BASFA Meeting 1330 January 25, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary FEB 1 WILL BE AT: the RT Pizza place near Coco's, 1220 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale
Began 8 pm - TRYING OUT OMEGA'S DINER 30 people attended We established a party jar It was very loud here, with people yelling about basketball on the other side of a partition The minutes of meeting 1329 were accepted as 'alpha of Omega' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $4.00 in the regular jar & $15.25 in the redacted jar The Vice President had nothing fannish to report The President had nothing fannish to report, but welcomed back Robert Sallade after a several years absence The Sports Committee reported that he still has tickets for the 1st Friday in May Giants game [May 6], vs the Colorado Rockies in section 317 at a price of $28 The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Feb 1 = back at the Round Table 1220 Oakmead Parkway; Feb 8 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 94035; Feb 15 back at the Round Table, 1220 Oakmead Parkway; Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129; Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway Announcements: Dave C announced that there is an art exhibit of 'My Hero - Contemporary Art & Superhero Action' will be at the Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for the Arts through March 20 & announced that next week begins the Hugo Nomination process, after regular meetings and that it will also cover nominations for the Retro Hugos of 1940 Bill announced that he & Carole will attend a convention JC announced that hotel reservations are open, but tricky to book at MidAmeriCon & announced that Nerdvana Podcast has an IndieGoGo fundraiser Adrienne announced that Hugo nomination forms are out Chris O announced that John O had his surgery and he is improving Fred announced that light rail will be messed up during Superbowl week Ken announced that Stephen Moffit has stepped down from 'Dr Who' Reviews: Dave C reviewed 'Spectre' as it had a poor premise, reviewed 'Ride Along 2' as being more pleasant to view & reviewed the TV series 'Angie Tribeka' as enjoyable ' Adrienne reviewed her visit to North Dakota as nice, with lots of snow [too much snow], but she & Mo agreed that being in snow makes one appreciate heat more Fred reviewed reading a newspaper as informative Bill reviewed their visit to Georgia as interesting & Carole opined that the Georgia Puppet Museum is worth seeing JC reviewed the 'X Files' premiere as establishing the mood of the series & interesting, but Mo thought the pacing was frantic we did auctions we adjourned at 9:18 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Do you think that Moffit looks tired?' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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