April 27 BASFA minutes
Apr. 27th, 2020 09:19 pmMinutes of Meeting #1547
Monday, April 27, 2020
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
Called to order at 8:08pm
16 beings, a cat & a Porg attended
The minutes of meeting 1545 were accepted as 'Zoom meeting course 101'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0
Our regular total is $15,631.83; party total is $230.58
It was suggested that BASFA open a Paypal account - this will be investigated
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cliff announced that he has sold a story & been paid [the important part!] & that his bibliography is here: http://www.cliffwinnig.com/Cliffs_Space/Bibliography.html
Gayle announced that the Metropolitan Opera has its members working from home cooperatively;
Lisa follow-on'd that her uncle used to compare & contrast the NY as versus the SF opera seasons
John O announced that Freddy Brown, a Filker from Ontario Canada, lost his battle with cancer this week & announced that Charlie Jane Anders' Hugo nom'd book - "The City in the Middle of the Night" - is available on most ebook sites for $2.99
Valerie announced that she is nearly done with another book
REVIEWS:
Valerie reviewed My Youtube how to cite videos as it has awkward phrasing and the closed captioning is annoying; she really enjoyed Malvolia in National Theatre's Twelfth Night, playing through Thursday & reviewed 'Love Never Dies' as controversial, but not wholly terrible & she is curious about what Andrew Lloyd Webber will release next week
Lisa reviewed 'Love Never Dies' as it did not hold her attention
Dave Wallace reviewed the Hugo nom'd 'Good Omens' miniseries as really, really good & was impressed with the acting & story, highly recommended & reviewed a John Scalzi book, 'The Last Emperox' as worth reading, Rick followed, saying he is having a blast of a time reading the book
Cliff reviewed a 'Picard' as made by a Berkeley native & he has enjoyed it & recommends it, Bob followed that his personal taste did not find it enjoyable & Cliff reviewed Patrick Stewart reading a Shakespeare sonnet a day on Facebook as a lot of fun = https://mymodernmet.com/patrick-stewart-shakespeares-sonnets/
John O reviewed his Hugo Reading the novella, 'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' by Becky Chambers as interesting & reviewed the novel, 'Gideon the Ninth' by Tamsyn Muir as extremely Goth - several folks followed, agreeing as to the degree of Goth
Gayle reviewed that she has enjoyed the Met opera performances being streamed, check metopera.org
and THANK YOU Fred! [Yes! Put urls in chat please]
we adjourned at 9:08 pm
Rumor of the week was = In the future the gothic novels will be printed with black ink on black paper.
Monday, April 27, 2020
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
Called to order at 8:08pm
16 beings, a cat & a Porg attended
The minutes of meeting 1545 were accepted as 'Zoom meeting course 101'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0
Our regular total is $15,631.83; party total is $230.58
It was suggested that BASFA open a Paypal account - this will be investigated
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cliff announced that he has sold a story & been paid [the important part!] & that his bibliography is here: http://www.cliffwinnig.com/Cliffs_Space/Bibliography.html
Gayle announced that the Metropolitan Opera has its members working from home cooperatively;
Lisa follow-on'd that her uncle used to compare & contrast the NY as versus the SF opera seasons
John O announced that Freddy Brown, a Filker from Ontario Canada, lost his battle with cancer this week & announced that Charlie Jane Anders' Hugo nom'd book - "The City in the Middle of the Night" - is available on most ebook sites for $2.99
Valerie announced that she is nearly done with another book
REVIEWS:
Valerie reviewed My Youtube how to cite videos as it has awkward phrasing and the closed captioning is annoying; she really enjoyed Malvolia in National Theatre's Twelfth Night, playing through Thursday & reviewed 'Love Never Dies' as controversial, but not wholly terrible & she is curious about what Andrew Lloyd Webber will release next week
Lisa reviewed 'Love Never Dies' as it did not hold her attention
Dave Wallace reviewed the Hugo nom'd 'Good Omens' miniseries as really, really good & was impressed with the acting & story, highly recommended & reviewed a John Scalzi book, 'The Last Emperox' as worth reading, Rick followed, saying he is having a blast of a time reading the book
Cliff reviewed a 'Picard' as made by a Berkeley native & he has enjoyed it & recommends it, Bob followed that his personal taste did not find it enjoyable & Cliff reviewed Patrick Stewart reading a Shakespeare sonnet a day on Facebook as a lot of fun = https://mymodernmet.com/patrick-stewart-shakespeares-sonnets/
John O reviewed his Hugo Reading the novella, 'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' by Becky Chambers as interesting & reviewed the novel, 'Gideon the Ninth' by Tamsyn Muir as extremely Goth - several folks followed, agreeing as to the degree of Goth
Gayle reviewed that she has enjoyed the Met opera performances being streamed, check metopera.org
and THANK YOU Fred! [Yes! Put urls in chat please]
we adjourned at 9:08 pm
Rumor of the week was = In the future the gothic novels will be printed with black ink on black paper.