BASFA minutes for Dec 5
Meeting 1114
December 5, 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 8pm - without pitchers
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1113 were accepted as 'editorially commented'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $57.15 in the regular jar & 16.75 in the party jar
The VP reported there is a new issue of 'Drink Tank' out, issue #299 & the exploding Death Star gives him a headache, but not Ben Kenobi & that this year he will celebrate RepliChristmas & there's still time to send him content for 'Journey Planet' but the deadline was yesterday
The President had nothing fannish to report and 'you only have yourselves to blame'
BASFA's official mailing address is POBox 61363, Sunnyvale 94088
The website maintenance committee is delayed in his website cleanup
And Jo then wished to state his appreciation for organizations naming themselves something that Bill the Cat would like
Announcements:
Andy announced that this Wednesday night, 6pm the Tech Museum will have a Tinker Drinker demonstration night - about robotics and drinking, check the Tech's website for details and costs
Dave C announced that Cargo Cult books offers help for anyone wanting to buy books from 'Other Change of Hobbit' & announced that beginning Jan 4th Green 960 will change format to right wing radio and boot off all their old hosts; Adrienne followed noting that KGO has just had a drastic format change as well
Chris announced that Darrell Sweet passed away
Ric [no 'K'] announced that the 'Other Change of Hobbit' is accepting donations
Art announced that he has a mysterious device he would like identified & announced that he has some VHS tapes out in his vehicle that he'd like to offload
Fred announced that there will be a comics, anime, gaming minicon in Sacramento Dec 11, 'SacCon', at the Scottish Rite Center, check www.sac-con.com for more details
Mo announced that she would like to do a Dickensonian Tarot deck but realizies it will be a lot of work and would like help
Tom announced that Potlatch 21 has their hotel contract now & to check potlatch-sf.org for more details
Jo announced that he made an offer on a house today
Reviews:
Ed reviewed LosCon as the drive down was scenic, he helped with set-up, the con was a little slow & small & angry, but he had fun, there were various follow-ons mentioning hotel fail, fall colors and tule fog
Randy reviewed 'My Weekend with Marilyn' as a bit of a touching view of her
'Bob' reviewed 'Hugo' - as a movie he enjoyed immensely - not a lot of action - but so very appropriate for a BASFA crowd
Chris joshed Jo & then reviewed 'Psych' as a TV series basically about him & that the episode with Shatner makes it worth having cable for & reviewed 'Into the Barn' by Piers Anthony as it proved his eyes could vomit [Dave C commented 'When your eyes bleed, it doesn't count as vomit']
Ric reviewed the 'Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick as a thick book with lots of intricate interior art & incredibly recommended & he reviewed a nest building thermostat as very geeky and expensive but that he's currently testing his out
Jo reviewed the 'Love Potion' as a talent contest/play, done incredibly well - it may be back in April , worth full price
Dave C reviewed Kim Newman's book 'Professor Moriarty' as a 'historical document', lots of fun and full of rip-roaring yarns
[evil] Kevin reviewed a sale at Evil Mad Scientists Laboratory as a blast, he highly recommends their products, check their website = www.evilmadscientist.com
And reviewed the Photoflex sale as it was a good thing they got there before the doors opened because the good stuff went really quickly
Tom reviewed 'Recardiacs Fly' as an awesome band and worth hearing
We then did birthday and regular auctions
we adjourned at 10:05 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Jo has plans to host Potlatch 25'
December 5, 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 8pm - without pitchers
28 people attended
We established a party jar
The minutes for meeting 1113 were accepted as 'editorially commented'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $57.15 in the regular jar & 16.75 in the party jar
The VP reported there is a new issue of 'Drink Tank' out, issue #299 & the exploding Death Star gives him a headache, but not Ben Kenobi & that this year he will celebrate RepliChristmas & there's still time to send him content for 'Journey Planet' but the deadline was yesterday
The President had nothing fannish to report and 'you only have yourselves to blame'
BASFA's official mailing address is POBox 61363, Sunnyvale 94088
The website maintenance committee is delayed in his website cleanup
And Jo then wished to state his appreciation for organizations naming themselves something that Bill the Cat would like
Announcements:
Andy announced that this Wednesday night, 6pm the Tech Museum will have a Tinker Drinker demonstration night - about robotics and drinking, check the Tech's website for details and costs
Dave C announced that Cargo Cult books offers help for anyone wanting to buy books from 'Other Change of Hobbit' & announced that beginning Jan 4th Green 960 will change format to right wing radio and boot off all their old hosts; Adrienne followed noting that KGO has just had a drastic format change as well
Chris announced that Darrell Sweet passed away
Ric [no 'K'] announced that the 'Other Change of Hobbit' is accepting donations
Art announced that he has a mysterious device he would like identified & announced that he has some VHS tapes out in his vehicle that he'd like to offload
Fred announced that there will be a comics, anime, gaming minicon in Sacramento Dec 11, 'SacCon', at the Scottish Rite Center, check www.sac-con.com for more details
Mo announced that she would like to do a Dickensonian Tarot deck but realizies it will be a lot of work and would like help
Tom announced that Potlatch 21 has their hotel contract now & to check potlatch-sf.org for more details
Jo announced that he made an offer on a house today
Reviews:
Ed reviewed LosCon as the drive down was scenic, he helped with set-up, the con was a little slow & small & angry, but he had fun, there were various follow-ons mentioning hotel fail, fall colors and tule fog
Randy reviewed 'My Weekend with Marilyn' as a bit of a touching view of her
'Bob' reviewed 'Hugo' - as a movie he enjoyed immensely - not a lot of action - but so very appropriate for a BASFA crowd
Chris joshed Jo & then reviewed 'Psych' as a TV series basically about him & that the episode with Shatner makes it worth having cable for & reviewed 'Into the Barn' by Piers Anthony as it proved his eyes could vomit [Dave C commented 'When your eyes bleed, it doesn't count as vomit']
Ric reviewed the 'Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick as a thick book with lots of intricate interior art & incredibly recommended & he reviewed a nest building thermostat as very geeky and expensive but that he's currently testing his out
Jo reviewed the 'Love Potion' as a talent contest/play, done incredibly well - it may be back in April , worth full price
Dave C reviewed Kim Newman's book 'Professor Moriarty' as a 'historical document', lots of fun and full of rip-roaring yarns
[evil] Kevin reviewed a sale at Evil Mad Scientists Laboratory as a blast, he highly recommends their products, check their website = www.evilmadscientist.com
And reviewed the Photoflex sale as it was a good thing they got there before the doors opened because the good stuff went really quickly
Tom reviewed 'Recardiacs Fly' as an awesome band and worth hearing
We then did birthday and regular auctions
we adjourned at 10:05 pm
Rumor of the Week: 'Jo has plans to host Potlatch 25'
