August 7 BASFA minutes

Meeting #1410
August 7, 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 pm
9 people attended

A party jar was established

The minutes of meeting 1409 were missing & their reading was postponed for a week

No Treasurer present, however last week we took in $1.50 in the regular jar & $0.50 in the party jar

the VP reported he has nothing fannish to report & that he is not Chris Garcia

the President had nothing fannish to report

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that there is an eclipse coming up

John O announced that SF ComicCon is the 1st week of December & that Heroes and Villians FanFest will also be in December

Kenneth announced the passing of Harmon Nakagama at the age of 88, who was the original guy in the rubber suit for Godzilla movies

REVIEWS:
John O reviewed 'Expanse' as he read the entire series in about 2 1/2 week, it's interesting world building & is now watching the series & finds the 1st 4 episodes to be good & reviewed 'We are Bob' by Davies Taylor as about a guy who becomes an AI & is a little contrived & it has a lot of humor & reviewed a Campbell nominee 'Info Motracy' as a concept book with somewhat wooden characters & not recommended & reviewed 'War for the Planet of the Apes' as deeper than the 1st 2 & they enjoyed it & there are lots of Easter eggs in it, definitely recommended & reviewed a visit to the Magic Castle in LA as excellent

Yocanan reviewed 'Salvation' [the TV series] as wildly entertaining & reviewed the half book of Connie Willis' 'Blackout' as amazing

Ken reviewed 'Orange is the New Black' as Geri has been chain-smoking them

We did auctions

Adjourned 8:49

And the rumor of the week = 'It's quiet - too quiet'