BASFA Meeting 1336 February 29, 2016 - at Round Table 1220 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary Began 8:03 pm - with a shortage of officers 23 people attended We established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1335 were accepted The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $2.70 in the regular jar and $1.50 in the party jar which now has a balance of $47.36 The Vice President was not present because he was celebrating his anniversary with the missus The President was not here and we missed him The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 10] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at: March 7 at the Old Spaghetti Factory = 51 N San Pedro St, San Jose March 14 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works] March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas The Hugo Nomination Committee reported that last week concluded Hugo nominations
Announcements: Dave C announced that Fogcon will be at the Walnut Creek Marriott March 11-13 Bill announced that Stat Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a multimedia symphonic presentation will be at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on March 30 for one night only. Tickets are $43-95 and available at ticketmaster.com Bob Hole announced that March 19 is taxonomist appreciation day. Also Potlatch will be held that day at the Martin Luther King Library. Start time is 10 am and more information at potlatch-sf.org. Fred followed on that Book of Honor details can also be found on the website. JC announced that Nerdvana is in its last days of their Indigogo campaign for equipment Brad announced that his local comic store ‘Lee’s Comics’ in San Mateo has closed. Gerry announced that he visited Karen Anderson and she is alive and doing well. Also, today is the last day for early bird registration for Contact which will be held April 1-3 at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale. More information at www.contact-conferene.org Lisa announced that Consonance will be held this weekend at the Silicon Valley Crown Plaza and memberships will be available at the door REVIEWS JC reviewed the Oscars Nerdvana podcast as Chris Rock did a good job (New) Chris reviewed a classic – Nibelungenlied as still good but since it is translated not sure who wrote it. Wasn’t a knight but someone who knows about making clothes. Mo followed on that was possible written by a woman. Bill reviewed San Francisco Bay Area Drone Film Festival as many short films, not much plot, worth the discount price. He also reviewed ‘Saturn Run’ by John Sandford and Ctein as worth the read. Gerry followed on that no laws of nature were harmed Dave C reviewed the San Jose Improv performance by Greg Proops as good and worth full price Brad reviewed the Walking Dead as part 2 of the season is possibly the best ever. Keeping with zombies, he reviewed ‘Pride & Prejudice & Zombies’ as he loved the first half but the second half contained too many formulaic apocalyptic battles. Diane reviewed ‘Benti’ by Nnedi Okorafor as well worth it, good character development and she would be surprised if the novella was not expanded to a full novel. we adjourned at 8:56 pm and the rumor of the week was: ‘make BASFA rumors great again’ Minutes taken by Holographic Secretary 2.0, Beth Vallacqua
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