Meeting 810 January 30, 2006
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:01 [with pie] 22 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 809 were accepted as ‘100’ Treasurer report was last week we took in $36.49 in the regular jar [our total $8,212.44] & there was no party jar [current party total = $180.96] VP report = he has a new ‘Drink Tank’ out & there’s been a lot of internet chatter about this issue & there’ll be a new SFSF out this week - and he had a brilliant idea. This idea led, eventually, to Kevin S suggesting that Chris chair the ‘Prairie Home Convention’ The President reported = a horrible pun [involving a female gaming con called EstroGencon] Reminder that next week is week #2 of Hugo nominations The party committee reported that he’s awake now & that the party was held, he got a new club member, that the Stokke family donated $50.00 to food & he needs a check for $82 [and change] for party expenses, letting the rest roll over to the next party. We then discussed this year’s Worldcon, including that it will be 1 week -before- Labor Day weekend this year We established a party jar Dave G proposed charging for puns in this issue of ‘Drink Tank’ and the motion failed Announcements Kevin S announced that there are new ‘Emerald Cities’ in the room [yay!] & there will be the 1st of 3 weeks of Hugo nominations after the meeting tonight Reviews: Anime LA was multiply reviewed. Andy reviewed it as he & Kevin ran the Masquerade, so he didn’t see much of the con, but that they stopped selling memberships at around 1350 [when they ran out of badges], that the Pirate Rum party was pretty cool but there weren’t enough anime-themed pirates & it seemed to be popular, that the Masquerade ran smoothly - if a bit delayed - and the awards included Pocky , that the drive back along the 101 was okay & that he might be crazy enough to do this again. Kevin R reviewed it as that the Masquerade lateness was not his fault; Kevin S commented that the fan base for anime fandom seems to be where fandom’s youth & energy is now Kevin S reviewed ‘Last Guest Con’ as the SeaTac Radisson’s last con, a relaxicon & low-keyed reminiscence event, that the Saturday night casino was just for funzies [no cash] & that Kevin noted that more than just sf con attendees do sf con-type things at their conventions & he had a nice weekend - and he brought Chris his room’s ‘do not disturb/service request’ door sign Ed reviewed Ringo’s ‘Watch on the Rhine’ as ‘they all die, so why bother with characterization’ & worth full price Then we auctioned off pop rocks for $1.00 We adjourned at = 9:00 pm And the rumor of the week was = ‘thank you, Kevin, for agreeing to Chair WoeBeCon’ _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
