Below are the most recent 2 friends' journal entries.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
basfa [ melchar ]	3:37p	BASFA minutes for May 13 Meeting 1189 May 13, 2013 Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale Began at 8:03 pm because of Potlatch details 26 people attended A party jar was established The minutes of meeting 1188 were accepted as 'the BASFA fraud-cast' the Treasurer reported that last week the regular jar took in $7.75 & the party jar took in $19.80 the Vice President reported that there is NO new 'Drink Tank' out, but that when it -does- come out it'll have a Mo ['the thrill'] Starkey cover & he has copies of the DUFF ballot The President had nothing fannish to report the Sports Committee reported that the Giants May 10th game outing went well Announcements: Ken announced that KFJC's month of mayhem is still going on Andy announced that that Lisa Hayes' father died so that she & [tall] Kevin will be unavailable for a while, & announced that Westercon 66 is coming up on the July 4th weekend & they'd appreciate us spreading the word about it [evil] Kevin announced that Unwoman will have a Friday, July 5th teatime concert in the atrium & announced that fans are sponsoring fan activities and helping other fans attend Westercon - and there is a Paypal link on their website for donations Mo announced that she's illustrating an on-line fairy/steampunk story & there's a link to it on her page - also = fairypunkstories.com JC announced that the latest Nerdvana podcast, episode 12, part 2 will be up this Wednesday - check www.nerdvanapodcast.com - and they'd also like help spreading the word about it & then announced a review about driving & announced that Nerdvana podcast would like to record a BASFA meeting next Monday Tom announced that SFSF will spread the word about events and the like - just contact them & he announced that Potlatch 23 will be at the Sainte Claire, SJ, $40 until May 31 - for Feb 21-23, 2014 Chris announced a text message & announced that Dr Joyce Brothers died & announced that Conquest is coming up in Missouri & he's fan GoH there it was moved that the Yankees suck - and it passed without objection Adrienne announced that she got her UK Dr Who stamps & she will bring some for donation to BASFA's auction next week Carole announced that Costume Con 31 in Denver is coming up this weekend and she'll be on panels there; [evil] Kevin announced that his -chaps- will be there, but that he & Andy can't attend; then Carole announced that Clockwork Alchemy is coming up over Memorial Day's weekend & that Kaja Foglio is a GoH Dave C announced that Big Wild Comic Fest is coming up this weekend at the SJ convention center & announced that Ray Harryhausen died Lisa announced that the Nebula awards ceremony is this weekend at the SJ Hilton Josh announced that a pinball convention is this weekend at the Dixon, CA fairgrounds Fred announced that Maker's Faire is this weekend at the San Mateo fairgrounds Geri announced that 'Star Trek' opens this weekend & announced that the Retrodome is holding a film series that will be shown at the Camera 7 & 12 then we did auctions Reviews: Dave C reviewed Scalzi's 'Redshirts' as a good read but with a 'meh' plot twist & reviewed a Spanish b/w film of Snow White with bullfights = 'Blancanieves' as worth full price & highly recommended Tom reviewed Corflu 30 as a really very VERY good con with moments of awesome & worth full price & reviewed 'Man or Astroman' as lacking props due to a van breakdown, but still excellent and totally awes Valerie reviewed NovaAlbion & Gaslight as 2 weekends & 2 cons, both with good costumes & Gaslight needed better air condition Ken reviewed the latest Dr Who episode as good I reviewed 'Iron Man 3' as I loved it; Trey merely liked it Bradford reviewed Robinson's 'Galileo's Dream' as a good novel, recommended - and then said to read '2312' next we adjourned at 9:36 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Can we have flaming rock and roll theremin as a rumor?' (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
basfa [ melchar ]	2:55p	BASFA minutes for May 6 Meeting 1188 May 6, 2013 Trey Haddad, President Chris Garcia, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at Coco's, 1206 Oakmead Parkway (Lawrence Expressway/101 Fwy), Sunnyvale Began at 8pm with echoes 31 people attended A party jar was established The minutes of meeting 1187 were accepted as 'Chris made us eat a bug' the Treasurer reported that last week the regular jar took in $16.00 & the party jar took in $3.55 the Vice President reported that Lynda says 'Hi BASFA' & there is a new 'Drink Tank' out, check efanzines.com & that episode 1 of the '5 cons' doco is up on Youtube, Vimeo & the 5 cons website The President reported that the Nerdvana podcast people would like to record a BASFA meeting - [and his kidney stone had flanges] Dave G suggested something and it was hijacked that [tall] Kevin be made BASFA's official 'ambassador to Amazon land' - and it passed the Sports Committee reminded us about the Giants May 10th game; that their Star Wars day will be Sunday, Sept 8 & he & Spring will be in section 318; that the SJ Giants Star Wars day is Thursday, May 30 [box seat tickets $16] Announcements: [evil] Kevin announced Friday, July 5th there'll be a Phenomonauts concert at Westercon Andy announced that there's a new Fanboy Planet up JC announced that the latest Nerdvana podcast was recorded successfully & part 1 of it will be up this Wednesday - check www.nerdvanapodcast.com Mo announced that she's running the art show at Fanime & after con she will need some help clearing out her studio Adrienne announced that she wants gnomes - GNOMES she says! - mainly Giants baseball gnomes, but she's going to the A's game June 16th to get their gnome, too Debbie announced that their son is graduating from college this Saturday Dave G announced that that Nebula award festivities will be happening May 16-19 Ric announced that there's be a John O announced that Maker's Faire is in 11 days, over the weekend of May 18th Gerry announced that Contact will be next March, 21-22-23 & they can use help - check http://www.contact-conference.com/ Ken announced that KFJC's month of mayhem has begun Reviews: 'Iron Man 3' was reviewed multiple times and everyone loves it Lisa reviewed the Sharks playoff game she went to as awesome & a fun game & worth the $100 a ticket Adrienne reviewed Scalzi's 'Redshirts' as it started off brilliant & hilarious and then copped out, so she rates it a '3' on a 1-5 scale Josh reviewed the reopening of SLG's Boutique-y as really good, absolutely recommended; 44 Race St, SJ Gerry reviewed 'Deadfall' by Sarah Stegall as a lot of fun Dave C reviewed the 'Prisoner' music on KFJC as lovely Diane reviewed 'A fantasy Medley 2' as delightful then we did auctions we adjourned at 9:52 pm and the rumor of the week was: 'Baycon's going back to the Doubletree' (Comment on this)