Corrections: Eric was acting secretary (I think) The motion to rename Carole Parker passed.
Andy's present (he opened the hermetically sealed package in front of the membership) was a Diablo the Satanic Chicken Action Figure (complete with 3 pieces of giant Novelty Bacon) (evil) Kevin melchar wrote: > Meeting 848 > > October 23, 2006 > > Trey Haddad, President > Chris Garcia, Vice-President > Dave Gallaher, Treasurer > Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms > Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary > > Began 8:00 > > 18 people attended > > Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 847 were accepted as > ’reading glasses won’t help > > There was no Treasurer or treasurer’s report > > VP report = there’s a new ‘Drink Tank’ on efanzine.com, there’ll be a > new SFinSf Tuesday or Wednesday & the next ‘Drink Tank’ will be about > computers > > The President had nothing to report > > The Party Committee will order BASFA badge ribbons > > The AhwaneeCon committee reported an LJ community has been created, a > logo has been crafted & a mascot is being designed > > It was moved to refer to Carole Parker as ‘bionic woman’ for the > duration of the meeting [note = there is no mention if this passed or not] > > Announcements > An unnamed person announced that Pacific NW fandom is trying to > organize a filk convention for Jan 2008 > > [evil] Kevin announced Andy’s present arrived & CostumeCon 26 has a > kids policy > > Dave C announced that there’s a new Cargo Cult out & that SFState is > holding a battle of left and right > > Andy announced that Nov 5th Alameda hanger one will have an open > house, featuring scary drinks & that Baycon has a 3 year deal with the > Santa Clara Hyatt & convention center starting in 2008 > > Chris announced ‘Chris for TAFF’ and that he is organizing the LosCon > TAFF auction > > Carole announced that the stitches have been removed and she’ll show > the scar if asked > > Frank announced that Jane Wyatt had died > > Reviews: > Joni reviewed Mark Janson’s ‘Apers’ as it addressed animal rights > topics and guarantees teens will read it, the prose is stilted and the > cover is iffy at best > > Dave C reviewed ‘The Prestige’ as magicians feuding in Edwardian > England; worth full price > > Dave G reported there’s a big tent over Howard Street for Oracle World > > Chris reviewed ‘100 years of Horror Films’ as worth sitting through, > that the 2nd season of Harvey Birdman attorney at Law as brilliant, > that Sealab 2021 was equally funny & he’s not quite sure he gets > ‘Lost’; there were many follow-ons > > Carole reviewed bicycle accidents with teenagers as it sucks, that > Stanford Hospital was unimpressive and Warren King is a good sports > surgeon > > Andy said ‘he has seen the future at the San Mateo Marriott’ and says > Baycon will be ‘cozy’, that Westercon will probably be OK & he > reviewed the 1st episode of ‘Torchwood’ as worth breaking the law for, > not Dr Who, not CSI Cardiff, nicely shot, pretty good writing > > [evil] Kevin reviewed [tall] Kevin’s lessons in parliamentary > procedures were well worth it > > An unnamed person reviewed Bujold’s newest novel as quite good > > We auctioned off stuff - books for $0.25, $3.00, $0.25 & $1.00; a > stamp for $2.00 & birthday auctioned Chris off for $25.00 > > We adjourned at = 9:27 pm > > And the rumor of the week was = ‘Evil Kevin will lead us to distilled > water’ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >basfa mailing list >[email protected] >http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa > > _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
