http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome_liberationists
Best,
Glenn
On 1/13/2012 10:53 AM, David Gallaher wrote:
"The Sports Committee is considering possible Giants games for a BASFA
group outing and was considering Thursday afternoon , May 17, against
the St. Louis Cardinals or Sunday, May 20, against the Oakland A's. On
May 20, there is a Brian Wilson gnome promotion and the picture of it
Dave G. showed us was so darned cute. (For a peek, go to
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#m=5&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT
<http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#m=5&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT>and
click on the asterisk in the May 20 box.) "
I received a call from the Giants this morning. Infield View Reserved
seats (similar to what we had last year) for the May 20 game are
priced at $42.25 (no additional fees, such as a "convenience" fee or a
printing fee). This seems a bit high for a garden gnome (even a Brian
Wilson garden gnome), but let me know what people think.
FYI, I can buy tickets now. Tickets go on sale to the general public
on February 4, so the availability will change on that date (as may
the pricing under the Giants "Dynamic Pricing Plan."
Also, unless we are looking at Club seats, the minimum for group
tickets is 25 this year. I can add folks from work, so I'm sure we
can make 25 for whatever event we choose.
Dave
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*From:* Adrienne Foster <[email protected]>
*To:* BASFA <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wed, January 11, 2012 10:23:37 PM
*Subject:* [Basfa] BASFA minutes for October 17, 2011
Meeting 1119
January 9, 2012
Trey Haddad, President
Chris Garcia, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy),
Sunnyvale
Began promptly at 8:00 p.m., before I had pen and paper handy
President and Secretary mysteriously absent
Vice President presiding
Adrienne Foster, acting minute taker
27 people attended
We established a party jar.
The minutes of meeting 1118 were accepted as "Lily von Schnowflake"
Treasurer reported at meeting 1118 we collected $15.00 in the regular
jar and $25.18 in the party jar.
The President's wasn't there to say he had nothing fannish to report.
The VP reported there's a new /Drink Tank/ out, in memory of Rusty
Hevelin.
The Sports Committee is considering possible Giants games for a BASFA
group outing and was considering Thursday afternoon , May 17, against
the St. Louis Cardinals or Sunday, May 20, against the Oakland A's. On
May 20, there is a Brian Wilson gnome promotion and the picture of it
Dave G. showed us was so darned cute. (For a peek, go to
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#m=5&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT
<http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf#m=5&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT>and
click on the asterisk in the May 20 box.)
**
*Announcements:*
Dave C. reminded everyone that Further Confusion (aka Furcon) is this
weekend. For more details, go to:
http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2012/.
The schedule for SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, is
up. You can see a taping of the Nerdest podcast there. For more
details, go to: http://sfsketchfest.com/home/.
The book store, No New Books, located on California Street near El
Camino in Palo Alto , is still open. It will be bringing in more books
and other merchandise, maybe even telescopes.
Dave recently received his 10,000^th rating on eBay, after joining in
June of 1998. He's looking forward to receiving his next landmark star
in 2030.
Ken said that Region of Rassilon will be celebrating its 30^th
anniversary on Saturday, January 28. He said there will be no Friday
meeting this month.
MO said her phone is not working and her internet access is spotty,
but she is still taking art commissions, for anyone who is interested.
Mike Mc says the western swing pocket orchestra, the Saddle Cats, will
be playing at Mission City Coffee Roasting Company at 8 p.m. this
Saturday, January 14. He says they're a brilliant band and well worth
the $20/$22 cover fees.
I announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters has a couple of interesting
outings coming up. BAGH will be taking a ghost tour of the Peralta
Hacienda in the Oakland Fruitvale district at 4 p.m. on January 21.
We're also offering a special ghost tour of the Rosicrucian Museum at
noon on February 11 for $13. For further details, please go to
http://www.meetup.com/bay-area-ghost-hunters.
Kevin R. says he and Andy are throwing a party at Furcon, for no
particular reason other than they want to.
Kevin S. reminded everyone that the Hugo nominating deadline is March
11 this year and that BASFA will have three consecutive meetings
taking nominating recommendations for starting January 30.
*Reviews:*
Deirdre saw Sir Paul McCartney's concert in Liverpool . She said the
pyrotechnics for "Live and Let Die" were amazing and she felt
privileged to see him perform a song that he's rarely done live since
Wings broke up. It was worth full price.
I followed on it's always worth seeing "Live and Let Die" performed live.
Ric saw a live taping of the podcast /Jack-o-Cast/ and said it is
worth full price.
Ed read /Declare/ by Tim Powers and is becoming quite a fan. He said
this novel is excellent and worth full price.
Lisa H. pointed out that most of Powers's main characters lose body
parts.
Mike Mc. said Wayne Ashbless appears in Tim Powers novels.
Dave C. said Powers won't leave Ashbless and Sandy Blaylock alone.
Tom B. received the latest /Chunga/, which had an excellent article on
Joanna Russ. He said it is a high quality fanzine that is now eligible
for Hugo nominating.
Andy said he and Kevin R. went to Twelfth Night. The drive to Concord
was awful, the hotel was fair, but Twelfth Night was worth it.
Dave C. read /The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl/, by Tim Pratt. It
was worth full price.
Chris saw /The Artist/ and said it's a great little movie that's worth
full price.
We did auctions.
*Rumor of the Week:*
"65ยข for Chris."
We adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
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