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March 28 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1647
Monday, March 28, 2022
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
***NEW*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc--rqj4sG9cRuFWIpeMknSsAxghBFh0T
Called to order somewhere around 8 pm
16 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1646 were accepted as 'No regime change, just bills'
the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money =
Regular: $15,748.81; Party: $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
Committees: Rinse & repeating from the Sports Committee
SJGiants Saturday, July 30 Marvel's Defenders of the Diamond Night (evening game, 6pm) It’ll be the same Party Patio (along the first base line), $70/person. Buffet meal, 2 drinks tickets, unlimited water soda and snax. Send inquiries or PayPal basfa@p4tt.com = & 8 people so far
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Yochanan announced that 2 people had birthdays last week - William Shatner & Tig Notaro -
then he announced that there is a Lodi Comic Con on May 8th, 11am till 5pm on the Festival grounds - for more information check = https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lodi-comic-con-sunday-may-8-2022-comics-and-more-lodi-grape-festival-tickets-301044451057
Howeird announced that it has just started raining in Las Vegas as of 8pm, which is better than wind and blowing dust & he announced that he just bought a Pixel 6
Lynn announced that Guests of Honor have just been announced for Consonance 23 in 2023; check Consanance.org for more details
Robin had a very late announcement that a virtual Filk Ontario is next week, April 1-3; check http://filkontario.ca/ for more details
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed 'Picard' on Amazon Prime as a little darker than he expected. It's okay & he is still puzzled - wondering what it is trying to accomplish, then he commented that 'Resident Alien' missed an episode, so he can't review it;
and then he asked that since all the technical Oscars went to 'Dune', why they received them since the movie clips he saw did not look that exceptional & there was some discussion
Lisa reviewed Consanance as a very pleasant convention was had by all. It was really nice, wonderful fun. She got very little sleep & thoroughly enjoyed herself & is really looking forward to 2023; Rick followed, saying it was a convention of much awesomeness; Lynn commented that they had a good turn-out & had a good time
Trey commented that it sounded like the convention struck the right note [there were groans]
Yochanan reviewed a Netflix movie called 'The Adam Project', a time travel movie - ans it seemed to have spent all their budget on the cast and not on the story. He rated it as enjoyable, even if it had a lot of plot holes & recommends it if you like time travel movies - check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Project;
and then he reviewed a book called 'Roma Eterna' by Robert Silverberg, an alternate history about the Roman Empire never falling as very engrossing and interesting, highly recommended. Rick commented there is a similar idea Turtledove did called 'Agent of Byzantium', where the Byzantine Empire never fell that was also enjoyable
Rick reviewed the season 2 closer 'For All Mankind' as all the plot-lines came together, mainly in space, and there were good performances from all the actors & it has been renewed for season 3
check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series) - on Apple TV
Ken reviewed a new TV show that takes a lot of inspiration from Eurovision - 'The American Song Contest' - as he recommends it if you like Eurovision;
and then reviewed the Oscars as that many of the changes seemed to work & he liked the 'In Memorium' as a celebration of life and not a misery fest. It was a definite improvement over last year. Howeird agreed in general that it was one of the better Oscar shows in recent years - but has a quibble about TV shows being given the same treatment as 'actual movies' & Craig commented that since one can pay to download the content that it is similar to going to a theatre - then there was more discussion
we adjourned at 8:37 pm
and the rumor of the week was = 'Beware the calends of April'
Monday, March 28, 2022
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
***NEW*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc--rqj4sG9cRuFWIpeMknSsAxghBFh0T
Called to order somewhere around 8 pm
16 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1646 were accepted as 'No regime change, just bills'
the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money =
Regular: $15,748.81; Party: $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
Committees: Rinse & repeating from the Sports Committee
SJGiants Saturday, July 30 Marvel's Defenders of the Diamond Night (evening game, 6pm) It’ll be the same Party Patio (along the first base line), $70/person. Buffet meal, 2 drinks tickets, unlimited water soda and snax. Send inquiries or PayPal basfa@p4tt.com = & 8 people so far
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Yochanan announced that 2 people had birthdays last week - William Shatner & Tig Notaro -
then he announced that there is a Lodi Comic Con on May 8th, 11am till 5pm on the Festival grounds - for more information check = https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lodi-comic-con-sunday-may-8-2022-comics-and-more-lodi-grape-festival-tickets-301044451057
Howeird announced that it has just started raining in Las Vegas as of 8pm, which is better than wind and blowing dust & he announced that he just bought a Pixel 6
Lynn announced that Guests of Honor have just been announced for Consonance 23 in 2023; check Consanance.org for more details
Robin had a very late announcement that a virtual Filk Ontario is next week, April 1-3; check http://filkontario.ca/ for more details
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed 'Picard' on Amazon Prime as a little darker than he expected. It's okay & he is still puzzled - wondering what it is trying to accomplish, then he commented that 'Resident Alien' missed an episode, so he can't review it;
and then he asked that since all the technical Oscars went to 'Dune', why they received them since the movie clips he saw did not look that exceptional & there was some discussion
Lisa reviewed Consanance as a very pleasant convention was had by all. It was really nice, wonderful fun. She got very little sleep & thoroughly enjoyed herself & is really looking forward to 2023; Rick followed, saying it was a convention of much awesomeness; Lynn commented that they had a good turn-out & had a good time
Trey commented that it sounded like the convention struck the right note [there were groans]
Yochanan reviewed a Netflix movie called 'The Adam Project', a time travel movie - ans it seemed to have spent all their budget on the cast and not on the story. He rated it as enjoyable, even if it had a lot of plot holes & recommends it if you like time travel movies - check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Project;
and then he reviewed a book called 'Roma Eterna' by Robert Silverberg, an alternate history about the Roman Empire never falling as very engrossing and interesting, highly recommended. Rick commented there is a similar idea Turtledove did called 'Agent of Byzantium', where the Byzantine Empire never fell that was also enjoyable
Rick reviewed the season 2 closer 'For All Mankind' as all the plot-lines came together, mainly in space, and there were good performances from all the actors & it has been renewed for season 3
check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series) - on Apple TV
Ken reviewed a new TV show that takes a lot of inspiration from Eurovision - 'The American Song Contest' - as he recommends it if you like Eurovision;
and then reviewed the Oscars as that many of the changes seemed to work & he liked the 'In Memorium' as a celebration of life and not a misery fest. It was a definite improvement over last year. Howeird agreed in general that it was one of the better Oscar shows in recent years - but has a quibble about TV shows being given the same treatment as 'actual movies' & Craig commented that since one can pay to download the content that it is similar to going to a theatre - then there was more discussion
we adjourned at 8:37 pm
and the rumor of the week was = 'Beware the calends of April'