Meeting 899 October 15, 2007
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:00, fannish standard time 28 people attended We established a party jar Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 897 were accepted as 'Chris Garcia makes typos, even when he speaks' the Treasurer's report is that last week we took in $22.00 in the regular jar VP reported that he was the designated Kevin Standlee at SiliCon and accepted the Ken Uhland award for him there [we applauded] plus there's a new Drink Tank out and a new Drink Tank is due out maybe tomorrow The President reported that he's been slacking off & thanked Raphael - our waiter - who had been thrown to the fans The Site Selection Committee reported that we'll be back at the Coco's 2 weeks from now and that he is still working out where we'll be NEXT week [so watch the LJ, website and mailing list] The Party Committee reported that there were parties at Silicon both nights and a good time was had by all - and there won't be a BASFA party at FurCon & he's trying to find a home for the Slurm dispensor Announcements [tall] Kevin announced that today is the last day to apply for SMOFcon scholarships Dave C announced that Cargo Cult is stocking Colbert's 'I am America' [scariest cover EVER] - as well as the audio book Carole announced that this Sunday, Oct 21 will be the Jack Wood book fair at her house [of mostly obsolete computer books], starting at 1pm Julie announced that her mentor, John Grass, passed away last week and she spent the afternoon at his funeral Reviews: Chris reviewed going to Vinticon - the first he had ever been to - as he drank wine, ate Chinese food, played 'Great Dalmuti' went to the West Side Grill and had a wonderful time - worth $79.00 and his travel expenses [there were follow-on's] [evil] Kevin reviewed their lovely weekend at Vinticon as the low point of the trip wad the Hecker Pass Winery, all the wines tasted off and the saltines tasted like wet dog Julie reviewed drinking in Sutter Creek as her trip had fannish overtones & she asked if people can SMOF if not involved in science fiction & was told there are many kinds of fandom & found it a very fannish experience & reviewed the 405 as worth eating one of Kevin's cookies Adrienne reviewed this year's Renn Faire as she was disappointed by the admission price and food quality and thought it was worth matinee [there were follow on's] - she also reviewed the Santa Cruz Fisherman's Wharf 'Original Stagnaro's Restaurant' as interesting but the food was very pedestrian & doesn't plan to return there Howeird reviewed 'SuperBad' as super mediocre & except for the 2 leads thought it was not well acted & worth Netflix rental & reviewed Frys as don't go there for car improvements & reviewed Audio Works in San Jose as fantastic and well-priced [tall] Kevin reviewed his trip to Oregon and anniversary as he was taken for a ride by his wife [model railroading at a 1-to-1 scale] & reviewed his experience with japan's railroad museum [with mini 2-person railcars] as fun and worth the time Lisa reviewed 'The Jane Austen Book Club' as a wonderful movie for those who love reading books - delightful - and worth full price Joe reviewed 'Fool's Tale' as a first novel and a good read Carole reviewed a Wearable Arts festival as it was interesting and amusing and well worth full price Then we auctioned off books for $1.75; $1.00; $2.00; $5.00; $0.25; $0.25; $3.50; CDs for $1.50; & videos for $1.00 We adjourned at = 10:03 And the rumor of the week was that = ‘Barbara will be scarred for life' _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
