BASFA Meeting 878 May 28, 2007
Meeting 828 of the Bay Area Science Fiction Association was held in the Mezzanine Elevator Lobby of the San Mateo Marriott Hotel, San Mateo, California. The meeting was called to order on May 28, 2007 at 8:02 PM, Vice President Chris Garcia presiding and President Emeritus, etc. Kevin Standlee acting as Secretary. At least 22 people attended, although not necessarily at the same time. Officers absent: President Trey Haddad; Secretary Barbara Johnson-Haddad. Previous minutes: Not available. Ed Green moved to accept as "Progress and continue." [Evil] Kevin raised a point of order that the motion was out of order on account of there not actually being minutes to consider. The Chair ruled the point of order well taken. Treasurer's report: We have money. No specifics. On a motion by [Evil] Kevin, we established a party jar. The Green Box created by Julie Porter from neglected convention flyers was designated the party jar, while the red cup was designated the regular jar. Vice President: There was a con; he was there. There will be a new issue of The Drink Tank soon. Committees: The Party Committee was hors de combat on account of having hosted parties during BayCon. The Sports Committee reported on the crash of the multi-million dollar DiamondVision at Emperor Norton Field (AT&T Park). AwahneeCon: The committee was explained to our guests. Seven pre-supports sold during BayCon. Current site (subject to change) is Tuolumne Meadows. Site neepery followed. Visiting LASFS/SCIFI Liaisons Ed Green and Liz Mortensen reported "Stay Away from Southern California!" Empress of Hamsters Esther Friesner arrived later. Business: None. Announcements: [Evil] Kevin said that history was made on Saturday night of BayCon: The BayCon Masquerade started on time and ended on time. Oh, and there's another convention coming up in five weeks. Chris Garcia: Charles Nelson Reilly died last Friday night. (Kevin Standlee said, "I didn't think our show was that bad!") Sarah Goodman announced that she has retired from her mundane job and is now on LiveJournal, but did not tell us what her LJ handle is. Empress of Hamsters Esther Friesner reported that scientists have discovered they can cure jet lag in hamsters by controlled doses of Viagra. Much irrelevancy followed. [Tall] Kevin reported that Esther Friesner was the only one of the Match Game SF panelists whose close-up photos were all out of focus. [Tall] Kevin also announced that due to schedule conflicts, Cheryl was unable to bring the Friendly Fannish Finns to tonight's meeting and sends her (and their) regrets. Reviews: Julie Porter reviewed Doctor Who episodes shown at the Legion of Rassilon meeting as "Both worth stealing." Stellan reported on Maker Faire at the San Mateo Expo Center. This was a huge how-to-make-things show, sort of a prep for Burning Man. There were lots of weird crafts, Battlebots/Robot Wars, art cars, water rockets, and other strangeness. It was a blast and a lot of fun, and is worth full price. Comments on BayCon: "Would have been better with a left knee pad." There was considerable neepery about the "Escher Marriott" and its sister property, the Rye Town Hilton. [Evil] Kevin: There was a con. Very friendly day staff. Night staff that couldn't make a wake-up call work. He never had any wristbands. David Clark on food: Much more tolerable restaurants (compared to the Doubletree San Jose). Dealers were reasonably content with the turnover. Julie Porter said she saw artists with happy smiles over their sales. Ed Green said that one piece in the Art Show went for $3500. [Evil] Kevin continued: We ran an hugely popular and crowded (and thirsty) League of Evil Geniuses party, which ran until 4:30 AM. The party ran out of champagne for the first time. [There was much discussion of alcohol.] Andy Trembley: "We miss having a patio onto which we can expand. [Evil] Kevin: There was an enthusiastic volunteer crew. Esther Friesner: Really enjoyed having the slideshow of past Costume-Cons on the plasma screen. [Discussion of video technology followed.] Lisa Hayes: LOEG video was only non-sucky video she saw all weekend on the hotel's fancy plasma screens. [More talk of alcohol followed.] Esther asked about the "lightning bug" candies, which led to discussion of party planning and logistics. The Traveller party (next door) complained that they got no traffic on account of having LOEG next door. David W. Clark on Spiderman 3: Way too much plot. The most Ditko-esque villain every in movies. Worth matinee. [Tall] Kevin: Match Game SF was great, but we didn't get to do enough of it. [Evil] Kevin: It is very rare and special when the audience doesn't want the halftime show to end, and this was one of those times. [Tall] Kevin: Esther Friesner was a great panelist; we want her back. Chris Garcia: Really enjoyed being a panelist. [Much game show neepery followed.] Auctions: Esther Friesner to Sarah Goodman for $30. Steven Nagy to Chris Garcia for $3. Liz Mortensen to Kevin Roche for $20. Ed Green for $13 to someone. [Acting Secretary got distracted.] Rumor of the Week: On a vote of 18-17, the Rumor of the Week adopted was "Two members of BayCon will be found at the end of Westercon, having survived the six week by eating soup boiled out of their ribbons." By popular demand, the Secretary agreed to list all of the other nominees as an appendix to the minutes. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM. Kevin Standlee Acting Secretary Appendix: Rumors that Never Were The other nominees for Rumor of the Week were: Wiscon members stole the minutes of meeting 877. We forgot the eyeballs. Next week the San Mateo Marriott will be renamed the Marriott Epiphany. No wristbands here, turn around, walk to the end of the hall, turn left, turn left again, proceed until you find the end of the line. Alan Dean Foster is working on the plot of an IMAX porn movie. It takes three ribbons to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. Don't walk into the line, Don't walk into the line! BayCon badge holders will be entered into a Fourth Doctor scarf contest. [All of the above plus the one actually adopted as a single rumor.] _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
