BASFA meeting #922 was called to order at 0801 on May 31st, 2008.
It was moved that a party jar be established and this failed 6-7.
Following this was a move for a TAFF jar, which passed 9-8. There was
no President, Secretary or Treasurer at the start of the meeting. Glenn
filled in as Emergency Holographic Secretary. Chris, in his VP as
President report, reported that Chris is back. The sergeant-at-arms was
present and proved that he needs to have his toys taken away from him.
The party committee reported that Furcon can't figure out how we got a
room ahead of the block. As it turns out, we went around the system as
got a room via the manager. Andy followed on by noting that the Baycon
party maven is starting to contact people.
Site selection reported that our usual manager Richard is not here, but
our room is.
Treasury, having arrived, gave the following report:
Last week: TAFF 0, Party 0, regular jar: $31.31
Total: TAFF: $90.28, Party $294.85, regular $9,714.98
The sports committee reported "Go Sharks" and that the less said about
the local baseball teams, the better. There was a derail when someone
(Dave Clark?) noticed that Tall Kevin's polo shirt had a Seattle bid
logo that looked like the Starbucks logo. This is apparently
intentional, however, as was noted, there can be no confusion as
Starbuck is a girl and thus, the logo cannot be Starbuck.
Announcements:
Evil Kevin announced that the CostumeCon room block is almost gone
and that he had finished his entry for the Future Fashion Show.
Dave Clark announced ConXtreme, to much general derision. Chris
said he will go.
Cheryl announced that Challenge Cheryl questions are needed, see her
blog for details. She also put forth evidence that the Terminal 5
disaster was linked to Eastercon.
Reviews:
For reviews, Chris handed out "numbers" as silly combinations of
numbers, letters and nonsense words. This was fine up until the point
where even he couldn't remember the ordering...
Lisa: "Penelope" was a well-done modern fairy tale.
Evil Kevin: Part II of the "Color of Magic" was very good and worth
stealing.
Fred: "1776" is at the San Jose for a few more performances. Kevin
asked if it was the full version and after some discussion (surprise) of
what constituted the full version, Fred answered in the affirmative.
Adrienne said she liked the small theatre better than the CPA and got
away with making a tax time pun and not getting buzzed. She thought
this performance was more intimate and worth full price.
Dave Clark: "Shock Value" by John Waters. Pre-1980's, what it is
like to be a notorious trial groupie, follow dogs around for Divine's
dietary supplements, and early party life. He was mock upset that it
had been out for some years and he hadn't known about it and said to go
buy it.
Glenn: Glenn reviewed Enterprise as selling the car he had rented as
being a pain as they had to swap cars, but loved the quiet of the hybrid
they gave him. Reviewed the Nissan Maxima has having the turning radius
of a wounded battleship. There were many follow-ons to this, some of
which were: Dave Gallaher said the Suzuki is very quiet and related how
his company invested in the infrastructure for electric vehicles and
then got rid of all of their electric vehicles. Glenn told a story
about shocking a Fry's clerk out of his skin and and Tall Kevin related
a close call with a train.
Cheryl: Was in Orlando for FCFA. Despite the pool being close to
the gator pond, there were no feedings and she seemed somewhat
disappointed by this. She did say that everyone came home safe and she
is definitely going again next year.
Spring: Reviewed OMSI as having a pretty good dino exhibit, slightly
better done that the two times she had seen this exhibit in Vancouver.
She, to the shock of many, bought a shirt that said "Carnivore" on it.
It was boughtfor the exhibit logo stuff on the back and there were no
herbivore shirts. She had dinner with John and Ruth during which
absolutely no smoffing occurred, no sirree. John is trying out to be a
contestant on Jeopardy! . Glenn related the 'what's a 'ho?' video clip
from the show. Tall Kevin noted that Orycon is moving.
Dave Gallaher: Fox is joining Comcast and he got a free hot dog at
the park which was worth full price. Joe said that the bratwurst is
better than the hot dogs at the park. Cheryl liked the 40 clove garlic
sandwich and clearly needs to be taken Gilroy. Tall Kevin noted that
whatever disappointments we might have with the food, it is still vastly
better than anything at Wrigley Field.
Dave Clark, Part Deux: Went to Norwescon. Due to more draconian
policies, the parties all went to the La Quinta across the street. Girl
Genius Radio Theatre was a good time for all. Cheryl added that there
were a lot of corsets and leather goods at Nowescon and was assured this
is typical.
Chris: Went to England. Did not drink any tea while there. He
stayed at the homes of various British fen and surprisingly met many
people under 50. Saw a pair of Babbage machines (the second with some
help) and ran into his boss there. Thought it was very cool that he
could (using his laptop) write part of his TAFF report on top of the
remains of Henry VII. He also related how he pulled a stunt at the
British Museum where his laptop and TAFF report became a temporary
display. He reported that England has a vast array of different kinds
of bathroom stall locks. Eastercon was good and spent a lot of time
with "younger" fen, e.g., James Bacon. Worth total full price: what he
paid plus the TAFF fund. He announced that his report is finished and
with addition of three words at the bottom is exactly 50,000 words.
Andy reviewed/announced that there is a new Beard Papa cream puff
store in San Jose and at the Oakridge Mall. The vanilla is worth full
price and he is going back to check out other flavors.
Spring, Part Deux: The Friday night match game at Norwescon was a
lot of fun.
Auctions:
cush bar: $4 to Chris
Xenophile Button Men games: $3.50 to Adrienne
Gumbo manga anthology magazine: $1 by Joe to Glenn
Spring birthday auction: $35 to Dave Gallaher
The rumor of the week was "braaaaaains" and the meeting was adjourned.
{dis-}respectively submitted,
Glenn
--
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint.
When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
-Dom Helder Camara
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