Meeting 839 August 21, 2006
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:07 [with many of our members travelling] 11 people attended Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 838 were accepted as ’Oooo thank you’ There was no Treasurer or Treasurer’s report There was no VP The President reported that there’s a convention coming up & very soon the SciFi channel will show a series based on the Harry Dresden books Given a chance to report, Bug chewed her dinner contentedly The Party committee asked when the Hollister party was - and was told Wednesday night & so the Numismatic Responsibility Act poster will go down with Bob [thanks Bob!] Announcements Ken announced that the Cinema San Pedro movie for this Wednesday night will be ‘North by Northwest’ & announced that beginning the 2nd Friday of September at 7pm, channel 54 will show The Twilight Zone & One Step Beyond Mike announced that he needs a ride to the Greyhound station Tuesday night [by midnight] Reviews: Ken reviewed the Cinema Insomnia PJ party pledge special - as done live & in-studio & had only one major screw-up - as it went very well & that the premiere of ‘Guidilon’ also went well & was worth staying up till 4am for I reviewed ‘Cherry Sushi’ [at El Camino & Kiely] as it had incredibly good, fresh sushi & greatly recommended; then Ken follow-on’d that ‘Sushi-E’ [on Pollard & LaRinconada] is also another new sushi place & serve ‘sort of Asian fusion’ Joanie reviewed Apria as very disorganized with their rentals & they have no concept of time [there were follow-on’s] Mike reviewed ‘Snakes on a Plane’ as fun & he didn’t feel cheated & the Shatner roast on Comedy Central was tons of fun & worthwhile Ed reviewed ‘Singularity Sky’ by Charlie Stross as very impressive & worth full price Trey reviewed ‘Classic Feynman’ as some cool stories & well worth seeking out & the hardcover comes with a CD [there were follow-on’s] & Eric recommended ‘The Feynman Letters’ as worth full price We adjourned at = 8:45 pm And the rumor of the week was = ‘Burning Man will’ _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
