Meeting #1428 December 11, 2017 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, Milpitas
Called to order at 8:05 pm 24 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1427 were accepted as 'Fred will procure a receptacle' the Treasurer reported that we took in an unknown amount last week & at meeting 1426 we took in $10.35 in the regular jar & $5.00 in the party jar the VP was not here the President had nothing fannish to report the Sports Committee is looking into Giants games & the 3rd Friday in May game looks promising The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at Furcon, Saturday night ANNOUNCEMENTS: John O announced that Weird Al will be in Oakland at the Fox Theatre on May 19, check weirdal.com & announced that Worldcon 76 will present Retro Hugos for the year 1943 on Saturday night of con & Dublin will present Retro Hugos for 1944 Brad announced that he will get the last souvenir from the Spokane Worldcon very soon Dave C announced that the First Church of the SilverSexual will hold the 6th annual David Bowie birthday bash Jan 5-6 at the Chapel in SF & announced that Janet Wilson [Anderson] has health problems & has a medical GoFundMe Gerry announced that the Space X launch scheduled for tonight was aborted on the launch pad Aatheus announced that the doco, 'The Disaster Artist' is out now Adrienne & Dave G announced that the next SMOFcon will be held in Santa Rosa next November 30 thru December 2 & pre-reg is $50 until 2018 REVIEWS: 'Coco' was positively reviewed by several [as beautiful, well told, worth full price] - Aatheus likes the lounger seats at the Great Mall, Bill & Carole liked the music, John O thought the 3d was seamless Adrienne reviewed SMOFcon as a fun, relaxing convention, Dave G & Dave C also went and enjoyed themselves Lisa reviewed the German market in Mountain View as she enjoyed different foods, music and a book store, all in a small area Dave C reviewed 'Justice League' as he enjoyed it & thought it worked well - Brad & Adrienne also enjoyed it, then Dave reviewed the loss of AIM as an upgrade in service Dave G reviewed 'Post Modern Jukebox' as doing modern hits from the 30's and 40's, enjoyed it, recommends it and thinks it worth full price Several people reviewed the SF radio program 'Zero Minus X' as being done well & then there was a discussion of 'Cold Equations' Ric reviewed 'Star Trek Continued', as fan project on YouTube as free, well-done & recommended Brad reviewed LosCon as enjoyable & he got posters he was looking for & reviewed the mid-season finale for 'Walking Dead' as it left a lot of unanswered questions John O reviewed the one day he attended the Heroes and Villains media con as still too-crowded & they're not sure if they'll go next year & reviewed the 'Welcome to Nightvale' travelling show as enjoyable Fred recommends donating to the InternetArchives.org there were auctions Adjourned 9:29 And the rumor of the week = 'Flashy thing with straps, FTW' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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