BASFA Meeting 1376 December 12, 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 at 8:01 pm - with malt 24 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1375 were accepted as 'squirrels in her pants' The Treasurer reported that last week, at meeting 1375, we took in $2.00 in the regular jar - and $0 in the party jar, while at meeting 1374 we took in $0.50 in the regular jar & $1.25 in the party jar The Vice President was not present & there was no proxy report The President had nothing fannish to report It was moved & passed that Fred be named the temporary Sergeant at Arms for the duration of the meeting Announcements: JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast is releasing podcasts this week Dave G announced that he & Spring are moving & would appreciate some help this Saturday [talk to him] Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters will have a meet n greet at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame this Saturday, with door prizes Ric announced that the BBC Sherlock line up will show 3 episodes on Jan 1, 8th and 15 [evil] Kevin announced that SJ in 2018 is looking for ambassadors to sit table at other conventions, if interested, talk to him Aatheus announced that he has an extra ticket for 'Rogue One', so talk to him John O announced that there will be a showing of 'Allegiance', George Takei's stage play - all over the place as a Fathom event Reviews: Dave G reviewed adventures in Burlingame at the Hyatt as a 'typical creation con' & reviewed going to 'Rasa', a 1-star Michelin Indian restaurant in Burlingame as really, really good Adrienne reviewed a book, 'The Legends of River Song' as enjoyable - Dave C says you can buy the book from Amazon, half-priced books or from him Ric reviewed 'Music Room', a short story by Stephen King as recommended Brad reviewed 'The Walking Dead' as the first half of season 6 was good, the other half was disappointing, & the first part of Season 7 is getting better Dave C reviewed 'The Annihilation Score' by Charlie Stross - a Laundry book- as bureaucracy almost destroys the world & a decent read; Bill followed, saying that it's definitely worth reading if you like the Laundry series Then Bill reviewed 'The Best of Gregory Benford' short stories as mostly entertaining we did auctions we adjourned at 9:02 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'It's beginning to look a lot like Star Wars' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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