BASFA Meeting 1357 August 1, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner
Began 8 pm - needing soda 25 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1356 were accepted as 'the happiest minutes on Earth' The Treasurer was absent & but last week we took in $2.75 in the regular jar & $14.50 in the party jar The Vice President had nothing fannish to report The President had nothing fannish to report The Website Committee reported that the BASFA Rules list & the code of conduct are now up on the website Announcements: Mike announced that Jack Davis & Richard Thompson died John O announced that the 2016 TAFF delegate, Anna Raftery, will visit us on our August 8th meeting & announced that House Arkham has arrived at Disneyland Bill announced that he will be doing a filk concert Thursday, 1pm of Worldcon Gerry announced that the medical community has decided he will not die immediately & he recommends the PSA test Dave C announced that Cargo Cult is conducting a poll for preference between the formats of DVD vs Blueray - and the results was that DVD is still preferred & announced that the convention results from Gallup were that Hilary got a +4 point bump, while Trump got a -15 point dimple Andy announced that Worldcon is coming up & SJ in 2018 can still use help for the site selection table and fan table - both during the day - for the bid party at night & may need help with the Registration table if they win & will also need help with assembly in the large exhibit hall Brad announced that he is here & that he has had a new paper accepted academically & announced that the Heinlein bust will be displayed at Worldcon & announced that he is driving to the con [tall] Kevin announced that he will drive to Worldcon from home & he'll leave a week from Thursday [evil] Kevin announced that the test build for the secret project was a success and took only 2 hours Geri announced that a Bacon festival will happen Sept 3-4 in SJ Carole announced that she has 2 art panels in the Worldcon art show Reviews: Valerie reviewed the Harry Potter release for 'Cursed Child' as fun & revealing Gerry reviewed the operetta, 'El Capitan', by John Philip Sousa as rousing, melodic and recommended Adrienne reviewed 'Absolutely Fabulous' as a good movie adaptation of the show, the performances were good & she found it fun, but rates it worth waiting for Amazon Bill reviewed the new 'Ghostbusters' movie as a madcap romp, enjoyable and worth full price Andy reviewed Google maps as the area around the SJ in 2018 site as solidly orange = packed with things to do Ric reviewed the app for 'Overdrive' as it works well for audio books & reviewed an imagining app called 'Sombra' as it also works well [tall] Kevin reviewed travel by train as relaxing, with beautiful scenery John O reviewed 'Zombies versus Aliens versus Vampires versus Dinosaurs' as a delightful romp that reads like fan fic and is just fun Dave C reviewed the 'Preacher' season finale as satisfying we did auctions we adjourned at 9:14 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'We have better maps' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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