BASFA Meeting 1362 September 5, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner
Began 8 pm 25 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1361 were accepted as a Black Bear Diner on every corner' The Treasurer got in late - & last week we took in $14.70 in the regular jar & $23.40 in the party jar The Vice President had nothing fannish to report - but he now owns a TESLA! The President greeted Cindy - dragged here by Jo, visiting us for the first time Announcements: Ken announced that KFJC was awesome today, so check their archives for Sir Cumference today & that he & Geri will be part of the Oakland Pride Parade this.Sunday & the Palo Alto Players will be producing the 'Little Mermaid' [evil] Kevin announced that Pizza and wine gave inspiration for them to get thru piles of pre-supports and registrations JC announced that the city of Milpitas named his company, Blue Mirage Studios, one of the 'best of' businesses for 2016 Adrienne announced that people died and restated messages from the BASFA list about the Oct 12 Seth Shostak in Palo Alto Lisa announced that the Retrodome is doing 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' & Sept 17 is a Convolution staff meeting, 1pm at the Hyatt Regency SF Chris O announced that Oct 1-16 Stage One Theatre in Newark is doing the 'Addams Family' Reviews: [evil] Kevin reviewed an old flick, 'Moon Zero 2' as having a high cheese factor, but decent science & he was lied to = it was NOT a terrible movie; he recommends it as worth buying on Amazon & loaning out Adrienne reviewed the Highland Games as enjoyable John O reviewed the mini-Maker's Faire in SJ as not too crowded, so he didn't feel rushed & recommended it as quick to do and worth full price Barbara reviewed the 3 'Sharktopus' movies as 'dear gods, why?' Ken reviewed paying buckets of cash for his new Tesla & touring the factory & very impressed by it all Lisa reviewed 33 days on the road visiting multiple conventions as busy & enjoyable & glad to be back Dave C reviewed 'Anthropoid' as he really enjoyed it & it is a grim, good movie Jo reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he really enjoyed it & thought it good & reviewed WorldCon as he enjoyed the con but did not enjoy the lack of plugs in the Marriott & thinks the new Exploratorium on Pier 39 is a very nice upgrade [tall] Kevin reviewed today as the roads are holiday full & reviewed WorldCon as mostly good & reviewed the road trip as they got to see railroads he'd never seen before & recommends going to Denver just to see the railroads we did auctions we adjourned at 9:22 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'These are Trey's days of future pasta' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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