BASFA Meeting 1218
2 December 2013
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, Treasurer and
Secretary absent
Vice President presiding
Adrienne Foster, acting
minute taker
Began exactly at 8:00
p.m.
I objected to the party
jar
22 people attending
There was no Secretary or
Treasurer's report.
VP said there's a new Drink Tank out and reminded everyone
there isn't much more time left to publish something in time for Hugo
consideration.
Party committee needs
help for Furcon.
Announcements:
Ken said Retrodome will
be showing The Godfather and Cinderella at the Century 21 theatre
this weekend.
Ric without a k said
there will be 2 Peekatchu events. One at Café Stitch on February 25 and the
second at San Jose Museum of Art on March 20. The Museum might require a cover
charge for its Peekatchu.
A new Fanboy Podcast will
be posted tomorrow.
Aetheus's house had a
fire and he is looking for a new home. He also lost the party jar.
I announced that Mo and I
will be at SMOFcon 31.
I also said it will be cold in the Bay Area this week, so please
be prepared.
Carole said that
Clockwork Alchemy is looking for volunteer staff.
Stacy said there will be
a fundraiser for Oakland Aviation Museum.
Reviews:
Diane went to Loscon 40
and said it was worth full price. She also said something about a $79 room
rate.
Fred followed on he liked Sarah Clemmons's slide show.
Chris G. did three panels and two were on time travel. Loscon
also had the first public showing of his documentary, 5 Cons. One of his panels
was scheduled against it.
JohnO enjoyed going to
the Dickens Fair and marveled at the violin vendor's goods.
Stacy, Mo and I also visited the
Fair.
Kevin R. went to his
first Turkey Trot and had no difficulty finishing the race and will be looking
forward to doing it again with people he knows. It was well organized. He was
93rd in his age group and came in 25 out of 100 overall.
Debbie went to Las Vegas
for her birthday. She and Ric stayed at the Mirage and got good rates. They saw
the Cirque de Soliel Michael Jackson tribute, but recommends the one for the
Beatles. Ric said from a tech standpoint it was great.
Ric said they also went to a restaurant called the Boiler Room,
which had a brilliant steampunk theme and they enjoyed the food too.
Bill read Red Law, by James Lovegrove. In short,
it was Dirty Harry meets vampires. It isn't worth keeping, but Carole wants to
read it before he gives it up for auction.
Carole said that she and
all her siblings had Thanksgiving together, then she and Bill took the Hanukkah
train in Santa Cruz.
Bill saw Despicable Me Part 2 and found it
entertaining. Definitely worth discount bargain matinee.
JC proxied for Beth that Frozen is worth full price.
JC and Beth had a great
Thanksgiving with lots of friends and plenty of games that lasted until 2 a.m.
I acquired a DVD set of
the first season of Barney Miller and
highly recommend it.
Aetheus stayed at the
Hawthorne Place Inn and it was okay for a 1-star hotel.
He also rented a car through Flight Car and it was worth the
discount.
Chris G. said if you see
only one movie, make it Philomena.
We did auctions.
Rumors of the Week:
"December is
National Minutes-Writing Month."
"The minutes from
last week were not read because December is National Minutes-Writing
Month."
"$1 for Chris."
"She squeezes
it."
"He had it
coming."
"BASFA: home of
Santa abuse."
"Ken will turn this
meeting around if we don't behave ourselves."
"That's disgusting,
Chris!"
"BASFA: Battered
Santa Frat Association."
"Chris keeps beating
his kringle."
"BASFA: where Chris
gets his kringle on."
"Move to accepting
all of the minutes as true."
We adjourned 9:15 p.m._______________________________________________
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