BASFA Meeting 1321 November 23, 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 - I swear to Cat! 23 people attended We established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1319 were accepted as 'scribble scrabble' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in nothing in either jar The Vice President reported that Boris Karloff & Dr Who had birthdays today The President had nothing fannish to report - but we did say 'hi' to Amber D'Ann, visiting us for the first time Announcements: Ken announced that this Friday is the monthly Legion of Rasselon meeting at 7:30 at the Ihop on Steven's Creek & the 280 - and announced that he will be on KFJC this Thursday from 10am till 2pm Andy announced that they will host a SJ in KC party on Friday and Saturday nights at Loscon Adrienne announced that Bat Area Ghost Hunters will do a social at Gordon Bierch in SJ, 1pm, Saturday, Dec 12 and there will be door prizes JC announced that a Nerdvana Podcast episode goes up Wednesday Tom announced that there will be a Potlatch in SJ next year Bradford announced that he completed his paper & announced that his other paper has been accepted by the ICFA Beth announced that the last 2 performances of Opera SJ's 'Marriage of Figaro' will be at 8pm Tuesday & at 3pm Sunday Reviews: Gerry reviewed Orycon as great, but there was a 1 km walk between the light rail and the hotel; others variously reviewed Orycon as good, but Dave C did have problems with the Dealers Room Tom reviewed 'Gene Mapper' by Taiyo Fujii, a cyberpunk thriller about rice, as enjoyable and a kick to read Beth reviewed Heroes and Villain con as the best possible weekend ever, with lots of pictures and she thought it was amazing & well run, there were other comments about how good it was - but it needed more seating John O reviewed the 'Hunger Games' premeire as grim & dark - a good movie that stayed true to the book Adrienne reviewed Windycon as very pleasant & Mo was fan GoH - all in all a good con we did auctions we adjourned at 9:10 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'I hope it is a pun, because otherwise it's creepy' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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