Meeting 905 December 3, 2007
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargent at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8-ish - with pauses for food 26 people attended We established a party jar Secretary’s report: the minutes of meeting 904 were accepted as 'lust waffle' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $23.75 in the regular jar and $24.00 in the party jar the VP reported there have been several new 'Drink Tanks' & 153 is the most recent, plus he finished his writing project with 8 days to spare The President had nothing fannish to report The Fanzine Committee reported that he has 2 articles, 1 cover and needs more content, send him articles at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Site Selection Committee recommended that we vote to choose Coco's as our mostly permanent home and this passed Ken asked if there will be BASFA meetings on Dec 24 and Dec 31 - and the answer is 'maybe' - and that the VP may be present for the Dec 31 meeting [while both the president & secretary will be missing both days] Announcements [evil] Kevin announced that there will be a wearable arts fashion show in downtown SJ, Friday, Dec 7 at the SJ Museum of Quilts and Textiles & there is an article linked in his LJ that the DDC did on him - AND announced that design reservations for CC26 open Dec 5 Mike announced that the next Psychotronic Film Festival will be December 8 at Foothill College Dave C announced that a website, filmarchives.com, has obscure soundtracks Adrienne announced that she for a Baycon progress report ['already?'] & that BBS America will be showing Torchwood in July [and Ken follow-on'd that there will be a gelded version of the show replayed later for the kiddies] & she announced that Tera Rich & Ed Mueller are moving north to Washington & are having a move out sale Dave G announced that 'Hogfather' will be broadcast Dec 11 on Ion Joni announced that she would like MP download speeds explained to her Julie announced that Outpost Gallifrey is now known as the Dr Who forums Chris announced that LJ is now Russian-owned Carole announced that the books she is trying to get rid of are going to be donated to the Palo Alto library Reviews: Julie reviewed 'Enchanted' as forgettable - but much better than 'Black Cauldron', reviewed a biography of Werner vonBraun as worth readying, reviewed season 1 of the 'Sara Jane Adventures' as still worth stealing [then there was a mild theological debate] [evil] Kevin reviewed a moon party as too girlish & reviewed episode 1 of 'Tin Man' as better than "Flash Gordon' Lisa reviewed 'Enchanted' as she enjoyed it & it was worth matinee Kelli reviewed the Survival Research party for Todd Blair as very elaborate and worth full price Chris reviewed Kickboxer' as Jean Claude Van Damme's 'Citizen Kane', reviewed 'Snakes on a Plane' as if he ever sees 'such a beautifully made movie again' [and then never finished the sentence - my brain shut off for a bit and when I focused on him again he was reviewing Evelyn's imperfect brain washing as worth full price Fred reviewed 'Bladerunner' - the recut version - as better than the original release & recommends it & reviewed 'Robots Rebellion' by Keith Stanovitch as worth reading Harold reviewed 'No Country for Old Men' as it doesn't have a satisfying conclusion, he still recommends it for matinee & reviewed having gout as don't get it Adrienne reviewed the first book in Tanya Huff's 'Blood Ties' vampire series as it held her attention and was worth buying at paperback price Dave C reviewed 'Darkness Tell Us' by Richard Layman as worth donating to BASFA auction; reviewed Orycon as wild, untamed, under-organized & reviewed Loscon as more profitable and he liked it more & reviewed LA's 'Cartoon Dump' as the greatest thing ever and worth the $10 he paid Dave G reviewed 'Guitar Hero' as a good reason to buy a Wii Then we auctioned off a book for $4.50 [for Chris], fanzines for $2.00 & a program book for $2.25 We adjourned at = 9:33 And the rumor of the week was that = ‘Chris is BASFAn for soup' _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
