Feb 1 BASFA minutes
Feb. 1st, 2021 08:29 pmMinutes of Meeting #1587
Monday, February 1, 2021
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held online, in exile
ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX
Called to order at 8 pm
17 various beings eventually attended
The minutes of meeting 1586 were accepted as 'ex post facto'
the Treasurer reported that we have money =
regular total is now $15,686.05; the party jar total is $230.58
money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
The Party committee reported that he misses us all & wants to see us all in person again & is waiting for reimbursement for party expenses
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Howeird announced that Las Vegas has enjoyed 3 days of actual rain and the .04 inches of wet was most appreciated
Valerie announced that some conventions are coming up =
Feb 4–7 Capricon http://capricon.org/ (general lineup)
Feb 12–14 Boskone https://boskone.org/ (books and media)
Feb 12–15 https://www.strategicon.net/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 http://totalcon.com/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 https://coastalmagicconvention.com/
Aaetheas announced that a virtual con is coming up Fur Squared = https://fursquared.com/ Feb 26-28
Lisa announced that PENSFA is meeting every Saturday night on Zoom, 7pm+-ish, check https://www.pensfa.org/
Gayle announced that Discon 3 may be having a virtual con for Worldcon because they are having problems with their hotel contract
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed 'Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge', a novella by Mike Resnick, as a very interesting take on aliens landing at Olduvai Gorge & is very well-written, although the ending was not as he expected & he found it on Kindle
Sandra reviewed the movie 'Under the Skin' as enjoyable & a well-made film
we adjourned at 8:25 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'GameStop stock is moving from NASDAQ to eBay'
Monday, February 1, 2021
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held online, in exile
ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX
Called to order at 8 pm
17 various beings eventually attended
The minutes of meeting 1586 were accepted as 'ex post facto'
the Treasurer reported that we have money =
regular total is now $15,686.05; the party jar total is $230.58
money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
The Party committee reported that he misses us all & wants to see us all in person again & is waiting for reimbursement for party expenses
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Howeird announced that Las Vegas has enjoyed 3 days of actual rain and the .04 inches of wet was most appreciated
Valerie announced that some conventions are coming up =
Feb 4–7 Capricon http://capricon.org/ (general lineup)
Feb 12–14 Boskone https://boskone.org/ (books and media)
Feb 12–15 https://www.strategicon.net/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 http://totalcon.com/ (gaming)
Feb 18–21 https://coastalmagicconvention.com/
Aaetheas announced that a virtual con is coming up Fur Squared = https://fursquared.com/ Feb 26-28
Lisa announced that PENSFA is meeting every Saturday night on Zoom, 7pm+-ish, check https://www.pensfa.org/
Gayle announced that Discon 3 may be having a virtual con for Worldcon because they are having problems with their hotel contract
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed 'Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge', a novella by Mike Resnick, as a very interesting take on aliens landing at Olduvai Gorge & is very well-written, although the ending was not as he expected & he found it on Kindle
Sandra reviewed the movie 'Under the Skin' as enjoyable & a well-made film
we adjourned at 8:25 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'GameStop stock is moving from NASDAQ to eBay'