Meeting 809 January 23, 2006
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:02, post-con 18 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 808 were accepted as ‘in honor of Carl Popper’ Treasurer report was that at meeting 807 we took in $10.52 in the regular jar & $12.21 in the party jar & at meeting 808 we took in $17.08 in the regular jar & $42.30 in the party jar VP report = he was sick this last week & there is a new ‘Drink Tank’ The President reported = that he was at FurCon and had fun & that it was a high-energy con, which is a good thing Reminder that next week is week #1 of Hugo nominations Announcements Anime LA will be in Van Nuys this weekend Kevin S announced that this weekend will see the last sf con at the SeaTac Radisson = the Last Guest con, before the hotel is demolished Eric announced that TCM is doing Myazaki movies on Thursdays & that John Lassiter does the introductions Chris announced that this is the city of Fremont’s 50th anniversary [film neeps followed] Frank Wu announced that there’s a new fanzine, edited by Steve Upham called ‘Estronomics’ - and that the current issue has cover art from Frank [so go check it out] Reviews: Further Confusion was multiply reviewed. I reviewed it as “I’m Free!”, that it was a very good convention, that most of its ills stayed out of public view & fun; Kevin S reviewed it as he felt he got his $50.00 worth, enjoyed the anime track & habit made him sit in the ‘fan-tables area” & he had a good time; Andy reviewed it as there was minor hotel drama & he upgraded to a Sponsor-level badge to avoid the looooong line [and it was worth the extra cost], that he did a panel on Friday, held a VERY popular panel on Friday night & the parties in general did very well, that the Masquerade started on time & tech was fabulous & that the Furry Variety Show ran so long that Sunday parties never really got going, the Hiss & Purr went well, Art Show was good & Dealer’s Den was popular; Kevin R reviewed it as stripes were achieved & the con-goers seemed younger, that the Evil Genius Party was the last to close on Friday night, that Saturday was way too quiet; Dave C reviewed it as the Writer GoH was Jane Lindskold and Tom Whitmore sold many of her books, while Nick Pollata was Dave’s biggest seller Kevin R reviewed Boston as really, REALLY [x6] cold, his work was accomplished, that he had squid & & half a canoli & that his fur coat was -good- Julie reviewed tribe.net as she joined and then they changed their terms of service to an extremely restricted one, plus that it’s way too red; Chris follow-on’d that it had a big local fan complement & may yet still be good Dave G commented that user agreements are getting huge Andy reviewed al-ca-ma-hols - that unfiltered saki was used as Vrang milk - and noted that the larger the saki bottle becomes, the higher the grade of saki it contains & that Brennivin, an Icelandic burned wine is not bad Dave G reviewed the Xena Con in LA as it has 95% females to 5% males - but it was an interesting convention Then we auctioned off stuff = books & videos for $0.25; books & audio books for $1.00; books for $1.00; $0.25, $0.50, $4.00, $0.25, $6.00; & reams of paper for $1.50; $1.00, $1.25 & $1.00 We adjourned at = 9:50 pm And the rumor of the week was = ‘Squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, squid, baked beans and squid.’ _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
