BASFA Meeting 1263 October 13, 2014 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 at 8pm - with hangers 20 people attended A party jar motion failed The minutes of meeting 1262 were accepted as 'proxied well' there was no Treasurer report There was no vice president report - but he 'was here and buggered off' The President had nothing fannish to report Announcements: Tom announced that Potlatch is coming up in Seattle, Feb 6,7,8 2015 & their 'Book of Honor' is 'Women Destroy Science Fiction' & Lightspeed magazine has a good chunk of the book online Fred announced that Harlan Ellison is in hospital with a stroke, but can talk, which is good news Dave C announced that the news media has discovered 'gamer-gate' Brad announced that this weekend, oct 18-19 is SuperSacCon in Sacramento at the Scottish Rites Center JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast episode 33, part 3 will be available Wednesday Reviews: Diana reviewed seasons 1,2,3 of 'Warehouse 13', seen on Netflix, as fun to watch Adrienne reviewed the current season of 'Dr Who' as interesting; reviewed a 'Resurrection' marathon as she recommends it & reviewed a documentary done by Shatner as recommended Brad reviewed 'Red Planet Mars' from 1952 as perfect Cold War screed & reviewed 'Dracula, the untold Story' as derivitive & reviewed the season 5 priemere episode of 'Walking Dead' as very good zombie stuff Dave C reviewed 'Dark Harvest' by Norman Partridge as set in 1963 & written in dark noir style & reviewed Ransome Riggs 'Miss Perigrin's Home for Peculiar Children' - with photos - as okay Tom reviewed 'Exo' by Stephen Gould, the 4th in a series, as an okay series, but 'Exo' is the reason to read the others in series & is extremely enjoyable & also reviewed a short story collection by Martha Wells ' Tales of the Raksura' as so damn good. JC reviewed their trip as good & reviewed 'Equalizer' as entertaining, but formulaic we did auctions we adjourned at 9:10 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'The combine harvester was invented in 1834 by Hiram Moore' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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