BASFA minutes for September 9, 2024
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1773
Monday, September 9, 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 AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ]
https://www.parktownpizza.com
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8 pm
13live/4online beings attended the meeting
The minutes of meeting 1772 were accepted as 'being written by real intelligence instead of artificial or Russian intelligence'
Dave G attended the meeting & we all said 'hi'. He gave a report about the savings & 3 CD accounts - & the various actions he has taken with them, in large part due to Kennita's advice
The big jar was in attendance at the meeting
otherwise, we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58
[& +89.35 more over the live meetings, up thru 1772]
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
There was discussion about the BASFA webpage & our general lack of ability to get into it or the BASFA mailing list
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that James Earl Jones had died & Ken announced that Sergio Mendes also died
Yochanan announced that Eagle Moss Star Trek model ships are now available at Fan Home, check = https://www.fanhome.com/
Reviews:
Rick reviewed continuing to watch 'Rings of Power' as worth watching due to the 'sheer spectacle' of the series, although the plotting makes no sense, the series does not follow the 'Silmarillion' & is essentially fanfic, just using some names & otherwise 'just making stuff up, which would be okay, if they did a good job of it, which .. they .. do .. not'. It's an otherwise entertaining series, but don't expect the plot to make sense
Yochanan reviewed a copy of Astounding Stories from Oct 1936 as an interesting and very different read, a real blast from the past. He enjoyed it, but found some of the writing used odd word choice, but is glad he picked it up
and Yochanan reviewed a Dutch movie he saw on Netflix, 'Captain Nova' - as seen with subtitles - and not a great movie, but it had a good heart
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nova
and Yochanan reviewed a book - 'Wannabes' by Dave Rudden, a Doctor Who Story that he found really fun to read & it's enough to make him want to look for others in the 'Decades' series
see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123215017-doctor-who
Ken reviewed 'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' as a really good ride, with a lot of action taking place in the afterlife & he definitely recommends it as worth full price. Yochanan followed on that he liked it - but didn't love it - thinking it was a good movie, but a little long & not worth re-watching
Cliff spoke about the 'Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' which had been on hiatus but is back as a quarterly. He received a copy of the summer 2024 issue & has been reading it & is glad that it has returned
check = https://www.fandsf.com/
Cliff also reviewed 'HomeLand' by RA Salvatore, a Dungeons & Dragons book, as the origin story for Drizzt Do'urden [although the 3rd Drizzt book published]. He enjoyed reading the book and found the setting well-imagined
Diane reviewed 'Murenga' by Nyasha Mugavazi as a graphic novel that was funded on Kickstarter, with excellent art and an amazing plotline
and the rumor of the week was = 'Better than Beetlejuice, BASFA'
we adjourned at = 8:51pm
there were auctions
Monday, September 9, 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 AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ]
https://www.parktownpizza.com
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8 pm
13live/4online beings attended the meeting
The minutes of meeting 1772 were accepted as 'being written by real intelligence instead of artificial or Russian intelligence'
Dave G attended the meeting & we all said 'hi'. He gave a report about the savings & 3 CD accounts - & the various actions he has taken with them, in large part due to Kennita's advice
The big jar was in attendance at the meeting
otherwise, we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58
[& +89.35 more over the live meetings, up thru 1772]
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
There was discussion about the BASFA webpage & our general lack of ability to get into it or the BASFA mailing list
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that James Earl Jones had died & Ken announced that Sergio Mendes also died
Yochanan announced that Eagle Moss Star Trek model ships are now available at Fan Home, check = https://www.fanhome.com/
Reviews:
Rick reviewed continuing to watch 'Rings of Power' as worth watching due to the 'sheer spectacle' of the series, although the plotting makes no sense, the series does not follow the 'Silmarillion' & is essentially fanfic, just using some names & otherwise 'just making stuff up, which would be okay, if they did a good job of it, which .. they .. do .. not'. It's an otherwise entertaining series, but don't expect the plot to make sense
Yochanan reviewed a copy of Astounding Stories from Oct 1936 as an interesting and very different read, a real blast from the past. He enjoyed it, but found some of the writing used odd word choice, but is glad he picked it up
and Yochanan reviewed a Dutch movie he saw on Netflix, 'Captain Nova' - as seen with subtitles - and not a great movie, but it had a good heart
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nova
and Yochanan reviewed a book - 'Wannabes' by Dave Rudden, a Doctor Who Story that he found really fun to read & it's enough to make him want to look for others in the 'Decades' series
see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123215017-doctor-who
Ken reviewed 'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' as a really good ride, with a lot of action taking place in the afterlife & he definitely recommends it as worth full price. Yochanan followed on that he liked it - but didn't love it - thinking it was a good movie, but a little long & not worth re-watching
Cliff spoke about the 'Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction' which had been on hiatus but is back as a quarterly. He received a copy of the summer 2024 issue & has been reading it & is glad that it has returned
check = https://www.fandsf.com/
Cliff also reviewed 'HomeLand' by RA Salvatore, a Dungeons & Dragons book, as the origin story for Drizzt Do'urden [although the 3rd Drizzt book published]. He enjoyed reading the book and found the setting well-imagined
Diane reviewed 'Murenga' by Nyasha Mugavazi as a graphic novel that was funded on Kickstarter, with excellent art and an amazing plotline
and the rumor of the week was = 'Better than Beetlejuice, BASFA'
we adjourned at = 8:51pm
there were auctions
