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June 28 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1608
Monday, June 28, 2021
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
ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX
Called to order at 8 pm
16 log-ins
The minutes of meeting 1607 were accepted as: Too hot to handle.
Treasurer Regular: $15,716.52
Party: $230.58
money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
Discussion about interest bearing accounts ensued…
Vice President: Nothing Fannish to report.
President: Not present.
Committees:
Party = First party of 2021 at PawCon 11/5 & 6 Doubletree SJ.!! pacanthro.org
Entertain suggestions of other parties.
Reconvening/Relocation = Doesn’t look like Black Bear will be able to accommodate our late stays. New management appears to hold to the 9 p.m. closing time. The committee is going to shift its focus to relocation. Currently communicating with Holder’s Country Inn in Cupertino (seeing of the late stay is an issue). We have the fall-back of Denny’s, which is a 24-hour operation. The Milpitas one would be an easy transition for us, and we’ve met there a couple times – as a last minute change. The Campbell and Willow Glen Denny’s also have meeting spaces. If you know of other restaurants that have a meeting space, that can take us past 9 p.m. and doesn’t charge extra for the space, email basfa@p4tt.com.
Sports: San Jose Giants Harry Potter Night, Saturday, July 31 (game starts at 6 p.m.)
This year we are on the Party Patio, along the first base line. Restrictions have been lifted, which means we have up to 50 people. Cost is $70 per ticket.
Food will be a served buffet with a choice of three items (from Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken Sandwiches, Tri-Tip or Pulled Pork) each attendee will need to vote for which three would be their preference, and the top three will be selected (if we need one or two veggie orders, we can probably do that on top of the three, otherwise we can make one selection the veggie). Sides include Potato Salad and Fruit Cups, plus unlimited soda and water. Each ticket-holder will also get two drinks tickets, good for beer or wine.
Here are the current “Play It Safe” policies: https://www.milb.com/san-jose/ballpark/play-it-safe-policies
Contact Ken at basfa@p4tt.com (not p4tt.me) to get your spot, vote for your food choices and to paypal your payment.
No new business.
Announcements:
Yochanan: Joanne Linville passed away 6/20/21 aged 93. Best known is our circles as the Romulan Commander from the Star Trek epsidoe The Enterprise Incident
Gerald: SpaceX Transporter 80% going tomorrow. Putting up satellites. Booster to land at Cape Canaveral. spaceflightnow.com
Howierd: First time in a year and a half LV had rain! There was even a puddle – with adults playing in it! 1/100” of rain according to NOAA. Usually it’s monsoon season…
The Cat he adopted back in December lost half of body its weight, and had to be put to sleep. Has plans to visit a new cat from PetFinder.com named Talm.
Lisa: 3-below is showing regular movies (In the Heights currently, Black Widow in July).
Gayle: Finally put up her background with family at The Black Bear Diner.
RickM = His May 8 bash was non-fatal. These events are actually every second Saturday.. July 10 is the next one, and an announcement will be forthcoming.
Reviews
Yochanan: Apocalypto (2006), Mel Gibson. Historical adventure film. Interesting, action packed, in Mayan not English. A bit bloody. Glad he saw it.
Rick & Morty (saw first 2 episodes) very fannish and a little profane. Laughed, and will continue to watch. Seems modeled on Doc & Marty. Not for kids.
Howierd: Discovered he could record Batwoman, and watched this afternoon (so you don’t have to). Episode was apparently the season ender. Derivative. Bunch of jokerish characters, twin Batwomen fighting each other. Fake Kung Fu fights, the are they dead in the river trope. Won’t bother invest in the whole season. Not worth the antenna.
Duncan = Katla: Icelandic series. Not a big FX, relies on the Icelandic scenery. Starts as a slow family drama, moves onto ancestors showing up with a volcano erupting in the backdrop. Netflix. Recommend.
Kennita = Loki: Enjoying a lot. Charismatic. Plot points have been interesting. Currently weekly on Disney+
Craig: Star Trek: Lower Decks (DVD from library) Not a big fan of adult oriented animation, but really enjoyed it. Liked all the in-jokes.
Aetheus: Tried teardrop camping at Bridgeport at Mono Lake. $120/night for stocked camper from Sierra Teardrops This had a bed and a kitchen and was towable by his car (you can get bigger ones that are en suite). Recommends sierrateardrops.com
Rumor of the Week: May all BASFA meetings be delivered on a Silver Trey.
