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BASFA minutes for March 4
Minutes of Meeting #1490
Monday, March 4, 2019
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
The meeting was called to order at 20:00 with 21 people in attendance.
A party jar was established
The Minutes of meeting #1489 were posted online prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Barbara’s not here, man.
Treasurer Report
#1489
Regular $3.75
Party $10.00
Total
Regular $15,425.43
Party $28.48
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report.
The President was MIA with the Secretary
Committee Reports
Sports San Jose Sharks v. Chicago on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Seats are in the Upper Bowl 221 Rows 6/7 $52. Let Dave know ASAP. Ticket not yet secured and he needs the funds to do so.
SJ Giants: Two possible dates. Saturday, May 4 ($49, Star Wars night) and Saturday, June 15 ($52, Harry Potter Night). Martinelli’s VIP deck. Contact BASFA@p4tt.com if you are interested in either or both of these. We need a minimum of 15 people to commit.
Web Recent changes to the ownership of the Bay Area Ghost Hunter’s Meetup group page over to West Coast Paranormal Events means we will need to spin off the BASFA page. There are several options
Split the cost with WCPE/BAGH
Hand off organizing as a BASFA owned account ($90/every 6 months)
dissolve the group all together
Andy recommends that Meetup group return with the costs of the options.
Vikas offers to take over ownership, as he has his own Meetup account.
New Business As a result of the Meetup group report, an exploratory committee was formed to look into the options and potential costs of changes to the meetup account. This committee will be headed by Adrienne, along with Vikas.
Announcements
Bill Consonance will be heal March 22-24 at the Crowne Plaza Milpitas. Come and join us. consonance.org
JohnO: TomBoat is a GOH (Tom Smith and ToyBoat)
Carole: Char MacKay (another GOH) is an exceptional singer.
Lance March 30 is the 10th Anniversary celebration of South Bay Trans Day of Visibility. Free at the San Jose City Hall rotunda. 12:30 to 6 p.m. southbaytdov.org
DaveC There’s a convention. FogCon at the Walnut Creek Marriott this weekend. fogcon.org
Draculas by Crouch, Konrath, Strand & Wilson now available as an audio book.
eKevin On Saturday we went to the 3Below’s new season event. A bunch of us bought subscription for the year. 3belowtheaters.com
JohnO Stage1 theatre in Newark starts Mama Mia! this weekend. stage1theatre.com
Vikas Next SETI talk is on March 13 at 7 p.m. at SRI in Menlo Park. It is called Exloring Ultima Thule: Humanity’s Next Frontier. seti.org/event/exploring-ultima-thule-humanitys-next-frontier
Gerald The United States now has a human capable human spacecraft again! SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule was launched to ISS with a dummy payload.
Reviews
Dr.Chris The second book the the Janitors of the Post Apocalypse series Terminal Uprising by Jim C Hines. Fast fun read. Recommends Definately worth Kindle.
Fred The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (FogCon GOH) Really Really Good. Recommend. Raises interesting issues.
Stephen: Favorite book a few years ago. Review at sf3podcast.com
DaveC. Author will be at FogCon this weekend, and Cargo Cult will be there with the author’s books…
Adrienne Gallifrey was a really excellent con. Very polished and popular (compared to Chicago TARDIS) Enjoyed it overall. Tate & Barrowman were great fun. Tickets for next year go on sale April 13 at noon.
Andy: Tickets haven’t been selling out fast, so you may not need to be on top of it.
ChrisO: Taking a 10 year old fan and mother worth full price.
Big Finnish: The Missy Chronicles vol 1. with Michelle Gomez. Includes a visit to Henry VIII’s court.
Bill PantheaCon: Good to see pagan friends. Didn’t see any programming, but had fun time.
Stitches West - knitting and yarn show. Had a great time of it. Gayle and Lisa H were there. Great for fiber arts… Worth full price.
Carole: The have more than knitting and crochet. Weaving and dye classes were also available.
Saw Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse. See it before it’s finally gone. Stan Lee cameo!
JohnO: BD/DVD release will have a lot of footage that was animated but not included. An alternate universe edition!
Cirque du Solei’s Volta. Seemed awfully safe (no new ground or dangerous). Doesn’t live up to the standards of the previous shows.
