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BASFA minutes for Oct 31
Meeting 1109
October 31, 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 8-ish
22 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1107 were accepted as 'happy birthday, Barbara'
there was no Treasurer or proxy treasurer's report
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out – centered on 'Rollerball' & that another 'Drink Tank' will be out soon
The President had nothing fannish to report
We then did auctions – & I was birthday auctioned off for $11.00 to Trey
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is having its 5th anniversary on Nov 13 at the Old Spaghetti Factory in SJ at 1pm - there will be speakers & a raffle
Mo announced that she has studio space at the Art Citadel & they now host gallery showings - and Mo will be having a gallery showing either Nov 4 or 5
Chris announced that there will be a Computer Animation lecture at the Computer History museum on Nov 8, 7pm & it's free
Dann announced that he is now a Kirby vacuum sales rep [so wish him luck]
Dave C announced that this weekend will have BasCon at the Embassy Suites in South San Francisco [& it may be the last one] & he announced that 'Rare Exports, a Christmas Tale' is coming out in time for Christmas
Diane announced that she has free stuff to give away
Reviews:
Bradford reviewed World Fantasy Con as he survived - had a good time & really enjoyed himself
Dave C reviewed World Fantasy Con as ... a convention - that Connie Willis really likes the TV show 'Primeval' & the con was worth full price; he also reviewed 'Ghost of a Chance' by Simon Green - as the book is possessed by the spirit of the 3rd person narrator
Howeird reviewed a production of 'Snoopy' at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre as it had an amazing cast - well worth seeing at full price; reviewed 'Puss-in-Boots' seen in 2D as not worth matinee & it didn't really work for him & reviewed his nephew's wedding in Baltimore as well worth full price - he reconnected with a lot of people
Diane reviewed [evil] Kevin's costume workshop as educational & that the tour of Tech Shop SJ was good fun for all; [evil] Kevin followed that he helped people make stuff and had a good time
Dann reviewed 'Batman Year One' as done in an anime style and definitely worth full price - & there were several delayed comments agreeing with this; then Dann reviewed the Robert Downey 'Sherlock Holmes' as well written, with a good story - worth full price - & then discussion broke out for a bit
John reviewed 'Paranormal Activity 3' as enjoyably scary with an exhibitionistic ghost; Mo followed with the opinion that 'less is more' for making horror & Chris also reviewed it as he was the only one in the theatre to see it at that showing & he found himself viewing it as a 'how to' movie construction project
[newly evil] Harold reviewed 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm' as he rather liked the 1st more than the 2nd & they were worth not having to pay for either of them
Adrienne reviewed 'Bedlam' on the BBC as she is rather enjoying the series so far
Andy reviewed 'Captain America' as worth the on-Demand pay rental & reviewed 'Thor' as also worth the on-Demand pay rental & had beautiful costumes & he reviewed the last 2 episodes of 'The Fades' as 'Oh my god that's fucked up!' & is still worth stealing & will be worth buying on DVD when available - & Mo agreed
Chris reviewed Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' as it still held up & was fantastic & reviewed the soundtrack to the 'Book of Mormon' as it creeped him out & was hilarious
we adjourned at 9:49pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Trick or Treat. There is no try'
October 31, 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 8-ish
22 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1107 were accepted as 'happy birthday, Barbara'
there was no Treasurer or proxy treasurer's report
The VP reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out – centered on 'Rollerball' & that another 'Drink Tank' will be out soon
The President had nothing fannish to report
We then did auctions – & I was birthday auctioned off for $11.00 to Trey
Announcements:
Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters is having its 5th anniversary on Nov 13 at the Old Spaghetti Factory in SJ at 1pm - there will be speakers & a raffle
Mo announced that she has studio space at the Art Citadel & they now host gallery showings - and Mo will be having a gallery showing either Nov 4 or 5
Chris announced that there will be a Computer Animation lecture at the Computer History museum on Nov 8, 7pm & it's free
Dann announced that he is now a Kirby vacuum sales rep [so wish him luck]
Dave C announced that this weekend will have BasCon at the Embassy Suites in South San Francisco [& it may be the last one] & he announced that 'Rare Exports, a Christmas Tale' is coming out in time for Christmas
Diane announced that she has free stuff to give away
Reviews:
Bradford reviewed World Fantasy Con as he survived - had a good time & really enjoyed himself
Dave C reviewed World Fantasy Con as ... a convention - that Connie Willis really likes the TV show 'Primeval' & the con was worth full price; he also reviewed 'Ghost of a Chance' by Simon Green - as the book is possessed by the spirit of the 3rd person narrator
Howeird reviewed a production of 'Snoopy' at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre as it had an amazing cast - well worth seeing at full price; reviewed 'Puss-in-Boots' seen in 2D as not worth matinee & it didn't really work for him & reviewed his nephew's wedding in Baltimore as well worth full price - he reconnected with a lot of people
Diane reviewed [evil] Kevin's costume workshop as educational & that the tour of Tech Shop SJ was good fun for all; [evil] Kevin followed that he helped people make stuff and had a good time
Dann reviewed 'Batman Year One' as done in an anime style and definitely worth full price - & there were several delayed comments agreeing with this; then Dann reviewed the Robert Downey 'Sherlock Holmes' as well written, with a good story - worth full price - & then discussion broke out for a bit
John reviewed 'Paranormal Activity 3' as enjoyably scary with an exhibitionistic ghost; Mo followed with the opinion that 'less is more' for making horror & Chris also reviewed it as he was the only one in the theatre to see it at that showing & he found himself viewing it as a 'how to' movie construction project
[newly evil] Harold reviewed 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Grimm' as he rather liked the 1st more than the 2nd & they were worth not having to pay for either of them
Adrienne reviewed 'Bedlam' on the BBC as she is rather enjoying the series so far
Andy reviewed 'Captain America' as worth the on-Demand pay rental & reviewed 'Thor' as also worth the on-Demand pay rental & had beautiful costumes & he reviewed the last 2 episodes of 'The Fades' as 'Oh my god that's fucked up!' & is still worth stealing & will be worth buying on DVD when available - & Mo agreed
Chris reviewed Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' as it still held up & was fantastic & reviewed the soundtrack to the 'Book of Mormon' as it creeped him out & was hilarious
we adjourned at 9:49pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Trick or Treat. There is no try'