Meeting 950 October 12, 2008
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:ish, after debate 20 people attended a party jar AND a TAFF jar were established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 948 were accepted as 'and she would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids'; and the minutes of meeting 949 were laid on the table by Spanarchists no Treasurer the Vice president reported, "Hello," and there's a new 'Drink Tank' out and a new 'SFinSF' out this Wednesday and stuff and things happened The President reported that he wasn't there for any of the stuff or things that happened Announcements Glenn announced that Ed Green is on U-Tube and on 'LookingforGrace.com' Harold announced that McCain will be grovelling on Letterman this Thursday Michael announced that he'll be selling comic books and asked for advice on places -not- to sell them at Chris announced that Buzz Nelson - the other one - passed away Dave C announced that he procrastinated but got a chuckle about his tax extension, announced that Mother Cookies has shut down ['proof there is no God'] & announced that JMS is writing the screenplay for 'Changeling' Adrienne announced that she's still the organizer for Bay Area Ghost Hunters and there will be a meet-up at the [old] Spagetti Factory this Friday at 7pm Reviews: [evil] Kevin reviewed the 2nd episode of 'Sanctuary' as he liked it better than the remake of 'Knight Rider' Julie reviewed moving a calliope to Sutter Creek as Stellan's aid was very helpful and she rated the gathering as 'very steampunk' - and for pictures check the url = organ.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1463 Dave C reviewed 'The War Within' by Woodward as 'no wonder we're still in Iraq' and reviewed 'Religulous' as worth matinee and reviewed the remake of 'Knight Rider' as he *almost* got thru one episode [Andy quoted Calculon - 'that was so bad I think it gave me cancer'] Chris reviewed mock Spanish anarchy as a BLAST and Spanish language bingo as racist but the greatest drinking game -ever- - and he had a great time & he reviewed 'Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist' as he was the only person there in the theatre & it was awesome! - fantastic, worth full price Harold reviewed 'the 11th Hour' as a show not worth owning a TV for [Mo says the Brit version is SO much better] and reviewed 'Flash of Genius' as a movie not being marketed honestly - that the movie is about obsession and is good enough to watch but not pay for [Lisa follow-on'd that it is a cautionary tale]. Ed reviewed Pournelle's 'Cities in Space' as it inspired him Fred reviewed the Leonardo exhibit at the SJ Tech Museum as worth more than full price and reviewed [Burning Man] Decompression as a lot of fun Glenn reviewed Stephenson's Baroque Cycle as he finally managed to read it all and it's worth reading, worth full price and is full of wonderful concepts and he reviewed a scanner attached to a toaster as a great party item we then did auctions: stuff for $0.25, videos and books for $0.50 ; videos for $0.25; stuff for $6.25; more stuff for $2.00 & $3.00; Farscape DVDs for $6.00; & a bos with more stuff for $2.25 We adjourned at = 9:45 And the rumor of the week was: 'Sarah Palin will drop the 'L' from her name' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************* _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
