BASFA minutes for April 8, 2024
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1751
Monday, April 8, 2024
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
meeting held online, in exile
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8pm
12 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1750 were accepted as 'a challenge'
proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; 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
Reminder from the Relocation Committee that we will meet live at San Jose's Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale] - on April 15th & 22nd to test out meeting live again.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
Reviews:
Yochanan reviewed the new 'Godzilla & Kong' movie, saying that it was a good popcorn movie. He enjoyed it & felt it was worth full price. Kennita also saw it - in 3D & thought it used 3D effects winningly & she enjoyed the movie for its own sake, as well - worth what she paid
and Yochanan reviewed 'The Walking Dead, the One Who Live' a 6-episode spinoff, finding it had a good story & conclusion
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9859436/
and he reviewed a show called 'Alice in Borderlands' on Netflix, Japanese, dubbed that has 2 seasons, which was a little violent & was somewhat similar to 'Squid Games' in some ways. He found it to be an interesting show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Borderland_(TV_series)
Rick reviewed watching 'Three Body Problem' (NBC Peacock, Amazon Prime) in the 30-episode Chinese-made version as not to be confused with the Netflix one by the GoT guys. Mandarin, w/English subtitles. He is only a couple of episodes in, but finding it engrossing. Tip: Don't push the Big Red Button to contact aliens. You might get squashed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Body
Lisa reviewed seeing 'Dune 2' and enjoyed it a great deal. She appreciated seeing it on the big screen & liked the portrayal of Feyd, but found him much less attractive than Sting [from the David Lynch adaptation] & worth full price
Kennita reviewed the eclipse, as seen from Cleveland. The sky was clear & the weather was gorgeous. She saw Jupiter when the sky went dark & found the experience to be awesome - A+. Craig followed - having seen it from the Santa Ana, Calif airport & found it disappointing. Gayle saw the eclipse from Olney, IL with Gerry. They had a telescope at hand & managed to get a fair number of totality shots, albeit with some challenges, so it counted as a successful expedition
and the rumor of the week was = 'A total eclipse of the...BASFA!'
we adjourned at = 8:33pm
Monday, April 8, 2024
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
meeting held online, in exile
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8pm
12 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1750 were accepted as 'a challenge'
proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; 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
Reminder from the Relocation Committee that we will meet live at San Jose's Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale] - on April 15th & 22nd to test out meeting live again.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
Reviews:
Yochanan reviewed the new 'Godzilla & Kong' movie, saying that it was a good popcorn movie. He enjoyed it & felt it was worth full price. Kennita also saw it - in 3D & thought it used 3D effects winningly & she enjoyed the movie for its own sake, as well - worth what she paid
and Yochanan reviewed 'The Walking Dead, the One Who Live' a 6-episode spinoff, finding it had a good story & conclusion
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9859436/
and he reviewed a show called 'Alice in Borderlands' on Netflix, Japanese, dubbed that has 2 seasons, which was a little violent & was somewhat similar to 'Squid Games' in some ways. He found it to be an interesting show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Borderland_(TV_series)
Rick reviewed watching 'Three Body Problem' (NBC Peacock, Amazon Prime) in the 30-episode Chinese-made version as not to be confused with the Netflix one by the GoT guys. Mandarin, w/English subtitles. He is only a couple of episodes in, but finding it engrossing. Tip: Don't push the Big Red Button to contact aliens. You might get squashed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Body
Lisa reviewed seeing 'Dune 2' and enjoyed it a great deal. She appreciated seeing it on the big screen & liked the portrayal of Feyd, but found him much less attractive than Sting [from the David Lynch adaptation] & worth full price
Kennita reviewed the eclipse, as seen from Cleveland. The sky was clear & the weather was gorgeous. She saw Jupiter when the sky went dark & found the experience to be awesome - A+. Craig followed - having seen it from the Santa Ana, Calif airport & found it disappointing. Gayle saw the eclipse from Olney, IL with Gerry. They had a telescope at hand & managed to get a fair number of totality shots, albeit with some challenges, so it counted as a successful expedition
and the rumor of the week was = 'A total eclipse of the...BASFA!'
we adjourned at = 8:33pm
