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--- On Tue, 10/21/08, melchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: melchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for Oct 20 To: "BASFA list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "chris garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 4:35 PM Meeting 951 October 20, 2008 Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:ish 28 people attended a party jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 950 were accepted as 'not as good as the original British version'; and the minutes of meeting 949 were accepted as 'shiny' the Treasurer reported that meeting 949 took in $12.25 in the regular jar and $22.25 in the party jar - and we don't know what was taken in at meeting 950 the Vice president reported that today is an important day - he reassessed his top 10 albums of all time & there's a new 'Drink Tank' out on efanzines.com The President reported that Spintronics made it into a Marvel 'Xmen' comic and Stephen Colbert is in the latest issue of 'Spiderman' Announcements [tall] Kevin announced that Cheryl is returning to us here thru the end of the year - and she'd like us to read her story on her blog [cherylmorgan.com] - and leave a comment; he also announced that Miko's Agatha costume award has made fans in the area aware of fanac in our area and he announced that he's been asked to do 'Match Game' at Norwescon Bill announced that Mr Blackwell is dead Dave C announced that KFJC still wants your money & that Pat & Richard Lupoff celebrated their 50th anniversary Ken announced that there's a Legion of Rasselon meeting at 7:15 at a new place - Giovanni's this week ['Rasselon with beer!' = Jerry] Andy announced that Steampowered will be in 2 weeks in Sunnyvale - at the Domain hotel - except for Friday night where they'll have a concert in SJ, there are no day passes and only 'VIP event passes' are being issued; apparently the programming for their con is TBA Chris announced that he had a cheery obituary for Rudy Raymore who was a wonderful guy who made incredibly filthy jokes [evil] Kevin announced that Jay Lake is running a poll in his LJ for Tuckerizing the winner into one of his stories, so go vote for Kevin in Jay's LJ and help him stuff the ballot box Joe made a request that we all go and donate to 'no on 8' Reviews: Chris reviewed seeing the Godfather series as watching them after 10pm robbed him of sleep and are wonderful; then reviewed original 'The Absent Minded Professor' as excellent and that TIVO didn't record the end of the 49er game and that this might be the best way to watch a 49er game Fred reviewed Cheryl's story as it's a lot of fun Dave C reviewed an article in the Comic Buyers Guide about ComicCon having lost its way Carole reviewed the Pacific Int'l Quilt Festival as suffering from lower attendance and some judging issues [then Andy follow-on'd that he had a good time there and there's no accounting for judging]; she also reviewed Albacon as she judged Masquerade for the 1st time and thought it worth full price Lisa reviewed 'the Duchess' as beautifully done, the costumes were gorgeous and the acting done very well - and reviewed 'Monty Python Fluxx' as hysterically funny Andy reviewed Sarah Palin's appearance on SNL as Tina Faye was great [there were many follow on's] Joe reviewed doing 1 hour of a 2 hour endurance race as very hard work and he could barely move his arms - and rated it as nepotism and reviewed the 'Sarah Conner Chronicles' as it sucked him into the series and is worth watching [evil] Kevin reviewed his Saturday as full of shopping - in Mountain View, Saritoga and Campbell - but he got what he needed and topped off the day at Ken and Jerry's with drinking and playing lots of games - that Saturday was worth more than full price; then Andy follow-on'd that they also had lunch at 'Slice of New York' and the food is very good, authentic and worth full price [tall] Kevin reviewed the Goon Show on cassette as the humor still holds up and gives a grounding to understand British comedy we then did auctions: birthday auctioned off Chris for $15.00 to Linda; then auctioned off videos for $3.50 & $5.00 and books, a video and DVD for $13.00 We adjourned at = 9:45 And the rumor of the week was: 'next week BASFA will ... Ooooo shiny!' -- ******************* 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
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