BASFA Meeting 1305 August 3, 2015 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began 8 pm with me wanting to kill an Archie comic with FIRE 24 people attended We established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1304 were accepted as 'Hugo taint' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $10.75 in the regular jar & $17.55 in the party basket The Vice President reported that tomorrow he has a funny thing The President said 'hi' to Patty & Dave, here for the first time - along with John Michael, Loni & Amanda - and then commented we had a wonderful trip Announcements: Ken announced that on Sept 15-16 many theatres will be showing Doctor Who in 3D, check fathom events for details JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast has its 3rd anniversary celebration at SLG this Saturday from noon -to 4pm & announced that he is having editing problems Beth announced that Doners Choose is accepting donations for back to school - and if you can donate to '21st Century learners' it will benefit her school and please use the code 'spark' Brad announced that the RA Heinlein fund made its goal to get a bust made Carole announced the death of Adrienne Martine Barnes Dave G announced that he has a king room in the Davenport Tower for Sasquan that he can't use, if interested please contact him [evil] Kevin announced that you have to be a Sasquan member to vote on the 2017 bid location & supporting memberships are $40 - plus $40 to bid on site selection, so you can bid to help the Helsinki in 2017 bid - and that will then let you vote for San Jose in 2018 next year Geri announced that there is a new planetary system 19 light years away in Cassiopeia, Gliese 892 [tall] Kevin announced that the business meeting for Sasquan will start 4 days and likely run 4 days Reviews: Dave C reviewed the John Wayne airport wifi as not worth full price to endure sad puppy blather & he is sad to say that BevMo no longer carries Jolt soda & [tall] Kevin suggested he check Ralphs I reviewed 'Ant Man' as fun, good in 2-D and worth full price, possibly twice & there were follow-ons about techniques Dave G moved that Spokane River and the Spokane falls area be annexed as 'Spokane Gravity Challenged Bay' We did auctions we adjourned at 9:16 and the rumor of the week was: 'Our long international Hugo nightmare is nearly over' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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