*Meeting 879*
*June 4, 2007*
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice-President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
*Began 8:00, shortly after the VP fled the scene*
*23 people attended*
We established a party jar
*Secretary's report*: the minutes of meeting 877 were accepted as 'pause
. . . resume' and the minutes of meeting 878 were accepted as 'lost in
Escher space'
*Treasurer's report: at meeting 877 we took in $21.25 in the regular jar
& $11.35 in the party jar & at last week's meeting we took in $69.60 in
the regular jar & $15.50 in the party jar*
*The VP had fled but left fanzines - check efanzine.com*
*The President reported that he was on the fannish 'Match game' -
reinforcing his belief that he thinks differently from other people*
We talked about possible BASFA meeting times for Westercon
the President proto-motioned for BASFA to spend money - sending it to
the Foglio's since Kaja has recently been hospitalized [and they are
fine fannish folk] - with Dave G to send out notices in the mail ASAP
and the time for the vote TBA
*Announcements*
Adrienne announced that BBC America will be showing Torchwood in September
Ken announced that Tom Fanella of KTEH passed away and that in lieu of
flowers he wished folks to make donations to KTEH & also announced that
tomorrow starting at 7pm will be a Dr Who KTEH pledge night
Andy announced that Westercon will be in 4 weeks - same bat time, same
bat channel and they are looking for help in many ways
Dave G announced that he has 'Gnomeward Bound' flyers and NASCAR fans
will want to know his company is sponsoring a car & special souvenir
package day on June 24 for $175.00
Cheryl announced that the rugby match between New Zealand and France saw
a stomping - and then she digressed
*Reviews*:
Bob reviewed Denventions website as efficient and reviewed a Dr Who
story - 'Storm Warning' on audio book as cheaper than the US version and
better - a great story and worth double the price
Adrienne reviewed 'Hex' as the new character introduced is much more
interesting this season than last season's original character
Harold reviewed Baycon as after 30 years, things haven't changed much at
all - the dealer's room still parted him from lots of cash and most of
the panels he wanted to go see were still scheduled opposite each other,
that it was worth full price and that Howeird's fountain attacked his badge
Andy reviewed the Dr Who 2-parter as very good, a lot of plot crammed in
it - as very dark and a little more dark - still well worth stealing
[there were follow-on's]
Frank reviewed some films from the 70's - 'Corvette Summer' as full of
bits of cynicism & 'F for Fake' as also about scammers [and there were
follow-on's about the 70's sucking or not]
I reviewed 'Pirates 3' as liking it a lot more than '2' - and that after
the first hour it really takes off & worth full price; [tall] Kevin
follow-on'd that the pinball game is better & Cheryl reminded - 'stay
for the cookie'
Julie reviewed 'Pirates 3' as she went to see it while in costume - as
did several others there - she liked the movie a lot - it was a dark and
funny film & put her in a really good mood for Baycon - worth full price
- and she reviewed a book 'Dark Side of the Moon' as the author made
some good points, but it was still disappointing, worth library & she
reviewed Dr Who in retrospect [I agree with her on Lethbridge Stuart]
and then about the modern season 2 - with 'Girl in the Fireplace' now
her all-time favorite episode & rates it as worth buying the whole
season for - and come to Rassilon
Cheryl reviewed the Computer History Museum as a bit of an acquired
taste - and quite good by that measure - there are wonderful bits of
stuff there, definitely worth full price
[tall] Kevin reviewed Sea-Pac in Seaside OR, an amateur radio con as
worth full price - which was $8.00 - and held in a rather gray place [a
poor man's Brighton] & he got to play lots of pinball & he reviewed
Portland Int'l airport as a fine place to get stuck in but that
everything closes by 11pm
We birthday auctioned off Eric to Pat for $7.00
*Then we auctioned off: videos for $1.00; books for $1.00, books and a
new dollar for $3.00, magazines for $2.00 & a Baycon program book for $1.00*
*We adjourned at =* 9:37
*And the rumor of the week was* that = 'Hamsters on Viagra designed the
San Mateo Marriott'
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