As requested, I am forwarding the minutes that Frank Wu took. BTW, why
isn't he on the basfa list?
Until later--
Carole
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Frank Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:41:35 AM US/Pacific
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I have the BASFA meeting
minutes, but no way to post them (I'm not on the mailing list) - could
you do that for me?
Frank
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Meeting 779
June 27, 2005
Trey Haddad, President
Nathan Slurm-r & Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, phantom Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Meeting began hesitantly at 8:03 pm and restarted for real at 8:08
12 people attended
Minutes from the previous meeting were not read, because no one had
brought them.
Secretary, Treasurer and President were all AWOL
Nathan Slurm-r, as acting President, presided over the meeting. In
his VP report, he noted that a schoolboy got in trouble during the
Pledge of Allegiance, for replacing "United States" with "United
Federation of Planets".
In a separate incident, a Dalek prop had been stolen in England. Its
plunger arm attachment was left with a ransom note requesting
information from the Doctor. Later the Dalek was recovered, and the
entire incident was claimed not to be a publicity stunt. Yeah, right.
Chris Garcia submitted his VP report #1 in writing. Quoting Evelyn
Aurora Nelson, age 6, it said in part, "Chris ... is a poop-butt."
Announcements:
Michael Siladi noted that Westercon in Calgary was happening this
week. His group is spearheading a bid for San Jose in 2007 Westercon,
and he was soliciting memberships and pledges for votes. The intended
theme of the bid is "Do you Gnome the way to San Jose?" If the bid
wins, then both the 60th Worldcon and the 60th Westercon will have
been in San Jose. Also, there has not been a Westercon in SJ since
1983, or a bay area Westercon since 1987.
Reviews:
Mike reviewed a sneak preview of "Serenity" as "really really good."
The version he saw was almost complete, lacking only end credits. He
noted that it tested well with focus groups and suspected that studio
execs might now be kicking themselves for missing a potential summer
blockbuster. He rated it full price plus waiting in line.
"Howl's Moving Castle" was again reviewed, this time as worth matinee,
so you can save up to buy the book for comparison purposes.
Julie is continuing to read YA time travel novels listed in an
article. He was disappointed with Vivian Vande Velde's book "Heir
Apparent" as not having much time travel in it. It was about a VR
gang and a kid trapped in an unwinnable video game, but did not rise
to the potential of its premise.
Art reviewed the Toshiba RDSX34 system for recording TV programming.
The first annoyance was that the device was louder than his fridge.
The second annoyance was that the device had difficulties - lasting
over 48 hours - of connecting to its source to find the TV Guide
signal. The Comcast customer service did not serve this customer.
Instead, the problem was resolved when Toshiba tech support suggested
that he reboot. The system also offered him three incomprehensible
choices for TV line-ups, which also could not be parsed by Comcast
support. Not only that, but the remote was "ill-conceived and
inconsistent." AND the DVD tray would not open. Despite these
problems, Art did manage to record some programming Saturday night.
Nathan and Michael Siladi followed on that TiVo was worth its weight
in gold and about various computerspeak details about hi-definition
and memory sizes. After quite a lot of technical discussion, Kelly
noted, "I don't have a TV."
Kelly B reviewed the Alameda County Fair, specifically the pig races,
which (Chris G noted) opened for the Village People. Three of the
original Village Persons remained, and some of the replacements -
including an actual Native American playing the Native American - were
not born when the band started out. Others were astounded by Kelly's
in-depth knowledge of the band's history and membership. Kelly noted
that in the pig races, "Hairy Porker" won.
Chris G reviewed "Bewitched", noting that no one was more adorable
than Nicole Kidman playing dumb. He also reviewed "Batman Begins" as
interesting in that Gary Oldman played a good guy without any ulterior
motive.
We took in 25 cents and a partial roll of dimes.
We adjourned at = 8:52 pm
And the rumor of the week was "The Enemy List Will Grow," with those
not voting for that rumor being added to the Enemy List.
Until later--
Carole
