BASFA Meeting 1324 December 14, 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 an order for ice cream 21 people attended We established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1323 were accepted as 'my rumor was better' The Treasurer reported that at meeting 1322 we took in $2.25 in the regular jar & $17.00 in the party jar; then at meeting 1323 we took in $8.50 in the regular jar & $3.00 in the party jar The Vice President was not here The President reported that he & I won't be here next week The Sports Committee reported that group ticket sales for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies is $28 - is there interest? Announcements: Adrienne announced 'Am I the only one?', then announced that NASA is accepting astronaut applications & announced that Baycon will be at the Dunfey hotel next year & announced that her meetup group will have a mini-golf outing on Jan 2, so join them Howeird announced that in a moment of irony the founder of Northface passed away in Chile, Patagonia [which as a label is his company's competition] Valerie announced that she has a book out: 'SF/Fantasy Book of Baby Names' Reviews: JC reviewed Portland as the transportation is good there, their hotel was nice & the trip was worth full price Mo reviewed a new film, 'Ricki and the Flash' as she recommends it for your Netflix queue Adrienne reviewed the TV adaptation of Dick's 'Man in the High Castle' as recommended, but the ending was weak Dave C reviewed 'The Diamond Conspiracy' by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris as worth paperback Howeird reviewed the Lovelace exhibit at the SJ Computer History Museum as very well done & that his group had fun with the art, he recommends taking a smart kid with you to the museum for maximum fun & the outing was worth full price Carole reviewed Loscon as worth it to chat with old chums and she hopes to go again next year Brad reviewed the latest 'Hunger Games' movie as a bit of a letdown Trey reviewed 'The Wolverine' seen on blue ray as mostly a disappointment we did auctions we adjourned at 9:02 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Now Beth can hang out with her peeps in the hood' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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