Meeting 892 September 3, 2007
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:03, with garlic bread 25 people attended - that we knew about We established a party jar [barely] Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 891 were accepted as 'I flopped' Treasurer's report is that last week we took in $14.00 in the regular jar and $22.25 in the party jar - and parts of his computer are pining for the fjords The VP reported 'so there I was - hand to God!' and that there's a new Drink Tank out [#140] & there'll be a new SFinSF out on Wednesday or Thursday The President introduced us to Chip Unicorn, visiting us for the first time - plus mentioned we have a new club member = Bruce Hevelin, who inherited a love for science fiction from his dad ['I know your dad,' Andy stated] The Site Selection Committee reported that we will be meeting at the Newark Round Table pizza place next week, Sept 10 - and at the Cocos on Sept 17 The BASFA Times Committee reported that they have [a bucket?] a lovely cover that can be used for future issues - and still need content and there is no deadline yet Announcements Chris announced that Frank Wu his 3rd Hugo for best fan artist & got the best Hugo EVAR; Dave G follow-on'd that they weren't regular Hugos but Ultra-Hugos Julie announced that the Bay Bridge was opened early Spring announced that you have 11 more days to register for Vinticon - to be held in Gilroy, October 12-14 Adrienne announced that the Ren Faire opens next weekend at Casa de Fruta & announced that BBC America will be starting at 7pm, Saturdays both Dr Who and Torchwood Chaos announced that Steve Savitzky's computer filk CD is finally out [evil] Kevin announced that there are 11 days to submit sketches for CostumeCon 26's Future Fashion Folio Frank Wu announced that the 2009 Worldcon will be in Montreal, Aug 6-10 [he thinks] Andy announced that Silicon is next month and that the hotel block may be filled and there'll be an Evil Genius party on Saturday night Reviews: Harold reviewed 'La Vie en Rose' - a biopic and a bit of a tragedy as recommended at full price & reviewed the Shelldance nursery as they specialize in orchids and bromeliads and will care for your plants, too & was free and worth it Art reviewed the lunar eclipse as nice and clear where he was and says he only saw 1 meteor when he went out Saturday night to check on the Aurigae meteor shower Bruce reviewed LisaCon [the party at Lisa's place] as very fun and relaxing; Julie follow-on'd that a good time was had by all; worth full price Frank Wu reviewed 'War' as a bad time was had by all, the fight scenes were -bad- and reviewed the direct to DVD 'Babylon 5 Lost Tales' as minimalist, lots of green screen, not a big budget but highly thought provoking Chris reviewed 'Balls of Fury' as the highest watermark of Western civilization - crazy awesome - and fantastic Adrienne reviewed the Scottish Highland games in Santa Clara as there were fun things to do there & worth full price [there were some follow-ons] Andy reviewed Asian clothing patterns as the hakima pattern was a big collection of numbers and way too big to make a normal pattern out of and worth dealer's room table price and reviewed John Marshall's 'Make your own Japanese Clothing' as it will help you to make alterations in height and weight for traditional Japanese clothing but is not easy to understand and absolute hell to use but worth full price because it's the only one out there [evil] Kevin reviewed the Mikado ball as there was no bar, alas, and they had a wonderful time - worth full price - & reviewed a Sunday toga party as he's still finding sequins everywhere & reviewed 'Stardust' as worth full price Dave G reviewed having dinner with Frank Wu as Frank didn't take his advice and spend $2800 to flying to Japan for the day - but a wonderful time was had by all anyway Julie reviewed the Peers ball as Kevin and Andy's costumes were worth full price to see in person Then we birthday auctioned off Bruce for $10.00 to Chris; plus auctioned off a video for $5.00 [given to Frank] & a travel bottle for $1.00 We adjourned at = 9:28 And the rumor of the week was that = ‘Oh never mind' _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
