Minutes of Meeting # 1466 Monday, August 13, 2018 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 20:01 with 22 people in attendance. A party jar was established The Minutes of meeting #1462 were posted online prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Where’s the pretty secretary? Treasurer At meeting #1463 we took in: Regular $5.50 Party $10.53 Totals are unavailable at this time. Vice President Had nothing fannish, but welcomed many people visiting us, including: Kurt Rice from Santa Ana - who haven’t seen Trey & Barbara for a while This year’s TAFF delegate, Johan Anglemark (taff.org.uk <http://taff.org.uk/>) (plus Neil from Chicago and DeLana from San Antonio) The President was MIA with the Secretary Committee Reports Party The next BASFA party will be at Worldcon 76, this Fri & Sat at 8 p.m. in the Fairmount. New Business The membership present decided to hold meeting #1467 at Worldcon. Please keep an eye on the BASFA FaceBook page, or the email list for more details. It may be held near, or in conjunction with, the Dead Dog Party, which is on Monday at 8 p.m. in the Fairmount. The staff of the Black Bear have been notified of this. Announcements JohnO There is a convention this week. Worldcon 76 starts in 3 days! Senior staff is already on site. Several guests have arrived. Spider Robinson was last heard from in Eugene, OR. Load-in starts tomorrow - need lots of strong backs Thursday afternoon the staff feed & con-suite open. Dead Dog on Monday at the Fairmount. Pre-reg is open Wednesday (staff go to reg and con-ops) Also, don’t feed the trolls on Saturday. Forum on NPR talked about Worldcon 76. Repeats at 10 p.m each evening. KQED 88.5 fm Lisa A memorial will be held for Harold at Worldcon 76. Friday at 10 pm. in a suite in the Fairmount. Not a lot of drinks, but there will be nibbles. Vikas SRI is doing a SRTI event tomorrow 7 p.m. - Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers. Last year was fun, highly recommend. Register in advance. sri.com/newsroom/events/inspiring-next-generation-explorers <http://sri.com/newsroom/events/inspiring-next-generation-explorers> Carole Tomorrow night. George R.R. Martin in conversation with John Picacio. 8 p.m. FOX Theatre in Redwood City. Convenient to CalTrain. Tickets online from the theatre’s website. (foxrwc.com <http://foxrwc.com/>) JohnO: It’s a fundraiser for The Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Reviews Bill Saw Ant-man & The Wasp. Gleeful and disregard for the square-cubed law. Car chase 4/10 of a “Bullet”. There is a plot, but it seemed more of a device to hang gags off of. Worth at least a matinee, maybe full price. StanLee cameo breaks no new ground. JohnO: Opening scene is best dad scene in a film or TV show. Carole: Two cookies, both worth staying for. Vikas Commonwealth Club did an interview with Andy Weir talking about Artemis. It will become a movie. Andy Weir is like the main character of the Martian. Great sense of humor. DaveC Youtube: The Mash Report. BritishTV like the old Daily Show. Nish Kumar hosts, with Rachel Parris as correspondent. Fun. Neil Saw Sorry to Bother You, about an African American man who is a phone solicitor who is successful by using his white voice. Astonished that not one review mentions it’s a SciFi film! Make an effort to see. The auction was performed by Kurt Rice. The meeting adjourned at around 21:00, and the rumor of the week was: Everyone offer the chairman a drink.
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