Meeting 785
Aug 8, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Nathan Slerm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:02 pm
8 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 784 were not in the room, so
we deferred accepting them
No Treasurer; no Treasurer’s report
VP reports = pre-eminent VP Chris reported that he & Cheryl collaborated
on joke Worldcon reports [see the Emerald City website] & that he got 10
votes as best fan-writer, plus there will be a Drink Tank by Friday;
then Nathan reported that he was glad he didn’t have to preside over the
meeting this week
The President commented that Mike was not well & referred folks to
Emerald City for Worldcom reports
We said ‘hi’ to Keith Toleman - a guest visiting us ‘cuz he saw our
website [yeah Art!]
Announcements:
Chris announced that he won’t be here for the next 4 weeks & that
hopefully his as-yet-untitled book will be out in October & that Captain
Jack Avery is offering to print the BASFA minutes in his ezine, SFSF
[how nifty!]
Mike announced that the Los Gatos library will have a Bay Area Game Day
this Saturday & the Milpitas Cinema Saver closes Tuesday
Julie announced that she purchased a new computer & saw Nathan at the
same Frys, as she did so
Nathan then told us secret stuff. [Bet you wish you were at the meeting
now, doesn’t it?]
Reviews:
Julie finally saw the movie ‘Sideways’ & reviewed it as that it lived up
to the hype, found it enjoyable, ‘like ‘4 Weddings & a Funeral’ without
the British humor’ - and she rates it as worth buying & worth seeing again
Chris reviewed Yosemite as lovely and he met visiting German SF fans
there & enjoyed reading the German translation of ‘Perdito Street
Station’; he also reviewed the DVD of ‘Shark’s Tale’ as a fun film,
worth DVD rental
Nathan reviewed ‘Minding the Store’ [reality TV] as ’20 minutes of his
life he will never get back’ - as the worst reality show he’s ever seen
and he generally likes reality TV
Keith reviewed ‘Light’ by Harrison as a great book, complete in & of
itself with an extraordinary writing style & reviewed a movie out on
DVD, ‘Immortal’ as very enjoyable
Julie also reviewed the extra bio on ‘The Ghost and Mrs Muir’ DVD as
quite interesting
Chris then also reviewed ‘Demon Seed’ as possibly the best movie ever
made & well worth full price
Trey reviewed ‘Dead Beat’ by Jim Butcher as very engaging, with very
interesting characters & recommends it as worth trade paperback
We auctioned off a book for $1.00
We adjourned at = 8:50 pm
And the rumor of the week was ‘that all who did not attend the meeting
are on the enemy’s list’
