Meeting 962 January 5, 2009
Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice-President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sargeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:02 [by my fine Disneyland watch] 31 people attended a party jar was established & a TAFF jar was established Secretary's report: the minutes of meeting 959 were accepted as 'abbrev'; the minutes of meeting 960 were accepted as 'the extended director's cut with additional commentary' & the minutes of meeting 961 were delayed the Treasurer reported that we took in money at last week's meeting we then did auctions: candle holder & book for $1.25, posters & cupcakes for $1.00, posters for $0.25; a DVD, game & shower curtain for $1.00, videos for $1.25, books for $1.25 & $1.50; comics for $1.25; cookies for $0.75, $0.25, $1.00, $0.50, $1.00, $1.00, Tshirt for $0.25, books for $6.50 & candles for $1.00 the Vice president had TAFF ballots & passed them out - and he answered that Steve Green has been in the 'Drink tank' - then reported there are 2 new 'Drink tanks' are out and a 'Claims Department', plus that the 'Drink Tank's' 4th anniversary is at the end of the month, so he's looking for submissions that deal with '4' The President reported a rumor from 'Something Positive' Announcements Dave C announced that since the 'Chris eating cake' video was posted to Youtube in December that it qualified for Hugo nomination [and then there was debate as to whether it would be a 'short' or 'best related work'] Glenn announced that he'll review his review of 'Anathem' tonight Lisa announced that Lady Colleen is back in the hospital - hopefully only briefly Andy announced that there's a con coming up - Further Confusion - and that they won't be holding a party there ['Matt Who?'] Ken announced there's a new Dr Who Fred announced that 'Leonardo' has been extended for a few weeks Dave G announced that Jan 10 is -the- 'Evil Dead the Musical' outing and they'll be in the 2nd tier Dave C announced that this is the day Marilyn Manson turns 40 Reviews: Chris reviewed 'the Spirit' as 'crap-tarded' - so bad, hideously awful and worth $1.17 and the rest of his weekend was spent writing 'zines; there were follow-ons for 'The Spirit' - Mo loves the comics and is disappointed, Trey said that Samuel Jackson stole every scene he was in and made those scenes a watchable movie Leigh Ann reviewed Anime LA as tasty and delightful and that Casa de Fruta was great & that the bacon chocolate was 'mmmmmm' Andy reviewed 'Monster Ark' as like 'Raiders' without the swashbuckling or Harrison Ford - possibly the worst thing he's seen on the SciFi channel Bill reviewed Christmas in Wisconsin with his folks as the journey was okay and all worth full price Carole reviewed a kimono exhibit as absolutely gorgeous and worth full price Harold reviewed 'Valkyrie' as Tom Cruise is in every scene, the hirstorical accuracy is interesting and worth bargain matinee Lisa reviewed 'Marley and Me' as done well, worth matinee I reviewed 'Tales of Despereaux' as pretty and pleasant and ultimately disappointing, worth matinee & reviewed the deep fried 'loli-pop' appetizer at Midori [on El Camino in Sunnyvale] as incredibly delicious Adrienne reviewed the 6th Harry Potter book as she is annoyed by reviewers who feel they have to spoil the ending of the books and she found the book imaginative Glenn reviewed his review of 'Anathem' as shorter than the book & reviewed 'The Arrival' by Tan as highly recommended [Chris follow-on'd that Tan will be the artist GoH at Aussiecon 4 in 2010], then Glenn reviewed Mike Resnick's 'This is my Funniest' as very enjoyable There was a bit of incoherence then and very loud laughter; then cried of 'You killed evil Kevin!' and Leo was praised for his support of fanzine lounges Cheryl reviewed Glenn's patience and fortitude as admirable & commented that academic books have a more engrossing plot than 'Anathem' & reviewed the current controversy about the Fan Writing Hugo as amusing - and there were various pimpings for Hugos that followed Dave C reviewed Dame Edna's just closed tour as her usual show, worth full price [tall] Kevin reviewed that for the last 2 weeks the state of Oregon was trying to KEEL him! Snow fell, trees fell, a windstorm came and the trees attacked - but he did get a lot of exercize Dave G reviewed the Highway patrol's report as that it said the other driver was 100% at fault Howeird reviewed having a double hernia surgery as he slept through it & it was worth full price We adjourned at = 10:04 And the rumor of the week was: 'Oregon, you failed us for the last time!' -- ******************* 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
