BASFA Meeting 1332 - at the Black Bear Diner February 8, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
Began 8 pm - with many small noisy creatures in the room 28 people attended We established a party jar Then a motion failed The minutes of meeting 1331 were accepted as 'still commuting from Superbowl city' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $10.00 in the regular jar & $1.00 in the party jar & he gave the Party Committee money The Vice President had nothing fannish to report The President had nothing fannish to report, and then we said hi to several folks visiting us for the first time - Melanie, who is a long-time fan; Nathan who is a longtime reader of sf & Brandon who found us because of the Meet-up site The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Omega got very mixed reviews. 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 March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory March 14 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at Babscon [Apr 22-24], at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame on Apr 23 The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that they will be doing retro Hugo nominations after the regular meeting tonight 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 - PLUS that Ken is working on getting tickets for the SJ Giants Star Wars night on Saturday, 5pm, May 14, saying that we can have the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs Announcements: John announced that the next free admission day for the SF Exploratorium is on March 14 Bob announced that he is moving to his first place of his own in 20 years and will be in Hayward & thus closer to us John O announced that Consonance will be March 4-6 at the Crown Plaza [880 & the 237], $60 for the weekend if preregistering - check for details at consonance.org Chuck announced that Nerdvana Podcast is still doing its fundraiser on Indy Gogo with a goal of $2500, so give the site a look Dave C announced that Brian Kesinger has a site and to go look at it = www.rickey.org and search for 'Calvin' & he announced that Gallifrey One is at the LA Marriott this weekend Fred announced that FogCon is March 11-13 in Walnut Creek & announced that Potlatch is March 19 at the SJ public library & is free - and there is a writer's workshop there too Reviews: I reviewed the trout served at the diner as the best trout I have encountered in years & worth buying at least twice Ric reviewed the TV 'Shannara' adaptation as 'really it's been kind of decent' with good fx and he mildly recommends it Alex reviewed 'Hail Caesar' as very good, solid and recommended Gerry reviewed the Space X assembly facility as free, worth full price and very interesting, Gayle followed and agreed Bob reviewed the free SF 'Superbowl city' experience as not worth full price because there was not much to see but lines and temporary buildings, he had a bear-battered sausage ['sausage tempura?' Melanie suggested] & Bob really didn't enjoy himself, even if the beer was flowing 'if you consider that Lite is beer' Carole reviewed the 'East Meets West' exhibit at the Asian Arts Museum as very good Ken reviewed getting out of the Bay Area this last weekend was worth full price Dave C reviewed 'Realityland' by David Koenig as true-life adventures in building Disneyland as interesting we did auctions we adjourned at 8:55 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'BASFA recomends the Sha-na-na Chronicles' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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