Meeting #1417
September 25, 2017
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, Milpitas
Called to order at 20:00 with 23 people (not all at once), and the BASFA
sporting equipment, in attendance.
A party jar was established.
JC entertained us with a recount of the minutes, and they were accepted as:
Three Slices Short of a Pi
Treasurer was absent. We have money.
VP Report had nothing fannish.
President was MIA with the secretary.
Announcements
JC:
Convolution 10/6-8. Plenty of rooms available. Contact Kimmy for programming.
SJ Toy Super Show. Fairgrounds this Sat & Sun. Collectibles, toys, memories.
Wallet lightening is promised... Casper van Diem will be there.
Adrienne:
BAGH meet-ups over the next month: Convolution, Meet & Greet at Palace Hotel in
SF, Ghost Tour of Union Square in SF, Malias, Del Monte Lodge, and the Holiday
Party. Busy season.
EvilKevin
WC76’s Holy Happy Hour Bar Rave on Friday of Convolution. Come as your favorite
Batman 66 character! Saturday will be a more usual Worldcon Party.
Reviews
Adrienne:
Watching The Thick of It. Malcolm Tucker is one horrible character. Moves
quickly. Political satire, with a potty mouth.
Bradford:
Comic book Price-guide came out: Thank god for Wonder Woman (they’ve been going
through the roof!) Silver age is steady, golden age going up. Bad new, higher
premiums for insurance...
DaveC:
Horrorstör, by Grady Hendrix: Looks like an IKEA catalog, but is a horror
story. Fun. Worth full price.
Went to the Elbo Room for a meeting of the Church of the Silver Sexual, the
Saint David Bowie. Fun show, worth full price.
Gerald:
Watched Star Trek: Discovery. Nice sets, good looking actors, in buyable plot.
YMMV.
JC: Will make his own judgement. Thought it was a nice new series. Classic
homages made (SFX, aesthetics). Looking forward to seeing more. Thought it was
worth full price.
Alex: This is not going to be like other Trek series’. Part 2 sets up the rest
of where the series is going - not episodic. Looking forward to it, was not
what he expected.
Lisa: Only part she will see until DVD. Not sure if CBS isn’t cutting off their
nose to spite their face.
JC:
Went to Folsom St. Fair. Lot of fun. Hot. So dense of people at one point. Well
run. Entertaining. Good wares. Lots of people in various states of dress (or
not). Beth did look f-ing hot.
Bill
Last bit of Scandinavia: Hotel in Reykjavik was down from the City Hotel
Downtown (The Hotel Borg). Not cubical.
Saw Castle in the Sky. High quality, interesting story. Worth the cost.
Sandra: Saw Nausicaa. Recovering from a war. If they left the forest, it would
help recovery, but people want to burn it down./ Worth full price.
Andrew:
Spent 2 days at APE promoting WC76. If you are into small press comics,
interesting artists, it is a nice little event. A third of the big tent. Had a
pretty good time.
DaveC: Previously APE was a large event, and it could be again.
Fred: Worth the price of admission. People at tables were friendly and happy to
be there.
There was an auction item.
The meeting adjourned at: 20:52 and the rumor of the week was: Don’t worry
until you start receiving the SkyMall catalog
Sent from my Max-iPad
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