BASFA Meeting 129418 May 2015 Trey Haddad, PresidentKen Patterson, VicePresidentDave Gallaher, TreasurerGalen Tripp, Sergeant atArmsBarbara Johnson-Haddad,Secretaryheld at Coco's, 1206Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale President and Secretaryabsent New VP presides for thefirst time during his termAdrienne Foster, actingminute taker Began promptly at 8:00p.m. with talk of twins 17 people were present, beforeand during Ken insisted on acorrection for the minutes from meeting 1293. It was Beth who reviewed New Kidson the Block, not him. The minutes were then accepted as "Ken's firstpublic denial in office." I gave an update on Mo,who is improving, but will be transferred to a skilled nursing facility thenext day to concentrate on physical therapy for the next couple of weeks. Treasurer said we havemoney. VP's next show on KFJC onMonday, May 25, will be a tribute to Doug Adams. The president had nothingfannish to report, since he was not there. We welcomed second timevisitor, Ed Moore, who liked BASFA's attitude. Sports committee islooking at setting up group outings at San Jose Giants and Earthquakes gamesand was wondering if BASFA would be interested in doing either. See Dave G. ifinterested. Brad asked about thestats from VP election. They had not been prepared. Announcements: Kevin S. said the 2015 Hugopacket is now available from Sasquan. Dave C. said the RaymondBurr Winery is closing down operations. He also brought in a book in for auction. NerdVana Podcast will continue talking about collectingBrad Lyau's house with Nick Grey. The episode will be posted at: http://nerdvanapodcast.com/ JC also once had a website called lightsabre.com. He sold it,but the new owners eventually let it go. He plans to revive it and willrelaunch it under a new name. Kevin R. found out thatHot Topic sells molds for lightsabre popsicles. Ed Moore announced a newbook, A Second Coming and Other Stories,he's releasing. It will be launched at BayCon '15. Ric without a k found aKickstarter project he liked. The second of his photogalleries from Big Wow is now availableon FanboyPlanet.com. He said there will also be new episodes of Twin Peaks and Halt &Catch Fire was renewed for another season. He's also looking forward to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell. Andy said that SteveWozniak bought out Big Wow and is looking at putting on two shows a year. Dave C. reminded usBayCon is coming this weekend and Ric said FanboyPlanet will be doing a podcast there and giving out prizes. Ken said Legion ofRassilon will be meeting on the fifthFriday, May 29, this month due to the abundance of conventions this weekend. Reviews: Dave C. saw Wayward Pines and will keep watching it. Kevin R. went to a shopcalled Dark Entry. It's a clothing store on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley and hewishes it success. Ric said he is satisfiedwith the series finale of Mad Men. I reviewed eitherlocation of Yuki Sushi as the best sushi in the South Bay, if not the whole BayArea. http://yukisushi.com/ Ken had a good timecheering on bicyclists riding by his house this weekend. We did auctions. Rumor of the Week: "There be babieshere." We adjourned 9:22 p.m.
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