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Feb 15 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1589
Monday, February 15, 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 1588 were accepted as 'colluded'
the Treasurer reported that we have money =
regular total is now $15,706.05; 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
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that this Wednesday is a SETI-sponsored talk online, check their Facebook page
Facebook For SETI - www.facebook.com/SETIInstitute
Lynn announced that in the first weekend in March from Friday till Sunday there will be a 'Nonsense' event for information check www.consonance.org
Kennita announced that on Thursday at 11am the Computer History Museum will have a virtual panel of experts speaking on the topic of 'Should we Fear AI', check chm.org
John O announced that on Feb 18, Thursday, NASA will televise the 'landing of an SUV on Mars' - i.e. the Perseverance Rover landing - and that NASA TV starts coverage of the landing at 11:15am Feb 18
check = http://mars.nasa.gov
Gerry announced that SpaceX has launched their Falcon 9 to deploy satellites & they lost the booster; then John O followed, saying that they have begun taking deposits from the US, Canada & the UK for satellite phone service
more info = http://starlink.com now taking $99 deposits to get in line for a Starlink ground station. Final price is $499 total, so $99 now and $400 when it ships.
Chris announced that on Feb 20, 9:36am there will be a cargo launch to the space station
REVIEWS:
Dave G reviewed getting his Covid vaccine injection last week as his arm hurt for a few hours & he felt a little run down for a day or 2 but everything worked out well, there were various comments, including that John O fortuitously also got an injection for being in the right place at the right time & Lisa recommends the Santa Clara county 65 or older vaccine service
Lisa recommends checking the Santa Clara County Vaccine Website = vax.sccgov.org/home
Gerry reviewed attending the RadCon virtual convention this year; that Candy also attended & reported that they had problems with Discord screen sharing [& it sounds like Discord problems in general] - plus that his Zoom meeting panel went well & that there were numerous other panels that went just fine. Gayle followed, saying that it was not generally known that the con would be held over Discord & that it turned out very well. Candy reviewed it as there were little to no explanations about how to use Discord for the con
Dave C reviewed his reaction to Dave G's getting his vaccine already as envious
Yochanan reviewed 'Wandavision' as the first 2 episodes were so-so - but that from episode 3 on the show was super interesting and made him happy & then reviewed a book, 'Time Riders', as a YA novel as really action-packed & contained great ideas & inspired him to buy the other 8 books in the series and he highly recommends the entire series
we adjourned at 8:51 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'I am not a cat!'
Monday, February 15, 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 1588 were accepted as 'colluded'
the Treasurer reported that we have money =
regular total is now $15,706.05; 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
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that this Wednesday is a SETI-sponsored talk online, check their Facebook page
Facebook For SETI - www.facebook.com/SETIInstitute
Lynn announced that in the first weekend in March from Friday till Sunday there will be a 'Nonsense' event for information check www.consonance.org
Kennita announced that on Thursday at 11am the Computer History Museum will have a virtual panel of experts speaking on the topic of 'Should we Fear AI', check chm.org
John O announced that on Feb 18, Thursday, NASA will televise the 'landing of an SUV on Mars' - i.e. the Perseverance Rover landing - and that NASA TV starts coverage of the landing at 11:15am Feb 18
check = http://mars.nasa.gov
Gerry announced that SpaceX has launched their Falcon 9 to deploy satellites & they lost the booster; then John O followed, saying that they have begun taking deposits from the US, Canada & the UK for satellite phone service
more info = http://starlink.com now taking $99 deposits to get in line for a Starlink ground station. Final price is $499 total, so $99 now and $400 when it ships.
Chris announced that on Feb 20, 9:36am there will be a cargo launch to the space station
REVIEWS:
Dave G reviewed getting his Covid vaccine injection last week as his arm hurt for a few hours & he felt a little run down for a day or 2 but everything worked out well, there were various comments, including that John O fortuitously also got an injection for being in the right place at the right time & Lisa recommends the Santa Clara county 65 or older vaccine service
Lisa recommends checking the Santa Clara County Vaccine Website = vax.sccgov.org/home
Gerry reviewed attending the RadCon virtual convention this year; that Candy also attended & reported that they had problems with Discord screen sharing [& it sounds like Discord problems in general] - plus that his Zoom meeting panel went well & that there were numerous other panels that went just fine. Gayle followed, saying that it was not generally known that the con would be held over Discord & that it turned out very well. Candy reviewed it as there were little to no explanations about how to use Discord for the con
Dave C reviewed his reaction to Dave G's getting his vaccine already as envious
Yochanan reviewed 'Wandavision' as the first 2 episodes were so-so - but that from episode 3 on the show was super interesting and made him happy & then reviewed a book, 'Time Riders', as a YA novel as really action-packed & contained great ideas & inspired him to buy the other 8 books in the series and he highly recommends the entire series
we adjourned at 8:51 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'I am not a cat!'