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March 18 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1492
Monday, March 18, 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 14 people sailing the ocean blue…
A party jar was established
The Minutes of meeting #1491 were posted online prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Pre Columbian
Correction: Gerald moved that the 1492 committee come to be, and Kennita chaired it.
The Treasurer was not present, but it was presumed that we have money.
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report.
The President was MIA with the Secretary
Committee Reports
The Meeting 1492 Committee made the following presentation:
From the 1492 Committee
Kennita Watson, Candy Lowe, Gerald Nordley
To be read into the BASFA minutes of meeting number 1492
We recognize Columbus not for how much he was a man of his times, but how much he transcended them in navigation and as well as leadership. Leif Erickson as well.
The role of the Roman Catholic Church and the Inquisition which – in seeking conversion, dominance, and obedience (which victimized both explorers and indigenous peoples) – should not be ignored.
The role of diseases, which were nobody’s fault, was important. History is complex – retroactive PC debatable.
The bottom line is: Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
“In 1442, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” - except that whatever he landed on wasn’t America, and – oops – it was already occupied. But regardless of what mistakes were made, and who-all wrong whom and just how badly (which could be debated endlessly) we celebrate 1492 as a trope for exploration and discovery.
When we venture out across the starry sea we hope that both we and whoever we may encounter will be glad we came.
All hail BASFA #1492!
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. If you haven’t paid for your tickets, please send funds to Dave Gallaher.
SJ Giants: Saturday, May 4 ($49, Star Wars night) Martinelli’s VIP deck. Payments can be made to Ken at the meeting or via PayPal BASFA@p4tt.com
Announcements
evilKevin He has done the code for Bluetooth addressable wearable light-ups. He’s posted the work on Github. github.com/KPRoche/BLE-Beetle-Pixels
Lisa Convention this weekend: Consonnance. Tom Smith & ToyBoat will be there. Lots of music. Milpitas Crowne Plaza. Come and have fun.
JC Another convention this weekend: Clockwork Alchemy. Will be there representing BayCon2019 (May 24-27). He has bookmarks. Baycon will be doing a multipass with Kublacon this year.
Samantha: Will be her fourth Clockwork Alchemy. War rooms, tea room, airship races... Steampunk!
Carole Costumecon also this weekend in Massachusetts.
Reviews
JC Movie: Captain Marvel. Always questions RottenTomatoes. Anticipation score of 28%, which was removed. This movie kicked-@$$. Strong females is a wonderful, inspiring film. Stay to the end of the credits. Seen it three times. Go see it if you haven’t yet. Leans towards being his most favorite Marvel film. The outfit is great. Better written dialogue. Lot of mid-90s music.
Kennita: Thought is was a passible film. Lead was no Buffy (which she wanted)
Carole: worth full price. Memorial to Stan in the opening.
Samantha: Supporting characters were wonderful.
Bill: Saw IMAX. Had a good time. Worth IMAX. Soundtrack also composed by woman.
Lisa: Loved it. Not OTT on violence. The whole Fam loved it.
JohnO: 3D. Could hear the crowd reacting to the Marvel open. For a 3D conversion, they did a good job.
Gayle Went to the Tech. Saw an IMAX movie about how great it is to be an engineer. Featuring an Arizona high school robotics team that beat MIT.
Disneyland: Liked Space Mountain, Splash Mountain was exciting. Ate at the Blue Bayou, and watched the pirate ships go by. Did ride Pirates.
There was an auction.
Meeting adjourned at: 20:40, and the rumor was: The world’s controlled by flerkens, we just live here.
Monday, March 18, 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 14 people sailing the ocean blue…
A party jar was established
The Minutes of meeting #1491 were posted online prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Pre Columbian
Correction: Gerald moved that the 1492 committee come to be, and Kennita chaired it.
The Treasurer was not present, but it was presumed that we have money.
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report.
The President was MIA with the Secretary
Committee Reports
The Meeting 1492 Committee made the following presentation:
From the 1492 Committee
Kennita Watson, Candy Lowe, Gerald Nordley
To be read into the BASFA minutes of meeting number 1492
We recognize Columbus not for how much he was a man of his times, but how much he transcended them in navigation and as well as leadership. Leif Erickson as well.
The role of the Roman Catholic Church and the Inquisition which – in seeking conversion, dominance, and obedience (which victimized both explorers and indigenous peoples) – should not be ignored.
The role of diseases, which were nobody’s fault, was important. History is complex – retroactive PC debatable.
The bottom line is: Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
“In 1442, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” - except that whatever he landed on wasn’t America, and – oops – it was already occupied. But regardless of what mistakes were made, and who-all wrong whom and just how badly (which could be debated endlessly) we celebrate 1492 as a trope for exploration and discovery.
When we venture out across the starry sea we hope that both we and whoever we may encounter will be glad we came.
All hail BASFA #1492!
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. If you haven’t paid for your tickets, please send funds to Dave Gallaher.
SJ Giants: Saturday, May 4 ($49, Star Wars night) Martinelli’s VIP deck. Payments can be made to Ken at the meeting or via PayPal BASFA@p4tt.com
Announcements
evilKevin He has done the code for Bluetooth addressable wearable light-ups. He’s posted the work on Github. github.com/KPRoche/BLE-Beetle-Pixels
Lisa Convention this weekend: Consonnance. Tom Smith & ToyBoat will be there. Lots of music. Milpitas Crowne Plaza. Come and have fun.
JC Another convention this weekend: Clockwork Alchemy. Will be there representing BayCon2019 (May 24-27). He has bookmarks. Baycon will be doing a multipass with Kublacon this year.
Samantha: Will be her fourth Clockwork Alchemy. War rooms, tea room, airship races... Steampunk!
Carole Costumecon also this weekend in Massachusetts.
Reviews
JC Movie: Captain Marvel. Always questions RottenTomatoes. Anticipation score of 28%, which was removed. This movie kicked-@$$. Strong females is a wonderful, inspiring film. Stay to the end of the credits. Seen it three times. Go see it if you haven’t yet. Leans towards being his most favorite Marvel film. The outfit is great. Better written dialogue. Lot of mid-90s music.
Kennita: Thought is was a passible film. Lead was no Buffy (which she wanted)
Carole: worth full price. Memorial to Stan in the opening.
Samantha: Supporting characters were wonderful.
Bill: Saw IMAX. Had a good time. Worth IMAX. Soundtrack also composed by woman.
Lisa: Loved it. Not OTT on violence. The whole Fam loved it.
JohnO: 3D. Could hear the crowd reacting to the Marvel open. For a 3D conversion, they did a good job.
Gayle Went to the Tech. Saw an IMAX movie about how great it is to be an engineer. Featuring an Arizona high school robotics team that beat MIT.
Disneyland: Liked Space Mountain, Splash Mountain was exciting. Ate at the Blue Bayou, and watched the pirate ships go by. Did ride Pirates.
There was an auction.
Meeting adjourned at: 20:40, and the rumor was: The world’s controlled by flerkens, we just live here.