Meeting 900 October 29, 2007
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:03 - with relief 30 people attended We established a party jar Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 899 were accepted as 'hey, what'd I miss?' there was no Treasurer or Treasurer's report VP report is that there's a new Drink Tank and SFinSF out and he's still working on the BASFA Times & his corset issue The President had nothing fannish to report The Site Selection Committee reported by proxie that we'll be at Coco's for the next THREE weeks Announcements [evil] Kevin announced that Sandra Childress & Jim Briggs were at the epicenter of the Witch fire but that their house and vineyard survived; there were follow-ons = that Chris's friend 'M' lost one of her houses; that Jan Tate and John Rogers did lose their house Glen announced that on Hallowe'en will be 'Plan 98.5 from Outer Space' Lynn announced that she lost her old day job, got a new day job and will be doing a professional job of MCing at Laughtrack Live in Stockton on Nov 17 Adrienne announced that a friend of hers has opened a shop in Citrus Heights called the 'The Gilded Bat' & offers books and various other things [and there were some follow-ons, including that some of the owners have offers wares at conventions before, so they are neat fannish folk] [tall] Kevin announced that Construction will be at the Holiday Inn on North 1st Street, Nov 9-11 & the evening of the 9th will have a dessert social, while the SJ Visitor's Bureau will host a brunch on Sunday morning; $25 until Wednesday - and $35 at the door; check the www.sfsfc.org website Chris announced that the Vintage Computer Festival is Saturday & Sunday from 10am till 6pm & will have him running a vintage film festival therein - at the Computer History museum for $15 - ['and will feature folks in their vintage clothing that has been unchanged since the 60's'] Reviews: Bob reviewed 'Odyssey 5' on replay on the SciFi channel as surprisingly good, is on Friday nights & that HDTV makes 'Stargate Atlantis' watchable Glen reviewed an ad for 'Survivor China' as 'so why aren't they working in the factories'? Carole reviewed the Ohio Valley filk Festival as she and Bill had fun there Andy reviewed a half-day trip to Yaoicon at the San Mateo Marriott as they were shoehorned into the hotel again & it was a strange little world - that they closed Registration at 5pm, all in all worth the $35 paid [evil] Kevin reviewed the Cedar Mountain Winery as they were the first ones there in costume & the wine was yummy as usual & they got some perks [since they were in costume] & it was worth full price [free] & he reviewed the Almaden Research center's haunted house as it took 3 days to assemble & was then open for 2 1/2 hours & will be torn down tomorrow -as always worth full price [even if he had to be a pirate] Harold reviewed 'The Kingdom' as loud - with lots of explosions and plot holes, worth bargain matinee & reviewed 'Michael Clayton' as fantasy - lawyers with consciences, also worth bargain matinee; reviewed 'Gone Baby Gone' as he defied anyone to find a hero in that movie, it was not cheerful at all; & reviewed Meteor Crater as a spectacular hole in the ground & reviewed the Verde Canyon Railroad as it covers 40 miles in 4 hours & worth the $80 he paid I reviewed 'Bioshock' - a completely gorgeous and glorious game for the Xbox 360 - and completely worth buying an Xbox 360 to play it on Bill reviewed Skybus Airlines as they have young staff that works cheap, they seats aren't too cramped and everything costs extra - worth the price for discount tickets [tall] Kevin reviewed more Japan - as they started in Osaka and travelled by rail to the far end of Honshu, going thru Tokyo [doing 400 miles in 2 hours] that the Tokyo station is a vast, huge warren & the rail trip is just amazing Adrienne reviewed new calenders as she found one that was worth full price now - the 'Haunted Realm' Chris reviewed an anthology, 'Dangerous Games' as very interesting & reviewed YouTube as his friend ['or is it your pusher', Andy asked] & he reviewed that 'Captain Carrot' has returned - and is absolutely genius - and the comic that will save all comics Then we birthday auctioned off me [Barbara] to Trey for $26.00 & auctioned off a bag of F&SF magazines for $4.00; a bag of books for $5.00 & more books for $0.25; $0.25; $1.00; $0.50; $2.00; $7.00; $1.50; $1.50; a CD for $2.50; & a bottle of Vampire Merlot for $6.50 We adjourned at = 10:04 And the rumor of the week was that = '25 cents for Chris' _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
