BASFA Meeting 1337 - at the Black Bear Diner March 14, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary MARCH 21 WILL BE AT: Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works]
Began 8-ish pm - with pie, yummy, yummy pie 33 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1336 were accepted as 'Chuck reads for pie' The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $19.24 in the regular jar The Vice President had nothing fannish to report The President had nothing fannish to report, but did say 'hi' to folks visiting us for the 1st time: William Middleton, Boris and Ronald Fischer The Sports Committee reported that there are 5 tickets remaining for the Giants/Rockies game on Friday, May 6, in the view reserve [section 317] at a price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each & needs a minimum of 15 to buy in [we're currently at 12] .. and this includes food, 2 alcoholic beverages & programs The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next meetings will be at: March 21 at Faz = 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, [where Josh works] March 28 at Black Bear Diner = 174 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas April 4 at Mimi’s Cafe = 1200 El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130 April 11 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 April 18 = TBA April 25 Lyon’s = 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 Announcements: Adrienne announced that there is a Bay Area Ghost Hunters Meet Up scheduled for March 26, 5pm at Kat's in Los Gatos Ken announced that Camera 12 in SJ will have Retrodome sing-a-longs on weekends in April & May, check theretrodome.com John O announced that Silicon Valley Comic Con will be this weekend, with diverse panels and guests, Mo adding that her daughter will be in the Artist's Alley & that books will be given away at the Journey Planet table [manned by Chuck & Chris Garcia] Andy announced that he has stuff for Dave & has SJ in 2018 flyers & ribbons to give out [tall] Kevin announced that he still has a box of books that someone bought & handed to him at Worldcon & asked him to drive back & he can't remember who gave it to him & announced that Cheryl Morgan is in Toronto right now & sends her best wishes Tom announced that Potlatch is free this year and will be at the SJ Public Library this Saturday, 3pm - and will try to do a Skype Q&A with Leonard Richardson [evil] Kevin announced that they are doing a SJ in 2018 party at Eastercon in Manchester England, April 24-27 Ronald Fischer announced that he has copies of his books to hand out Reviews: Bill reviewed Fogcon as wet there & back, a literary con & he mostly enjoyed it & thought it worth full price; Andy agreed and had a good time; then Bill reviewed 'Zootopia' as pretty good Mo reviewed getting a 20-year-old+ beehive removed humanely as worth full price Adrienne reviewed 'Doc Martin' as bing-watched & enjoyed, then reviewed seeing 3 seasons of 'Ballykissangel' as good viewing for St. Patrick day preparation John O reviewed 'As you Wish', the Cary Elwes rememberance as he enjoyed it I reviewed 'Gods of Egypt' as very shiny & pretty, but done with less than a thimble's worth of plot, enjoyed as a fantasy flick as long as I didn't try to connect it with Egyptian mythology at all, then Trey followed, equating the deities shown as furry archetypes & worth matinee Ken reviewed seeing 2 Harold Lloyd films at Cinequest with organ accompanyment as worth full price We did auctions we adjourned at 9:27 pm there was no official rumor of the week nyah -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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