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' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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