Carole: New art director seems to be a good journeyman. All the pieces are there, but no wow.
Villa Montalvo has been featuring Bruce Munro’s light installation. Has Narnia influences. Glad he went. Through Sunday.
Carole: The assembly of items was impressive (though not individual components) $20 for shuttle bus, but no extra costs.
Gerald Went to MarsCon, in Bloomington Minnesota at the Airport Hilton. Less than 1000 attendees. Had good time. Not a huge program. Panels well attended. The Costumes and masquerade would do credit to a larger con. Very Very Cold. Not used to this cold in March. Not all panelists were able to make it. Worth the trip. He had three Panels and one presentation. Most of his panels ended up being solo presentations. Good parties.
Gayle: Science programming is usually very good. They only had one wildlife exhibit this year (usually more). Dead Dog Party was small, saw Day the Earth Stood Still (50s) for the first time. Noticed the wise people from around the world included muti-color and genders.
Lance Saw Wandering Earth. Chinese sci-fi (biggest grossing film ever) Based on a story by Liu Cixin who wrote the Three Body Problem. Uber space disaster epic. Well done. Standard characters. Worth big screen. Limited run
JohnO: Characters are cardboard, the grand tableau is very grand. Author writes on a grand scale. Enjoyed it. First disaster was a gimme, but second was a wrench of disbelief… SFX amazing. Apparently filmed (90%) in 3D. Lots of companies worked on it. Designed as an exportable film. Long film, no cookies. Worth full price.
JohnO Alita: Battle Angel. Grand universe. excellent world building. Lead character is animated with motion capture. The actress trained for all the martial arts (in the MoCap rig!) Based on a manga series. The previews gave away most of plot. Open for sequel. Worth IMAX.
How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. Conclusion to trilogy. New and different villain (bigger and badder). Emotional, especially if you’ve followed it all. Worth full price 3D
Vikas Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Like the older space opera stories. Multiple intersecting storylines. Ending left a little disappointed, but overall a well told story.
There was an auction.
Meeting adjourned at: 21:29 and the rumor was: Fake rumor
Monday, March 4, 2019
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
The meeting was called to order at 20:00 with 21 people in attendance.
A party jar was established
The Minutes of meeting #1489 were posted online prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Barbara’s not here, man.
Treasurer Report
#1489
Regular $3.75
Party $10.00
Total
Regular $15,425.43
Party $28.48
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report.
The President was MIA with the Secretary
Committee Reports
Sports San Jose Sharks v. Chicago on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Seats are in the Upper Bowl 221 Rows 6/7 $52. Let Dave know ASAP. Ticket not yet secured and he needs the funds to do so.
SJ Giants: Two possible dates. Saturday, May 4 ($49, Star Wars night) and Saturday, June 15 ($52, Harry Potter Night). Martinelli’s VIP deck. Contact BASFA@p4tt.com if you are interested in either or both of these. We need a minimum of 15 people to commit.
Web Recent changes to the ownership of the Bay Area Ghost Hunter’s Meetup group page over to West Coast Paranormal Events means we will need to spin off the BASFA page. There are several options
Split the cost with WCPE/BAGH
Hand off organizing as a BASFA owned account ($90/every 6 months)
dissolve the group all together
Andy recommends that Meetup group return with the costs of the options.
Vikas offers to take over ownership, as he has his own Meetup account.
New Business As a result of the Meetup group report, an exploratory committee was formed to look into the options and potential costs of changes to the meetup account. This committee will be headed by Adrienne, along with Vikas.
Announcements
Bill Consonance will be heal March 22-24 at the Crowne Plaza Milpitas. Come and join us. consonance.org
JohnO: TomBoat is a GOH (Tom Smith and ToyBoat)
Carole: Char MacKay (another GOH) is an exceptional singer.
