I think the auction included "raiders" not "raisers" stuff (though with a necromancy committee forming....).
Also, what is this "GASFA" on which you speak? :) At 06:39 PM 8/15/2006, you wrote: >Meeting 838 > >August 14, 2006 > >Trey Haddad, President >Chris Garcia, Vice-President >Dave Gallaher, Treasurer >Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms >Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary > >Began 8:12 [with the resolve to read 'Kitchen Confidential'] > >24 people attended > >Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 837 were accepted as 'having >achieved stalling speed' > >Treasurer's report was that last week we took in $82.75 in the regular >and $7.85 in the party jar > >We established a party jar > >The VP reported [stalling having succeeded] that if you saw him on TV >you were lucky [as he has not seen any segments yet]; that there are new >fanzines [including a new 'Drink Tank'] & his sister gave him a papercut >on the eye > >The President welcomed 'Bug' [Bridget Bradshaw, from TAFF] & Frank Wu >paid for her BASFA membership > >Given a chance to report, Bug chewed her dinner contentedly > >There was a motion to name Bug the Ambassador to TAFFlasia & Cambridge >that passed all to Bug [it was commented that while death releases you >from LASFAS, that BASFA is thinking of establishing a necromantic committee] > >There was a motion that shall not be named that was objected to >consideration > >The Hollister in '08 bid committee reported that there is a new bidcom >member & shopping is being planned - & the President thanked the >committee for their hard work and partying > >Announcements >Ken announced that the Cinema San Pedro movie for this Wednesday night >will be 'Ghostbusters' & that this week on channel 54 will see the >Pajama Party Pledge night this Saturday from 10pm to 2am wherein they >will show 'Day of the Trifids' - and have the world premiere of >'Guidilon the Giant Space Chicken' with Chris and Frank probably in the >studio > >Kevin S announced that there are copies of the antepenultimate issue of >Emerald City in the room > >Chris announced there'll be an issue of SFinSF up real soon [which >includes an article by Cheryl] & he's desperate for reviews of Worldcon >& he wants LOTS of articles for 'Drink Tank' #100 > >Dave G announced that he has flyers for Vinticon 4 [Oct 13-15] > >Frank announced that some of the props from 'Nacho Lebre' are up for >sale on EBay right now > >Reviews: >Ken reviewed the Capital Drive-in - where he saw 'Pirates 2' as the >audio kept slipping, the film didn't fit properly on the screen & folks >kept driving thru with their headlights on - that there was a small but >annoying crowd there & the experience was not worth attending - stick to >normal theatres > >Chris reviewed his little cousins as they are 'sooooo cuuuute' and worth >full price & reviewed his weekend as very fannish - he sat around and >read fanzines & had another date as very enjoyable & worth full price > >Harold reviewed the finest film he has seen in quite a while 'Little >Miss Sunshine' as 'you think your family has problems' & very definitely >worth matinee > >Then we established a TAFF jar > >Bug announced that she is gathering artwork and the best of it will go >in her TAFF report > >[evil] Kevin reviewed 'UFO' as one of the greatest series from England >ever made - and where's all the cool stuff he's supposed to have by now? > >Fred reviewed 'Galaxy Quest' at Cinema San Pedro as the movie was great >[sitting in the street, drinking beer] and worth full price > >Lance reviewed a technology and art festival as some of the art was >super cool & he saw a dance performance also worth full price; Fred >follow-on'd that one of the art pieces has a message on it in IR that >could only be viewed with a digital camera > >Bug reviewed the Survival Research Labs demo as like the end of days >with explosions and things that went 'phooom!' and she wants one of the >plasma arcs for her garden & then reviewed her trip as she 'didn't see >many fans in Boston, she went to Readercon' > >Eric reviewed Pageant of the Masters as really fantastic to watch > >Mike reviewed 'The Place Promised in our Early Days' as 'O my god it was >so strange' and we may be seeing the next Myazaki in Shinkai > >Dave C reviewed '50 years of Disneyland' at the Oakland Museum as >interesting > >We auctioned off stuff, birthday auctioned off Andy to Tom for $27.00; >birthday auctioned off Bug to Dave C for $17.00; birthday auctioned off >Dierdre to Chris for $7.00; birthday auctioned off Rick to Chris for >$6.00 [so he could have the set]; & auctioned off Raisers stuff for $4.00 > >We adjourned at = 9:45 pm > >And the rumor of the week was = 'When Ben Yalow dies, he's taking >Worldcon with him' > >_______________________________________________ >basfa mailing list >[email protected] >http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa Robert B. Hole, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.robert-hole.com _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
