Just wanted to follow up on the news of Leonard Nimoy's death - we are all sad....
However, SF in SF will be screening a double feature - WRATH OF KHAN, and SEARCH FOR SPOCK - in his honor, and will be hosting the films on Wed., March 25th, beginning at 7PM, at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco. $10 for the double feature - pre-purchase tix here <http://35897.formovietickets.com:2235/T.ASP?WCI=BT&Page=PickTickets&SHOWID=5703>, and vinfo will come out via the SF in SF Newsletter! (If you aren't signed up yet, you can here <http://www.sfinsf.org> hope to see you there! Cheers, Rina Weisman *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rina Weisman <[email protected]>* Coordinator - SF in SF <http://www.sfinsf.org> - Science Fiction. San Francisco. A Perfect Fit Girl Friday - Tachyon Publications <http://www.tachyonpublications.com> - "Saving the world, one good book at a time" Board Member - Locus Science Fiction Foundation, Inc. <http://www.lsff.net> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Basfa mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Basfa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. BASFA minutes for 2 March 2015 (Adrienne Foster) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 13:15:43 -0800 > From: Adrienne Foster <[email protected]> > To: BASFA List <[email protected]> > Subject: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for 2 March 2015 > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > BASFA Meeting 1283 > 2 March 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 > > President, Vice President, > Treasurer and Secretary absent > San Jose in 2018 bid > chair, Andy Trembley, presiding > Adrienne Foster, acting > minute taker > > Began promptly at 8:00 > p.m., from Andy's booth > > 21 people were there, before > and during > > The reading of the > minutes for 1282 were accepted as "Red." > > There was no Treasurer's > report. > > There was no VP to report > that there is no new Drink Tank out. > > The President's report > was usurped with the speculation that the absent officers were in contempt > of > something. > > We thought we had a new > visitor present, but he said he was an old visitor. We apologize for > pointing > to the old visitor who never gave his name. > > > Announcements: > > Lisa said that Consonance > 2015 will be at the Crown Plaza Silicon Valley in Milpitas this weekend. > For > more details, please go to: http://consonance.bostoncalifornia.com/ > > Dave C. said that Fogcon > 2015 will also be this weekend at the Walnut Creek Marriott. For more > details, > please go to: http://fogcon.org/ > He also reminded everyone that Norwescon 38 will be Easter > weekend. This is where the announcement of this year's Hugo nominations are > going to originate on Saturday, April 4. For more details on Norwescon, > please > go to: http://www.norwescon.org/ > > Brad said a letter John > Campbell wrote to Brad when he was a freshman in high school was published > in a > volume of Campbell's letters. > Brad also reported that Larry Niven has been named a grand > master by SFWA. > > Gerry N. sold a story to > a mainstream market, which he hasn't done before. The Sunnyvale Public > Library > is putting together an anthology of short stories by local writers and they > accepted his genre work. It will be an e-book publication. > > I gave an update on Mo's > improving health. The doctors were talking about both surgery and > discharge and > trying to decide the best course of action for her. > > Gayle found an error on > the Hugo nominating page: "You may nominate for the 2015 Hugo > Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer if, on or before > January > 31, 2015, 11:59 pm PST (7:59 am GMT on February 1, 2014):" > > The death of Leonard > Nimoy was old news to everyone present, but someone announced that a > t-shirt in > his memory was created to benefit the Challenger Center. For more details > on > that, please go to: > http://www.teefury.com/llap?utm_campaign=shareasale_affiliate_sale&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=shareasale&utm_content=522877&utm_term=308607&c3ch=Affiliate&c3nid=shareasale > > > Reviews: > > Josh toured the Armory in > San Francisco and believes it is worth full price. For more details, go > to: http://www.armorystudios.com/ > > Valerie went to Boskone > 52 where she was thrilled to meet Jane Yolen. She f the snow in Boston > first > hand and said half the people there deserted Boskone on Saturday to avoid > the oncoming > storm. Those remaining enjoyed themselves. > She then went to New York to do some research. > She went to a gaming convention in New Jersey and found it > wasn't worth getting a dealer's table. It was a pleasant trip to the East > Coast > regardless. > > Brad went to the > Sacramento Comic Con, where the majority of attendees were under 25. It was > smaller than San Diego Comic Con and only one day, but it had free > parking. It > was worth the trip. > > Ken and Jerry saw Spamalot at Bellermine for a bargain > rate and had a good time. Well worth its price. > > Howeird went to see Chris > G.'s short films at Cinequest. A few of the stories stuck with Howeird and > he > highly recommends the animated series. > > Gerry N. followed on his > own review of Nancy Kress's novella, "Yesterday's Kin," last week, saying > he felt validated when it was announced it is a finalist on this year's > Nebula > ballot. > > Yocannon said he likes > the TV series 12 Monkeys and gives it > a B. > He also loved the Oscar-nominated Song of the Sea and Big Hero > 6 (the latter won). He enjoyed watching the bundled Oscar-nominated short > films at the Blue Light Cinemas. I followed that I found out the short film > nominations were also available through On Demand via U-verse. The animated > films are usually padded with some honorable mention pieces to make it > feature > length. > > > We did auctions. > > > Rumor of the Week: > > "Live long and > prosper." > > > We adjourned 9:08 p.m. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.basfa.org/private.cgi/basfa-basfa.org/attachments/20150307/229951b6/attachment.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Basfa Digest, Vol 96, Issue 3 > ************************************ >
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