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BASFA minutes for August 5, 2024
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melcharMinutes of Meeting #1768
Monday, August 5, 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 20:01
6live/4online beings attended the meeting
Secretary = The minutes of meeting 1767 were posted online, and were accepted as better than a poke in the eye
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 $63.85 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President = Nothing fannish to report.
President = Not present.
Committees: None.
New Business: None.
Announcements:
Yochanan: SF Shakes free Shakespeare in the park (the Tempest) is on going. Just ended their Cupertino engagement, and will be in Redwood City, then San Francisco. sfshakes.org
and GalaxyCon August 16-18 at McEnery Convention Center. Eclectic group of guests. galaxycon.com
Ken: Orville announcement.
Reviews
Yochanan: The Tempest (SFShakes) Wonderful. Very Good. Love the free Shakespeare people. Add some musical numbers, and amazing percussionist. Prospero was played by an Afr.Amer Woman, and the faerie was play by a gender neutral person. Great people, great show. Highly recommend.
Ark: The Animated Series (Paramount+) Based on a video game. Only six episodes, of varying length. Adult animation, line drawn. Paleontologist wakes up to prehistoric creatures. Great voice talent (Gerald Butler, David Tennant, Michelle Yeoh) Not for kids!
Uncertain Stars (picked up at BayCon) edited by Valerie Frankle. Includes several members of BASFA (Candy, Gerald) All really good. Very different stories. Highly recommend. Worth every penny!
Kennita = SCC Fair. Good time. Not nearly enough signs. Lots of things going on at the same time. Live animals (including a sloth!). $20 for parking, $15 admission. Food is at theatre prices, but delicious. thefair.org
Rani = Gail Carriger local author of The Finishing School steampunk series. First one is Etiquette and Espionage. Intelligent and spunky young women go to a finishing girl for intelligence work. Very fun books. (YA branch of the Parasol Protectorate).
Cliff: An audio recording of her appearance at SF in SF is available on the SF in SF podcast.
Walter: Reread a book called Recursion by Blake Crouch. Good time travel story with a twist that causes world-ending events.
Sandra = Edge Runners (Netflix) animated series. Eye popping. Worth looking into. Future Japan, augmented humans and the side effects. Not for kids. netflix.com/title/81054853
Walter: Has played the game. Amazing graphics.
Cliff: Frank Zappa on Steve Allen teaching the bicycle. Last night saw Dweezil Zappa playing his dad’s music. The best Frank Zappa cover band.
(partial review) Wednesday (Netflix) 5/8 through. Loving it. Really great spin on the girl detective trope. Characters are closer to the Chaz Addams versions. Cute references that he had to explain to the kids.
Yochanan: Watched when it came out (with sister and nephew) All loved it.
Robyn: Also watched it. Wednesday is brilliant (smarter than the rest of her family).
Cliff: There’s also a web series on YouTube called Adult Wednesday Addams. (not x rated)
Rumor of the Week: Wednesday’s cool, but Monday is cooler because we have BASFA meetings.
Adjourned at: 21:04
Auction followed.
Monday, August 5, 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 20:01
6live/4online beings attended the meeting
Secretary = The minutes of meeting 1767 were posted online, and were accepted as better than a poke in the eye
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 $63.85 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President = Nothing fannish to report.
President = Not present.
Committees: None.
New Business: None.
Announcements:
Yochanan: SF Shakes free Shakespeare in the park (the Tempest) is on going. Just ended their Cupertino engagement, and will be in Redwood City, then San Francisco. sfshakes.org
and GalaxyCon August 16-18 at McEnery Convention Center. Eclectic group of guests. galaxycon.com
Ken: Orville announcement.
Reviews
Yochanan: The Tempest (SFShakes) Wonderful. Very Good. Love the free Shakespeare people. Add some musical numbers, and amazing percussionist. Prospero was played by an Afr.Amer Woman, and the faerie was play by a gender neutral person. Great people, great show. Highly recommend.
Ark: The Animated Series (Paramount+) Based on a video game. Only six episodes, of varying length. Adult animation, line drawn. Paleontologist wakes up to prehistoric creatures. Great voice talent (Gerald Butler, David Tennant, Michelle Yeoh) Not for kids!
Uncertain Stars (picked up at BayCon) edited by Valerie Frankle. Includes several members of BASFA (Candy, Gerald) All really good. Very different stories. Highly recommend. Worth every penny!
Kennita = SCC Fair. Good time. Not nearly enough signs. Lots of things going on at the same time. Live animals (including a sloth!). $20 for parking, $15 admission. Food is at theatre prices, but delicious. thefair.org
Rani = Gail Carriger local author of The Finishing School steampunk series. First one is Etiquette and Espionage. Intelligent and spunky young women go to a finishing girl for intelligence work. Very fun books. (YA branch of the Parasol Protectorate).
Cliff: An audio recording of her appearance at SF in SF is available on the SF in SF podcast.
Walter: Reread a book called Recursion by Blake Crouch. Good time travel story with a twist that causes world-ending events.
Sandra = Edge Runners (Netflix) animated series. Eye popping. Worth looking into. Future Japan, augmented humans and the side effects. Not for kids. netflix.com/title/81054853
Walter: Has played the game. Amazing graphics.
Cliff: Frank Zappa on Steve Allen teaching the bicycle. Last night saw Dweezil Zappa playing his dad’s music. The best Frank Zappa cover band.
(partial review) Wednesday (Netflix) 5/8 through. Loving it. Really great spin on the girl detective trope. Characters are closer to the Chaz Addams versions. Cute references that he had to explain to the kids.
Yochanan: Watched when it came out (with sister and nephew) All loved it.
Robyn: Also watched it. Wednesday is brilliant (smarter than the rest of her family).
Cliff: There’s also a web series on YouTube called Adult Wednesday Addams. (not x rated)
Rumor of the Week: Wednesday’s cool, but Monday is cooler because we have BASFA meetings.
Adjourned at: 21:04
Auction followed.
