BASFA Meeting 1358 August 8, 2016 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner
Began 8 pm - with verve 26 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1357 were accepted as 'zippity do dah' The Treasurer was absent & but last week we took in $2.00 in the regular jar & $3.00 in the party jar The Vice President had nothing fannish to report - but he led a cheer of birthday celebration The President greeting Anna, the TAFF delegate visiting us - and who has been having a wonderful time her entire trip - and recommends bidding on items in the Worldcon fan-fund auction Announcements: Andy announced that Worldcon is still coming up & SJ in 2018 still needs help with everything & that there will be a hot sauce challenge & then <<redacted>> [evil] Kevin announced that the secret project had a successful smoke test and announced that he will be one of the MCs for the Retro Hugos Dave C announced that site selection ballots were still available for $90.00 Ken announced that a TV channel - North Bay TV - will be showing the original Creature Features, starting Saturday 9pm; check northbaytv.com & there is a 'view online' feature Gayle announced that they won't be able to attend something Star Trek related tomorrow Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost hunters may have a discount seance on Tuesday if enough interest can be garnered & announced that SFinSF is having an author event at American Bookbinders in SF this Sunday, gathering at 5:30pm John O announced that "wild Cards' may come to TV in the next couple years Reviews: JC reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he thought it sucked, except for Harley & Deadshot - who were both excellent - rated it a 'D' with a bad script, worth cheap matinee; I followed & said it was the first DC flick I've enjoyed in more than 10 years & would pay to see it again & Trey rated it worth matinee; then JC reviewed Disneyland as he recommends the 4-day park-hopper passes, he really likes the new Star Wars stuff & recommends fast passes & the light show - definitely worth full price John O reviewed 'Zombies versus Aliens versus Vampires versus Dinosaurs' again as it stays a fun read thru the end & reviewed 'Henrik and the Shaman' by Bjold as highly recommended Diane reviewed a Kickstarter-sponsored book 'Lightspeed' as she highly recommend it & reviewed 'Power of the Mind' as terrible we did auctions we adjourned at 9:22 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Helsinki will serve Cloudberry reindeer hot sauce in the hot sauce challenge' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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