July 26 BASFA minutes
Jul. 26th, 2021 10:23 pmMinutes of Meeting #1612
Monday, July 26, 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 8:03 pm
17 various beings eventually attended
The minutes of meeting 1611 were accepted as 'dispensed with'
the proxy Treasurer report is that the treasury is status quo & we have money =
regular total is now $15,716.52; the party jar total is $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
The 'Getting back to Live Meetings & Relocation Committee' reported that there will be an online survey offered in the very near future, offered via the BASFA list, Facebook, on Meetup
link to the survey at = http://p4tt.com/basfa/index.php/899733
The Sports Committee reminded that THIS Saturday, July 31 is the BASFA outing to the SJ Giants game & Harry Potter night & Ken is still working out how to distribute the tickets for the game; contact at = basfa@p4tt.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sandra announced that a movie called 'the Green Knight' will be shown at 3below Theaters for the next 2 weeks, starting Thursday
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_green_knight
http://www.3belowtheaters.com/movie/the-green-knight
Lisa announced that a well-known fanzine writer & active fan, Ed Meskys died
Howeird announced that the petition to not allow Jeff Bezos back on planet Earth did not succeed & announced that he has a follow-up job interview coming up to monitoring video streams that, while based in Seattle, does much of its work in Las Vegas
REVIEWS:
Alan reviewed 'A Quiet Place, part 2' as he enjoyed it & Yochanan agreed;
& he reviewed 'He-Man, Revelation' as most of the 1st episode was well-written but he objects that He-Man was killed in the first episode
Gerald reviewed a discussion organized by Erik Heideman, longtime fan and Minneapolis convention regular about Heinlein juvenile books as a good time was had by all
Yochanan reviewed 'Black Widow' as it was really good & done well, with great action & Lisa agreed;
& he reviewed a book by Mike Chen called 'Here and Now and Then' as a first novel and an amazing read using time travel and he heartily recommends it
we adjourned at 8:38 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'I have no reachable fingers and I must Zoom'
Monday, July 26, 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 8:03 pm
17 various beings eventually attended
The minutes of meeting 1611 were accepted as 'dispensed with'
the proxy Treasurer report is that the treasury is status quo & we have money =
regular total is now $15,716.52; the party jar total is $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
The 'Getting back to Live Meetings & Relocation Committee' reported that there will be an online survey offered in the very near future, offered via the BASFA list, Facebook, on Meetup
link to the survey at = http://p4tt.com/basfa/index.php/899733
The Sports Committee reminded that THIS Saturday, July 31 is the BASFA outing to the SJ Giants game & Harry Potter night & Ken is still working out how to distribute the tickets for the game; contact at = basfa@p4tt.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sandra announced that a movie called 'the Green Knight' will be shown at 3below Theaters for the next 2 weeks, starting Thursday
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_green_knight
http://www.3belowtheaters.com/movie/the-green-knight
Lisa announced that a well-known fanzine writer & active fan, Ed Meskys died
Howeird announced that the petition to not allow Jeff Bezos back on planet Earth did not succeed & announced that he has a follow-up job interview coming up to monitoring video streams that, while based in Seattle, does much of its work in Las Vegas
REVIEWS:
Alan reviewed 'A Quiet Place, part 2' as he enjoyed it & Yochanan agreed;
& he reviewed 'He-Man, Revelation' as most of the 1st episode was well-written but he objects that He-Man was killed in the first episode
Gerald reviewed a discussion organized by Erik Heideman, longtime fan and Minneapolis convention regular about Heinlein juvenile books as a good time was had by all
Yochanan reviewed 'Black Widow' as it was really good & done well, with great action & Lisa agreed;
& he reviewed a book by Mike Chen called 'Here and Now and Then' as a first novel and an amazing read using time travel and he heartily recommends it
we adjourned at 8:38 pm
and the rumor of the week = 'I have no reachable fingers and I must Zoom'