Meeting 782
July 18, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Nathan Slerm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, phantom Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:00 pm
13 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 781 were accepted as
'severely abbreviated’
No Treasurer, but the emergency backup report was that last week we took
in $11.75
VP reports = Nathan had nothing to report & Chris reported that about 5
different issues of ‘Drink Tank’ will come out in the next week
The President reported that he and the secretary will again be absent on
Aug 1
Kevin reminded us that Worldcon Glasgow approaches & we need to properly
annex the site so we can hold a BASFA meeting there & it was propsed
that BASFA annex the docking bay area of the convention & this passed
unanimously
A party jar was established
Trey sought to get a pun license for the evening. The price set was that
he should equal a fund collected for that purpose [which was $7.00] and
he declined to purchase the license & the collected fund was placed in
the party jar
Announcements:
Joanie announced that escrow should close for them in about 30 days &
they will need help moving from San Jose to San Jose when they need to move
Chris announced that on Friday he will be part of a team making a film
in 48 hours & he would like help if any is interested
Eric announced that the SciFi channel has purchased ‘Firefly’ and begins
to show season 1 starting this Friday
Dave C announced that ‘Books by the Bay’ will be held in Buena Vista
Garden this coming Saturday from 10am-4pm & will be chock full of book
sellers & authors there
Mike announced that there’ll be a Legion of Rasselon meeting at the
Carl’s Jr at 1st & Trimble this Friday
Reviews:
Art reviewed ‘Samurai Shampoo’ as kind of bizarre & he’s still figuring
out the plot - but thinks it’s worth watching
Julie reviewed helping her aunt move, riding trains & getting the new
Harry Potter book. She says she had fun at both of the Harry Potter
parties she attended - and thought it all worth full price. She
commented that Rowling plays with her reading audience as a cat plays
with a mouse
I reviewed ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ as excellent & well worth
seeing, maybe twice. [there were various comments] Dave C follow-on’d
that Depp played Wonka as Michael Jackson overlaid with Mr. Rogers &
that Deep Roy was the hardest working actor in show biz. Trey reviewed
it as he enjoyed it and wishes the Oompa-Loompa lyrics had not been as
truncated as they were
Cheryl reviewed comics = that ‘Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere’ as pretty true
to Neil’s script & far truer to the author’s vision & also reviewed
‘Albion’ as a clever idea & her description of the comic makes it sound
delightful
Nathan reviewed the USS Hornet as it’s worth full price to visit &
reviewed the SF Conservatory as $5.00 was a bit too costly for the visit
but seeing the wetlands within it makes it worthwhile. Nathan also
reviewed ‘War of the Worlds’ as he enjoyed it - especially ‘seeing ET &
Drew Barrymore’ & thought it worth matinee
Chris reviewed ‘Wedding Crashers’ as the story of his youth & possibly
the funniest 45 minutes in the history of film, well worth full price &
reviewed the Masonic Hall ‘plastination’ exhibit as pretty boring -
except for the ‘sushi plattering’ of one fellow & worth being taken to.
He mentioned that he had just eaten sushi for dinner before being taken
to see it, too.
Joanie reviewed ‘Hallowed Hunt’ by Bjold as merely good but not
outstanding & thought it seemed a bit contrived
Dave C reviewed ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ as he had a wonderful time &
rates it as worth matinee
Mike reviewed ComicCon as a long excruciating drive to get there & get
back - & that the size of it is enormous & it fills San Diego - that
there’s too much to possibly see & comfy shoes are a must & Buttonwillow
has a very decent IHOP & felt it was worth going there
We auctioned off stuff = books for $1.50 & $1.50
We adjourned at = 9:18 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘blah!’
