BASFA minutes for October 28, 2024
Minutes of Meeting #1780
Monday, October 28, 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 20:00
Total of 12/3 in attendance
Secretary = The minutes of meeting 1779 were posted online, and were accepted as: It ran so long the motion to adjourn failed for lack of second.
Treasurer = Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $108.10 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President = Nothing fannish to report.
President = Not present.
Committees: None.
New Business: None.
Announcements:
Keith = Discworld RPG is on Kickstarter, with special rules regarding the effects of puns… kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/terry-pratchetts-discworld-rpg
Lisa: RIP: Jeri Taylor, Star Trek producer, writer & director (and responsible for the creation of Voyager). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Taylor
Reviews
Rick: Agatha All Along (D+) Incredibly good. Episode 7 (ante-penultimate) amazingly good – best thing he’s seen in years. Equally as good (if not better) than Loki and WandaVision.
Yochanan: (only first 3 episodes so far) Episode one had him question what he was watching? (in a good way) and episodes two wowed him. (Rick says episode one is a ScandiNoir pastiche).
Fred: Went to Mile-Hi Con. Very nice, pleasant. Heavy on writers, with a nice science & maker track. Very friendly, fun. Recommends A+ (full price). milehicon.org
Yochanan: River (2023, available on Amazon Prime and others) Japanese Sci-Fi Comedy (100% Rotten Tomato, and deserves it). Witty, charming. A Kyoto hotel is stuck in a 2-minute time loop. Live action with subtitles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(2023_film)
The Borrowers, read by Christopher Eccleston (unabridged audio book, 2017). Really enjoyed it. amazon.com/The-Borrowers/dp/B073V7V3BV
Rani = Went to Theatreworks show King James. Comedy about superfans who forge a friendship through a shared love of their hometown Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James. Mt. View center for the Performing Arts. Through 11/3 theatreworks.org/mainstage/king-james/
Keith: Gravity Lost by LM Sagas. Sequel to Cascade Failure. Really nice. This one proceeds a little better than the first. amazon.com/Gravity-Lost-Novel-Ambits-Run/dp/125087128X
Ken: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+) They’re back, and they dropped the first two episodes last week. There’s a call-back to the original animated series – complete with the mispronunciation!. If you’ve watched all the previous four series, definitely your cup of tea. If you haven’t – go watch the first four series, then these! Sadly no Ready Rooms for this (at least there has been yet). Check out the YouTube channel Trek Culture (youtube.com/@TrekCulture)
Rumor of the Week: Puerto Rico objects to being compared to the United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser.
Adjourned at: 20:42
Monday, October 28, 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 20:00
Total of 12/3 in attendance
Secretary = The minutes of meeting 1779 were posted online, and were accepted as: It ran so long the motion to adjourn failed for lack of second.
Treasurer = Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $108.10 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President = Nothing fannish to report.
President = Not present.
Committees: None.
New Business: None.
Announcements:
Keith = Discworld RPG is on Kickstarter, with special rules regarding the effects of puns… kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/terry-pratchetts-discworld-rpg
Lisa: RIP: Jeri Taylor, Star Trek producer, writer & director (and responsible for the creation of Voyager). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Taylor
Reviews
Rick: Agatha All Along (D+) Incredibly good. Episode 7 (ante-penultimate) amazingly good – best thing he’s seen in years. Equally as good (if not better) than Loki and WandaVision.
Yochanan: (only first 3 episodes so far) Episode one had him question what he was watching? (in a good way) and episodes two wowed him. (Rick says episode one is a ScandiNoir pastiche).
Fred: Went to Mile-Hi Con. Very nice, pleasant. Heavy on writers, with a nice science & maker track. Very friendly, fun. Recommends A+ (full price). milehicon.org
Yochanan: River (2023, available on Amazon Prime and others) Japanese Sci-Fi Comedy (100% Rotten Tomato, and deserves it). Witty, charming. A Kyoto hotel is stuck in a 2-minute time loop. Live action with subtitles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(2023_film)
The Borrowers, read by Christopher Eccleston (unabridged audio book, 2017). Really enjoyed it. amazon.com/The-Borrowers/dp/B073V7V3BV
Rani = Went to Theatreworks show King James. Comedy about superfans who forge a friendship through a shared love of their hometown Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James. Mt. View center for the Performing Arts. Through 11/3 theatreworks.org/mainstage/king-james/
Keith: Gravity Lost by LM Sagas. Sequel to Cascade Failure. Really nice. This one proceeds a little better than the first. amazon.com/Gravity-Lost-Novel-Ambits-Run/dp/125087128X
Ken: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+) They’re back, and they dropped the first two episodes last week. There’s a call-back to the original animated series – complete with the mispronunciation!. If you’ve watched all the previous four series, definitely your cup of tea. If you haven’t – go watch the first four series, then these! Sadly no Ready Rooms for this (at least there has been yet). Check out the YouTube channel Trek Culture (youtube.com/@TrekCulture)
Rumor of the Week: Puerto Rico objects to being compared to the United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser.
Adjourned at: 20:42