Adjourned at: 21:13
Monday, June 28, 2021
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
ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX
Called to order at 8 pm
16 log-ins
The minutes of meeting 1607 were accepted as: Too hot to handle.
Treasurer Regular: $15,716.52
Party: $230.58
money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
Discussion about interest bearing accounts ensued…
Vice President: Nothing Fannish to report.
President: Not present.
Committees:
Party = First party of 2021 at PawCon 11/5 & 6 Doubletree SJ.!! pacanthro.org
Entertain suggestions of other parties.
Reconvening/Relocation = Doesn’t look like Black Bear will be able to accommodate our late stays. New management appears to hold to the 9 p.m. closing time. The committee is going to shift its focus to relocation. Currently communicating with Holder’s Country Inn in Cupertino (seeing of the late stay is an issue). We have the fall-back of Denny’s, which is a 24-hour operation. The Milpitas one would be an easy transition for us, and we’ve met there a couple times – as a last minute change. The Campbell and Willow Glen Denny’s also have meeting spaces. If you know of other restaurants that have a meeting space, that can take us past 9 p.m. and doesn’t charge extra for the space, email basfa@p4tt.com.
Sports: San Jose Giants Harry Potter Night, Saturday, July 31 (game starts at 6 p.m.)
This year we are on the Party Patio, along the first base line. Restrictions have been lifted, which means we have up to 50 people. Cost is $70 per ticket.
Food will be a served buffet with a choice of three items (from Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken Sandwiches, Tri-Tip or Pulled Pork) each attendee will need to vote for which three would be their preference, and the top three will be selected (if we need one or two veggie orders, we can probably do that on top of the three, otherwise we can make one selection the veggie). Sides include Potato Salad and Fruit Cups, plus unlimited soda and water. Each ticket-holder will also get two drinks tickets, good for beer or wine.
Here are the current “Play It Safe” policies: https://www.milb.com/san-jose/ballpark/play-it-safe-policies
Contact Ken at basfa@p4tt.com (not p4tt.me) to get your spot, vote for your food choices and to paypal your payment.
No new business.
Announcements:
Yochanan: Joanne Linville passed away 6/20/21 aged 93. Best known is our circles as the Romulan Commander from the Star Trek epsidoe The Enterprise Incident
Gerald: SpaceX Transporter 80% going tomorrow. Putting up satellites. Booster to land at Cape Canaveral. spaceflightnow.com
Howierd: First time in a year and a half LV had rain! There was even a puddle – with adults playing in it! 1/100” of rain according to NOAA. Usually it’s monsoon season…
The Cat he adopted back in December lost half of body its weight, and had to be put to sleep. Has plans to visit a new cat from PetFinder.com named Talm.
Lisa: 3-below is showing regular movies (In the Heights currently, Black Widow in July).
Gayle: Finally put up her background with family at The Black Bear Diner.
RickM = His May 8 bash was non-fatal. These events are actually every second Saturday.. July 10 is the next one, and an announcement will be forthcoming.
Reviews
Yochanan: Apocalypto (2006), Mel Gibson. Historical adventure film. Interesting, action packed, in Mayan not English. A bit bloody. Glad he saw it.
Rick & Morty (saw first 2 episodes) very fannish and a little profane. Laughed, and will continue to watch. Seems modeled on Doc & Marty. Not for kids.
Howierd: Discovered he could record Batwoman, and watched this afternoon (so you don’t have to). Episode was apparently the season ender. Derivative. Bunch of jokerish characters, twin Batwomen fighting each other. Fake Kung Fu fights, the are they dead in the river trope. Won’t bother invest in the whole season. Not worth the antenna.
Duncan = Katla: Icelandic series. Not a big FX, relies on the Icelandic scenery. Starts as a slow family drama, moves onto ancestors showing up with a volcano erupting in the backdrop. Netflix. Recommend.
Kennita = Loki: Enjoying a lot. Charismatic. Plot points have been interesting. Currently weekly on Disney+
Craig: Star Trek: Lower Decks (DVD from library) Not a big fan of adult oriented animation, but really enjoyed it. Liked all the in-jokes.
Aetheus: Tried teardrop camping at Bridgeport at Mono Lake. $120/night for stocked camper from Sierra Teardrops This had a bed and a kitchen and was towable by his car (you can get bigger ones that are en suite). Recommends sierrateardrops.com
Rumor of the Week: May all BASFA meetings be delivered on a Silver Trey.
Adjourned at: 21:13