Meeting 814 February 27, 2006
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:10 [with applause] 18 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 813 were accepted as ‘why the hell not’ The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $13.40, giving us a total of $8264.41 VP report = he has 2 new ‘Drink Tank’s out & a new ‘SFinSF’ will come out this week & he visited Casa de Fruta The President reported = that he had only the weather to report on & it’s foul New business = there is now a BASFA LJ [live journal, named BASFA] & it was proposed that BASFA lend support to the formation of a hoax Worldcon bid for Hollister in 2008 [‘Casa de Worldcon’] with Andy & Chris as co-chairs’ and the motion passed unanimously The Sports Committee suggests we plan an outing to the SJ Giants & rent their sole luxury box [about $33 per person if a minimum of 12 go in on the deal] and there WAS interest in this notion Announcements Kevin R announced that the 35th anniversary Drag Court Coronation will be held March 10-11 & the theme is ‘Down Mexico Way’ & that there is a kinky pet show on March 17 Chris announced that he is now president of N3F & this Sunday afternoon his film shows at Cinequest & on March 11 there will be an auction at the Movieland Wax Museum of all their remaining possessions & that Chris plans to bid on stuff there Dave C announced that Darrin MacGavin & Don Knotts [plus Octavia Butler] all died this last week [as did Julie’s scary aunt] & that the Bonny Dunes tasting tent is closing March 11 Kevin S announced that there are new ‘Emerald Cities’ & March 10 is the deadline for Hugo nominations Mike announced that the Browncoats are meeting this Saturday at the TideHouse at noon Reviews: Fred reviewed ‘Potlatch’ in Seattle as very good & the SF Museum in Seattle is also very good & worthwhile to visit & that next year’s ‘Potlatch’ will be in Portland Adrienne reviewed a subtitled Russian vampire film, ‘Nightwatch’ as it was very well done, held her interest & was worth full price Dave C reviewed a book ‘Many of Maybe a Half-Dozen Faces’ as it was not very good & he wondered why he was spending the time to read it, it’s worth library & he has his used copy for sale Andy reviewed Gallifrey as the pool was being remodeled, the drive down wasn’t too bad, Dave C commented that the root of all hotel screw-ups at the LA Marriott is 9-11; then Andy continued that the Dealer’s room was good although the table set-up was bizarre [9-11], that the Evil Genius party was great and ran till 4am [neep-age happened], closing ceremonies was well-attended, the cricket game was flooded out & the drive back included minor car drama, but overall it was a good time & well worth full price [more neep-ing] Kevin R reviewed the 41st Coronation in SF of the Imperial Court as Andy can’t count & parts of it were astonishing & it ran long but was over by 11pm & worth full price Art announced that the Cartoon Network will be showing a number of Myazaki films in March We auctioned off mostly books for = $0.50; $0.25; $1.00; $0.50; $0.10 for an eye-opening trio; $0.25; $0.25; $0.25; $0.25; $0.25; $0.25; $1.00 & $2.75 We adjourned at = 9:50 pm And the rumor of the week was = that ‘THAT Tony Blair has tits’ _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