Lance March 30 is the 10th Anniversary celebration of South Bay Trans Day of Visibility. Free at the San Jose City Hall rotunda. 12:30 to 6 p.m. southbaytdov.org
DaveC There’s a convention. FogCon at the Walnut Creek Marriott this weekend. fogcon.org
Draculas by Crouch, Konrath, Strand & Wilson now available as an audio book.
eKevin On Saturday we went to the 3Below’s new season event. A bunch of us bought subscription for the year. 3belowtheaters.com
JohnO Stage1 theatre in Newark starts Mama Mia! this weekend. stage1theatre.com
Vikas Next SETI talk is on March 13 at 7 p.m. at SRI in Menlo Park. It is called Exloring Ultima Thule: Humanity’s Next Frontier. seti.org/event/exploring-ultima-thule-humanitys-next-frontier
Gerald The United States now has a human capable human spacecraft again! SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule was launched to ISS with a dummy payload.
Reviews
Dr.Chris The second book the the Janitors of the Post Apocalypse series Terminal Uprising by Jim C Hines. Fast fun read. Recommends Definately worth Kindle.
Fred The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (FogCon GOH) Really Really Good. Recommend. Raises interesting issues.
Stephen: Favorite book a few years ago. Review at sf3podcast.com
DaveC. Author will be at FogCon this weekend, and Cargo Cult will be there with the author’s books…
Adrienne Gallifrey was a really excellent con. Very polished and popular (compared to Chicago TARDIS) Enjoyed it overall. Tate & Barrowman were great fun. Tickets for next year go on sale April 13 at noon.
Andy: Tickets haven’t been selling out fast, so you may not need to be on top of it.
ChrisO: Taking a 10 year old fan and mother worth full price.
Big Finnish: The Missy Chronicles vol 1. with Michelle Gomez. Includes a visit to Henry VIII’s court.
Bill PantheaCon: Good to see pagan friends. Didn’t see any programming, but had fun time.
Stitches West - knitting and yarn show. Had a great time of it. Gayle and Lisa H were there. Great for fiber arts… Worth full price.
Carole: The have more than knitting and crochet. Weaving and dye classes were also available.
Saw Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse. See it before it’s finally gone. Stan Lee cameo!
JohnO: BD/DVD release will have a lot of footage that was animated but not included. An alternate universe edition!
Cirque du Solei’s Volta. Seemed awfully safe (no new ground or dangerous). Doesn’t live up to the standards of the previous shows.
Carole: New art director seems to be a good journeyman. All the pieces are there, but no wow.
Villa Montalvo has been featuring Bruce Munro’s light installation. Has Narnia influences. Glad he went. Through Sunday.
Carole: The assembly of items was impressive (though not individual components) $20 for shuttle bus, but no extra costs.
Gerald Went to MarsCon, in Bloomington Minnesota at the Airport Hilton. Less than 1000 attendees. Had good time. Not a huge program. Panels well attended. The Costumes and masquerade would do credit to a larger con. Very Very Cold. Not used to this cold in March. Not all panelists were able to make it. Worth the trip. He had three Panels and one presentation. Most of his panels ended up being solo presentations. Good parties.
Gayle: Science programming is usually very good. They only had one wildlife exhibit this year (usually more). Dead Dog Party was small, saw Day the Earth Stood Still (50s) for the first time. Noticed the wise people from around the world included muti-color and genders.
Lance Saw Wandering Earth. Chinese sci-fi (biggest grossing film ever) Based on a story by Liu Cixin who wrote the Three Body Problem. Uber space disaster epic. Well done. Standard characters. Worth big screen. Limited run
JohnO: Characters are cardboard, the grand tableau is very grand. Author writes on a grand scale. Enjoyed it. First disaster was a gimme, but second was a wrench of disbelief… SFX amazing. Apparently filmed (90%) in 3D. Lots of companies worked on it. Designed as an exportable film. Long film, no cookies. Worth full price.
JohnO Alita: Battle Angel. Grand universe. excellent world building. Lead character is animated with motion capture. The actress trained for all the martial arts (in the MoCap rig!) Based on a manga series. The previews gave away most of plot. Open for sequel. Worth IMAX.
How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. Conclusion to trilogy. New and different villain (bigger and badder). Emotional, especially if you’ve followed it all. Worth full price 3D
Vikas Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Like the older space opera stories. Multiple intersecting storylines. Ending left a little disappointed, but overall a well told story.
There was an auction.
Meeting adjourned at: 21:29 and the rumor was: Fake rumor