickets for possibly Star Wars night & other factors [like seat locations]
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bill announced that Confluence will be held in 2 weeks in Pittsburg, PA & that he & Carole will be attending - and that he will have a concert there
Vikas announced that the Seti Institute will host a talk on 'VR in Space' this Thursday, 7pm at the SRI Institute in Menlo Park & that tickets are required, for more info check https://www.seti.org/event/vrar-space-next-space-revolution
Dave C announced that BBC America will have a 'Dr Who new episode' event on Thursday at 8pm
REVIEWS:
the secretary reviewed 'Ant Man & the Wasp' as a fun movie, worth full price; Dave C followed, saying that he also enjoyed it and there are lots of local shots of the area in the film, Ric enjoyed it & commended the de-aging camera work & Trey made a wretched pun [that it was sad it won't be eligible for the Hugo short form]
Bill reviewed Westercon 71 in Denver as there were lots of good panels, the music programming was excellent & the only sour note was that the hotel installed carpet in the room above theirs at 8am Sunday; Lisa commented that the hotel was set up badly for room parties - having only one suite per floor, commended the science panels & thought filking was great & art show was excellent - Dave C had to fight to get into Dealers Room & was one of only 2 book dealers there
Lisa reviewed taking the train to Westercon 71 'there and back again' as they went first class & were treated very well & the scenery was lovely
Vikas reviewed Scalzi's 'Collapsing Empire' as okay - lots of social intrigue, which is not his cup of tea as he prefers hard sf
JC reviewed a recent film, 'Cargo' as a post-zombie event set in Australia, not really exciting, but a real cool take on the genre - definitely recommended & enjoyed
Brad reviewed the audiobook for 'Farenheit 451', read by Rim Robbins as very well done & recommended - then JC recommended the current video adaptation with Michael B Jordan that is showing on 'Xfinity on demand'
Gayle reviewed some of her Hugo reading - 2 novelettes = 'Wind will Rove' by Sarah Pinsker as her favorite of the 3, 'The Secret Life of Bots' by Palmer as okay & the short Story 'Welcome yo your Authentic Indian Experience' by Roanhorse as she needed to read another review to get a sense of the story
we had an auction
we adjourned at 9pm
Rumor of the week was 'Bob was here'