Minutes of Meeting #1478 Monday, November 26, 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 crowded room 18 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1477 were accepted as 'posted online' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $16.00 in the regular jar & $11.00 in the party jar - and that the party fund was sitting at negative $8.51 JC made a smart-ass response the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at Further Confusion, January 17-21, 2019 & held probably on Friday & Saturday ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bill announced that he had finished a project & also announced that they were having connectivity problems Ken announced that there will be a Legion of Rassilon meeting this Friday, Nov 30, at the usual time, 7:30 p.m. at the Denny’s on Bascom in Campbell as a 5th Friday of the month meeting. If you are there early, there may be tasty leftovers Aatheus announced that there will be a Frolic on December 1, 6pm to 2am at the Eagle in SF with DJ Jello Biafra, for more info check = http://sf-eagle.com/event/frolic-2018-04-07-2018-12-01 Jerry announced that the Mars Insight lander successfully landed on Mars & has already sent back pictures & he also announced that Space X will have a launch at Vandenberg AFB at 10am this Wednesday, Nov 28, for more info check = https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/11/26/spacex-launch-set-for-wednesday-nov-28-from-vandenberg-after-delay/ Andy announced that SMOFcon is this weekend, Fri/Sat/Sun at the Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa & registrations are still available, for more info check https://smofcon36.com/ REVIEWS: [evil] Kevin says he got a book recommendation at Windycon & so started the 1st book of the Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter and he is currently reading book #6 in the series Bill reviewed LosCon as it seemed noticeably smaller this year, with fewer activities, but he still had fun & they had a good time & he got the latest Charles Stross 'Laundry Files' book & thoroughly enjoyed it JC reviewed 'Stranger Things', having finished season 2 - and highly recommends both seasons & thinks it is worth getting Netflix for John O followed, reviewing that there is a follow-up show after 'Stranger Things' called 'Beyond Stranger Things' and says do -not- watch it until you have seen both seasons of 'Stranger Things' - and then reviewed 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' as a fun ride, has great visuals & definitely recommended, that they got the Princesses spot on & to make sure to see all the credits because there are Easter eggs Carole reviewed LosCon as she did 4 panels & noticed that attendance was down & the Dealer's Room was smaller than it's ever been we did auctions we adjourned at 8:32 Rumor of the week was 'We no longer need to chew the air' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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