BASFA Meeting 1281 February 16, 2015 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-ish 20-ish people attended We established a secret-ish [Marina] jar The minutes of meeting 1280 were accepted as 'timey whimey' The Treasurer was missing, but the proxie-ish report was that last week we took in $0 in the regular jar and $36.00 in the [secret] jar The Vice President was also absent & there was a proxy-ish report that he may be here next week The President had nothing fann-ish to report Announcements: Howeird announced that he auditioned for the play 'Iolanthe' and got a part - and that it will be at the SJ Montgomery Theatre in June Fred announced that tickets for Makers Faire are now available on the 'intrawebs' & recommends you buy them early Adrienne announced that Mo is improving & can withstand visitors now - at Valley Med [Bascom & Moorpark] - building C, 3rd floor, room 36 John O announced that Sasquan 2015 admissions for the Hugo base are closed & that judging decisions are being made now JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast did a retrospective of podcast #8 & announced that his graphic design business will relaunch in march & he'll be going to part-time at Michaels then Brad announced that mid-June is the meeting of the SFRA - the Science Fiction Research Association - & he's been invited to speak on a panel there. Reviews: JC reviewed '50 Shades of Grey' as a really good movie & much better than he expected - worth full price Adrienne reviewed 'Foxcatcher', as 'another creepy rich person movie', reviewed 'Big Hero 6' as cute & reviewed 'Whiplash' as 'okay, I guess' & then reviewed Gallifrey 1 as she enjoyed herself & learned that the 'Avengers' TV shows are being released on blueray in letterbox format - then there were follow-ons for Gallifrey 1 that were all positive [another] Chris reviewed 'The Almanac Project' as they aren't a fan of 'found footage' films, but it was reasonably entertaining John O reviewed the LA Hilton as a very nice hotel & the bed was comfy & the bistro is open 24 hours Pat reviewed 'The Imitation Game' as she's a 'Cumberbunny' and Benedict can do no wrong - it's worth full price & then reviewed 'Exodus' as terrible archeology & acting but the special fx saved the movie Bill reviewed Conflict as they had a good time & enjoyed their time in London & reviewed Pantheacon as a chance to meet fun people & he had a great time & then Carole agreed, Bill also reviewed 'The Mousetrap' as the play is somewhat dated [newly evil] Chris reviewed Herbert Franke's 'orchid Cage' as well-acted and enjoyed it, albeit was flawed & sexist Bradford reviewed a 1-day comic con as pretty good & well-attended & reviewed 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson as comprehensive, good history & recommended Howeird reviewed a play, 'Curtains' as quite well done, despite the plague & worth full price & reviewed Coastal Rep Theatre in Half Moon Bay as a very good group & they did 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change' as well done, except for a few mike problems & it'll be playing there for the next 2 weeks, but mind the terrible beach traffic we did auctions we adjourned at 9:14 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Agatha Christie has always been a mystery to me' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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