Minutes of Meeting #1444 Monday, April 2, 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 a different room view 26 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1442 were accepted as 'announced by BASFA's eye in the sky' the Treasurer was missing the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that there are still tickets available for the May 18 Giants vs Rockies game BASFA outing - see Dave G. Then Ken reported that there are still tickets available for the BASFA outing to the Harry Potter night San Jose Giants game, Friday, June 15 = $52 per person for the Martinelli’s VIP deck. Email ba...@p4tt.com if you are interested. ANNOUNCEMENTS: [evil] Kevin announced that the announcement of the Worldcon 76 Hugo final ballot last Saturday was successful & has been reported on by Sal Pizarro of the Mercury News; the article can be found here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/02/science-fiction-fans-to-descend-on-san-jose-for-worldcon-this-summer/ John O announced that he gets his knee replaced in 5 weeks & announced that SF Comic con will be in Oakland June 8,9,10 & have the 11th Doctor present on Saturday & announced that their cat had passed away Diane announced that there had been events and that there will be events & that she has Worldcon 76 flyers to distribute for all the events Lisa announced that Harold is home & improving & she needs a sitter for him for the Passover seder Ric announced that there is a movie coming out in May based on the short film 'Cargo' from 2013 [see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_(2013_film)] & announced that episode 506 of the Fanboy Planet podcast is about the Hugo ballot Reviews Doug reviewed the Santa Clara Citizen's Police Academy as it's 12 weeks long, held once a week & he highly recommends signing up for it 'Ready Player One' was enthusiastically reviewed by many - all of them positively, that there were a lot of Easter eggs in the movie - but no cookie at the end & recommended John O reviewed 'Seven Stars Bar & Grill' as decorated in a Star Wars style, with really good pub grub & friendly employees & various others also recommended it Ric reviewed the live 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as they did the musical justice & that Alice Cooper did a great Herod & Ric enjoyed it a lot Diane reviewed Babcon as a wonderful event & she had lots of fun there & Fred also had a good time at the con Howeird reviewed pet adoptions at Pet Smart as he found a lovely Bengal kitty that amazingly matched his decor & was definitely worth full price & reviewed becoming bionic - he has a pacemaker & it was -not- a simple procedure & he must now avoid strong magnets near his chest Kshandra reviewed Circ de Solei - Crystal - as delightful we had auctions we adjourned at 9:14 Rumor of the week was that 'As God is my witness, I thought BASFAns could fly!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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