Meeting 762
February 28, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Alison McBain-Wu, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:01 pm - as we said hello to Peter & Bill, who came down
from CorFlu
18 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 761 were accepted as 'needs
more CorFlu'
Treasurer's report was that last week we took in $8.50
The VP & consort were late & the VP reported that in the near future she
may be moving to NY
The President reported that he had nothing fannish to report
Our visitors introduced themselves. Bill Burns is from NY - and was
appointed BASFA's ambassador to Long Island & the World of Electronic
Fanzines; while Peter Weston [who is from England] mentioned he has a
book out ['With Stars in My Eyes'], that he makes Hugo rockets - and he
was named BASFA's ambassador plenipotentiary to Sutton Coldfield
Announcements:
Dave G announced that the 'Rite of Spring' & Spikes birthday
celebration will be held this coming Saturday at their place in
Fremont, starting at 7pm
Mike announced the South Bat Firefly fan club will be meeting at
Katie Bloom's, 2pm Saturday
Dave C announced that March 4-6 is Potlatch 14
Cheryl announced there are 'Emerald Cities' in the room
Julie announced that the (SETI) Contact conference is coming up in March
Kevin announced that the Hugo voting deadline is March 11
Reviews:
Dave G reviewed getting sent to Texas for international training &
related tales of visiting that republic. He thought Dallas was better
than Houston & okay as long as all your papers are in order - worth full
price since his employer paid for all of it
Nathan had the unfortunate experience of seeing & reviewing a rental DVD
of 'The Stepford Wives'; said it had a different ending from the
original & was not worth renting
Cheryl reviewed South Korea as speaking better English than Texas,
thought Seoul was claustrophobic & knew how to make you feel welcome.
Many Seoul-full comments were made. And she would gladly go back if
business took her there.
Dave C reviewed Gallifrey in SoCal [the 16th Gallifrey 1) - that the
theme was pirates & that this peculiar convention was odder than usual
I reviewed 'Constantine' as worth seeing a 3rd time & still worth matinee.
Julie reviewed a site called 'the Leaky Cauldron' [a Harry Potter
fansite] that she has been spending a lot of time on it & rates it as
'well, I'm addicted to it'
Peter reviewed 'The Aviator' as jolly good & worth full price
CorFlu was reviewed: Cheryl said it seemed very well attended & was an
international gathering & they made her feel welcome [her badge read
'the Anitchrist'] & they did a good con suite; Peter said he was swept
up in the fervor of the convention - spent a lot of time in the bar -
and had a wonderful time; Bill also had a wonderful time & met some
really nice people; Frank mentioned he did a cute joke on Dick Lupoff
that cost him $30.00 - but it may rekindle interest in Lupoff's fanzine;
that Kevin was a program participant [on one of the 6 programs for the
con] and thought it was worth the trip up there
Frank Wu then bought BASFA memberships for both Peter and Bill!
Peter reviewed the SJ Tech museum as that the place is fantastic & a
museum volunteer [Tim] showed him an example of the Babbage engine
We then birthday-auctioned off Julie Porter for $3.00 to me
We adjourned at = 9:40 pm
And the rumor of the week was that ‘Emerald City has Seoul'
