BASFA Meeting 1274 December 29, 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 8 pm 28 people attended We established a Spider Robinson's family jar The minutes of meeting 1273 were accepted as 'no more minutes this year' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $28.25 in the regular jar and $24.00 in the Spider Robinson's family jar The Vice President reported that there is a new 'Drink Tank' out on efanzine.com and there is also a new 'Journey Planet' out The President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that he has tickets available for the next BASFA outing to the Giants game, May 8, vs the Marlins at 7:15pm; ticket cost is $23 for view reserve seats Announcements: Chris announced that he needs content for the next 2 'Journey Planets' and the last 'Drink Tank' is a month away Ric announced that episode 380 of Fanboy Planet is now out & that he predicts much 'squee' in the future Ken announced that he was on KGO at noon the day before & he's sure there'll also be a Nerdvana Podcast out soon Larry announced that there's a trailer out for 'Jupiter Ascending' and it looks good Doug announced that he won a Hell's Kitchen black jacket & he's having it framed Reviews: Larry reviewed 'Black Mirror' as a good British series & recommended & also reviewed seeing 5 episodes of 'Halo Nightfall' as surprisingly good Dave reviewed 'The Interview' as being worth matinee 'Into the Woods' was reviewed a lot - Howeird thought it fantastic, worth full price, Ric & Chris enjoyed it pretty much, although they had parts they were not wild for Howeird reviewed the 'Dr Who' Christmas special as he appreciated the actor, Nick Frost Chris reviewed the National Film Registry as '13 Lakes' is a case study for boredom Adrienne reviewed 'Blades of Glory' as hilarious Barbara reviewed 'Battle of 5 Armies' as worth full price, totally worth it just for Thranduil & Lisa also reports she enjoyed it but would prefer less 'Hong Kong action' Ric reviewed an ipad app, 'Duet' as possibly the best $10 he has ever spent [evil] Kevin reviewed the 'Meshuge Nutcracker' final matinee as totally worth backing it, although the Heritage soundboard was disappointing - but still remarkably enjoyable - Kirsten & Lisa agreed Doug reviewed binge-watching 'Arrow' as he has learned many remarkable things about Starling City & the fight scenes are very good Trey reviewed a lumbar support pillow as 'it's a lumbar jack but it's okay' we did auctions we adjourned at 9:35 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'someone died of hypothermia at BASFA this week' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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