Meeting 769
April 18, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Alison McBain-Wu, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, phantom Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began at 8:03 pm - '. . .without Kevin'
11 people attended
Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 768 were accepted as 'that's
good'
Treasurer's report was that last week we took in $2.01 in the regular
jar & $11.77 in the party jar
No VP [meeting 6]
The President report was 'things happened & I was missing out on them'
We moved to put a link to Chris Garcia's fanzine on the BASFA page
Announcements:
Dave C suggested that we send suggestions to Baycon about writers to
invite to the con
I announced that in the last week I've had 2 emails from people
having trouble joining the BASFA mailing list; asking for suggestions to
help with this & was just told to pester Wallis
Spring announced that there will be a Vinticon will be held the week
after Silicon, Oct 14-16 in Livermore
Pam announced that there is an exchange link between Silicon & BASFA
& that she's living back in the area [yay!] & that the pharmacy she is
working for is looking for new customers
Elizabeth announced that on May7th the ABC Family channel will show
'Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets' with film bits & interviews from
the latest movie
Chris announced that Phil Bowers recently passed away
Reviews:
I reviewed 'Sahara' as worth seeing twice & that I enjoyed it quite a lot
Nathan reviewed 'Dawn of the Dead' [the remake] as a 'lighthearted
comedy' when compared to 'Starship Troopers 2' which grossly
disappointed him & was filled with unrelenting gore
Chris reviewed the latest episode of the 'Simpsons' as the best one in
the last few years
Trey reviewed 'Sin City' as violent & grotesque & worth $2.00 matinees -
but it was visually appealing; then reviewed 2 Joel Rosenberg books,
'Not Exactly the Prisoner of Zenda' as forgettable & 'Paladins' as
interesting & worth pb
Dave C recommends getting the newest 'Foxtrot' book just for the cover
Dave G reviewed the trailer for the Lego's Star Wars game as excellent
We established a party jar
We auctioned off stuff: moonbase alpha plans $1.00; corn $0.25; action
figures $1.00 & 1.25; a model $0.25; stickers for $0.75; cards for $0.25
&$1.00; little models $1.50; an ampty used mailing tube for $0.25; books
for $0.50 & $0.50; a comic for $1.25; fanzines for $1.00; batches of
magazines for$2.00 & $7.25 - and birthday auctioned Elizabeth for $7.00
to me [she's MINE I tell you!]
We adjourned at = 9:29 pm
And the rumor of the week was that ‘Because you demanded it - Starship
Troopers on Ice!'
