15 people in attendance, with one drive-by visitor, Erica.
From: Ken Patterson via Basfa <[email protected]>
To: BASFA <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:09 PM
Subject: [Basfa] April 17 BASFA minutes
BASFA Meeting 1394April 17, 2017 Trey Haddad, PresidentKen Patterson, Vice
PresidentDave Gallaher, TreasurerGalen Tripp, Sergeant at ArmsBarbara
Johnson-Haddad, Secretaryheld at the Black Bear Diner
Was called to order at 20:02
With 15 people in attendance.
A party jar was established.
Evil Kevin read the minutes of 1393, and were approved as: I guess that just
happened.
Treasurer was not present
The VP had nothing fannish to report
The President was MIA with Secretary.
Committee Reports
Party: Next party is at Convolution, Saturday, October 7 at San Ramon
Marriott. There may be a BayCon party.
SJ Giants reminder: Please make your payment if you have already expressed an
interest in the Saturday, 20 May Star War Night.
Announcements
JohnO
- There was a Con last weekend, Walker Stalker. He couldn't go as he was Lin
call.
- There is a convention this weekend. SVCC. There will be a World Con 76
table there. Help would be appreciated. [email protected] if interested. Ken
followed on that Gary Fischer will be there (Carrie's dog) and will be doing
photo ops.
Fred: OpenCulture.com : Has links to free O Riley books.
Atheus: Fathom's Rifftrax Samurai Cop rerunning tomorrow.
Reviews
Adrienne:
- Spent weekend reviewing samples of Best Fancast Hugo finalists. Impressed
with Tea and Jeopardy. Rageaholic goes below No Award.
- Listening to Big Finnish dramas at work. Doom Coaltion 2 with River Song
and Doctor #8! Fun listening.
JohnO:
- Previous weekend went to ColossusCon in Pleasanton. Basic small gate con.
Some interesting dealers. 501st was there. Admission is intentionally
inexpensive.
- Hugo Readings: Got the crap out of the way first:
- Alien Stripper, Bone from Behind by T Rex. Parody/Pastiche of Chuck
Tingle. Came out stupid... Andy clarified that the author had no knowledge of
Chuck Tingle, and she's just as baffled by the nomination (normally doesn't do
Sci-Fi)
- Too Like the Lightning: A Novel (Terra Ignota) by Ada Palmer. Extremely
difficult to get in the beginning, almost put it down after the first 20 pages.
Pseudo 18th Century prose (including the My dear reader info dumps). Has gotten
better. Recommends.
- Watched 7 episodes of Stranger Things. Really enjoyable.
Andy: The drought is over, we had an Easter with Doctor Who! Final season of
Moffat and Capaldi. New companion is apparently ordinary (yay!) Plays off of
Capaldi in 5 minutes, than Clara did. Had fun with the formula of companion
introduction story. Kevin follows on: Bill is gay, and was done really nice and
natural. Adrienne enjoyed the episode. Better than series 9.
Atheus: Saw new MST3K on Netflix. Some episode were too self aware, but still
bonkers. FX and puppets have upgrades. Worth missing first day of a con.
We had auctions and the rumor of the week was: We'll have more people here next
Meeting.
Meeting adjourned at: 21:02
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