BASFA Meeting 1296 June 1, 2015 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, 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 8 pm with so many things to do 27 people attended We established a party vessel The minutes of meeting 1295 were accepted as 'works for me' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $1.60 in the regular jar & $5 in the party basket The Vice President spoke in past tense & reported that the Garcia twins have touched The President had nothing fannish to report The Party Committee reported that there was a well-attended BASFA party at Baycon & the next BASFA party will be held at Convolution - then he showed off a new, shiny vinyl BASFA banner Announcements: Andy announced that the latest Humble Bundle is for comics of various sorts JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast, episode 40, will be out Wednesday & includes Fred for the 1st time Alex announced that life has been interesting for him these last few weeks & that his wife has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder Adrienne announced that she has bookmarks Chris O announced that she is mostly recovered from her surgery Brad announced that he has a ticket to the Warriors game on Thursday & announced that the Eaton Conference has been postponed until fall John O announced that a pair of glasswork artists he likes, Joy & BJ have an Indiegogo fund set up to help them move their business and kitty rescue, it has a couple weeks to get funded and details are at = https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-new-art-studio-for-joy-bj-rescue-kitties Reviews: Wiscon was reviewed as essentially enjoyable with interesting panels & there was a recommendation to fly there via Oakland Adrienne reviewed Spokane's convention center as somewhat complex & that she found Spokane to be lovely & green & that she recommends Alaskan Air John O reviewed episode 8 of Game of Thrones as the fight with giants was great & reviewed 'Mad Max, Fury Road' as boy it was fun and had some weird-ass cars - there were various comments and compliments for both Dave C reviewed some comics as fun & interesting & reviewed 'Tomorrowland' as he wanted to enjoy it & several 'meh' comments agreed with him Dave G reviewed Conquest 46, in Kansas City, as a fun & nice little con Tom reviewed Corflu as an absolutely lovely con & reviewed Brewdog's 'Sink the Bizmark', a freeze-dried ale as a quadruple IPA with 41% alcohol content & is incredibly flavorful - 5 pounds for a tott of it & absolutely worth full price JC reviewed the Milpitas International BBQ as wonderfully organized, recommended and he had a great time there We did auctions we adjourned at 9:11 and the rumor of the week was: 'Hearing the name Wiscon makes me want to pee' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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