Meeting 756 January 17, 2005
Meeting 756 of the Bay Area Science Fiction Association was held at The Original Hick'ry Pit, 980 E. Campbell Ave., Campbell CA. The meeting was called to order at 8:02 PM, Eric Larson presiding and Kevin Standlee acting as Secretary. All officers were absent. On a motion by Nathan Slemmer, an alternative "party jar" was established by unanimous consent. 10 people attended With the Secretary absent and nobody having remembered to print out the minutes posted to the e-mail list, approval of previous minutes was postponed to the next meeting. The Treasurer being absent, there was no financial report. There was no new or unfinished business. Announcements: Kevin announced that tonight would be the first of three Hugo Awards Discussion nights. Fred Moulton announced that Wessex Bookstore in Menlo Park is for sale. Chris Garcia announced that the Science Fiction Fan Film Fund will be putting on an exhibition this October. Dave Clark is giving way surplus Body Lights and watch batteries, as Cargo Cult is discontinuing them. Reviews: Nathan reviewed parties at Further ConFusion. Friday night FurTribe: Techno-dance theme party, very fun. Con's main dance was spectacular, with great FX, lights, etc. Worth what he tried but was unable to pay because nobody in the evening was set up to sell memberships (silly people). Deidre Saoirse Moen followed on, saying that she had a good time, that FurCon are a fun group and worth full price. She'll attend again. Kevin reviewed not being able to come to FurCon because his job suddenly went into overdrive; however, in compensation for what amounted to two weeks of 12-hour days, his boss is letting him take some extra days off in early February, so he will be able to fly to Glasgow to attend a committee/staff weekend for this year's Worldcon. Julie Porter reviewed MacWorld. Things have changed: some people complained that it should have been called PodWorld. She discussed details of product announcements, including the Mini-Mac. Show was worth what she paid for it using a half-price coupon. Various technical digressions followed. Nathan reviewed _Battlestar Galactica_ on the SCIFI Channel, saying it's worth watching. Mike Miyake says William Shatner is great on _Boston Common_. Auctions: We auctioned a Star Wars action figure for $1 and a Copy of _Kripos of Videssos_ for $1.15. Rumor that "The theme of next year's Further Confusion will be 'Furries...Gone WILD!'" was adopted by acclamation. The meeting adjourned at 8:33 PM, followed by a discussion of the "lower third" of the Hugo Awards ballot. Kevin Standlee Acting Secretary
