April 6 BASFA minutes
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1544
Monday, April 6, 2020
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
Called to order at 8pm-ish
21 humanoids & at least 3 kitties attended
the President ruled that establishing multiple jars cannot be reasonably done while online
The minutes of meeting 1543 were accepted as 'virtually there' [eventually]
the Treasurer was not present
the VP reported [with help] that he was responsible for setting this up
the President thanked eveyone who made this possible & wished everyone well
the Sports Committee reported that there might be a BASFA outing to the SJGiants Harry Potter night on Friday, July 31, tba, so there may or may not be refunds - or a game held - & Worldcon/New Zealand may be help online
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bob announced that - 'no no not me!' & hello from Arizona - he had 2 books published = Motorcycle Summer and Other Stories (short SF, Fantasy, Horror) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PFH9L2 & A Bird Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086HWXFPC - Kindles and Paperbacks available on Amazon
Kevin [from Nevada!] announced that he is on a backup computer & that tomorrow at 1pm on youtube CoNZealand will announce the Hugo awards Hugo finalist announcements - on the CoNZealand YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0O_ZiYnuzIqEQ4cfRMenYQ
Valerie announced that there are lots of free internet goodies
Cliff announced that one of his short stories was reviewed on Locus in the March 2020 issue = “Preliminary Field Observations of the Los Gatos Obelisk” (Mad Scientist Journal, Winter 2020, Dawn Vogel and Jeremy Zimmerman, eds.)
Lisa announced that Honor Blackman has died
Ric announced that Fanboy Planet has 2 podcasts released recently, check http://www.fanboyplanet.com
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed seeing movies that were supposed to be released in March have been released online - Onward was a story on rails with fun characters but def not worth 19.95 & reviewed a subreddit = 'HFY' [Humans F--- Yeah] with many characters & interwined plots & worth the read
Reddit r/HFY https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/f9r8i5/first_contact_part_one/
and he also reviewed buying a 3D printer that he hasn't used much yet, but holds promise & he's having fun playing with it
Ric follow-on'd neepery about mods for 3D printing
Gerald reviewed Sarah Pinsker's book - “A Song for a New Day” - about virtual distancing as eerily precient & recommended & is a Nebula finalist
Ric reviewed Broadway HD = http://broadwayhd.com - a site for musicals & much is free or very inexpensive & very worth checking out & also reviewed 'Birds of Prey' as the 2nd best DC comic adapted movie they've put out since 'Wonder Woman' & highly recommended
Valerie reviewed 2 online cons she has attended the last 2 weeks: Heliosphere mostly East Coast filk and a few panels, quite fun - and then Confromhome, internationally attended - where she spoke on the heroine's journey & had lots of solo talks, mostly on cosplay and costume creation. She also reviewed films with tweet-along or facebook chat live commentary - & 'Birds of Prey' with the director was great.
Stellan reviewed the Swedish hoarders as completely insane
Fred reviewed https://librivox.org/ as having a lot of free things to read & very good for helping one get to sleep
we adjourned at 9:04 pm
Rumor of the week was = Fred - Last in the Queue, First in our Hearts.
Monday, April 6, 2020
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
Called to order at 8pm-ish
21 humanoids & at least 3 kitties attended
the President ruled that establishing multiple jars cannot be reasonably done while online
The minutes of meeting 1543 were accepted as 'virtually there' [eventually]
the Treasurer was not present
the VP reported [with help] that he was responsible for setting this up
the President thanked eveyone who made this possible & wished everyone well
the Sports Committee reported that there might be a BASFA outing to the SJGiants Harry Potter night on Friday, July 31, tba, so there may or may not be refunds - or a game held - & Worldcon/New Zealand may be help online
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bob announced that - 'no no not me!' & hello from Arizona - he had 2 books published = Motorcycle Summer and Other Stories (short SF, Fantasy, Horror) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PFH9L2 & A Bird Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086HWXFPC - Kindles and Paperbacks available on Amazon
Kevin [from Nevada!] announced that he is on a backup computer & that tomorrow at 1pm on youtube CoNZealand will announce the Hugo awards Hugo finalist announcements - on the CoNZealand YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0O_ZiYnuzIqEQ4cfRMenYQ
Valerie announced that there are lots of free internet goodies
Cliff announced that one of his short stories was reviewed on Locus in the March 2020 issue = “Preliminary Field Observations of the Los Gatos Obelisk” (Mad Scientist Journal, Winter 2020, Dawn Vogel and Jeremy Zimmerman, eds.)
Lisa announced that Honor Blackman has died
Ric announced that Fanboy Planet has 2 podcasts released recently, check http://www.fanboyplanet.com
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed seeing movies that were supposed to be released in March have been released online - Onward was a story on rails with fun characters but def not worth 19.95 & reviewed a subreddit = 'HFY' [Humans F--- Yeah] with many characters & interwined plots & worth the read
Reddit r/HFY https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/f9r8i5/first_contact_part_one/
and he also reviewed buying a 3D printer that he hasn't used much yet, but holds promise & he's having fun playing with it
Ric follow-on'd neepery about mods for 3D printing
Gerald reviewed Sarah Pinsker's book - “A Song for a New Day” - about virtual distancing as eerily precient & recommended & is a Nebula finalist
Ric reviewed Broadway HD = http://broadwayhd.com - a site for musicals & much is free or very inexpensive & very worth checking out & also reviewed 'Birds of Prey' as the 2nd best DC comic adapted movie they've put out since 'Wonder Woman' & highly recommended
Valerie reviewed 2 online cons she has attended the last 2 weeks: Heliosphere mostly East Coast filk and a few panels, quite fun - and then Confromhome, internationally attended - where she spoke on the heroine's journey & had lots of solo talks, mostly on cosplay and costume creation. She also reviewed films with tweet-along or facebook chat live commentary - & 'Birds of Prey' with the director was great.
Stellan reviewed the Swedish hoarders as completely insane
Fred reviewed https://librivox.org/ as having a lot of free things to read & very good for helping one get to sleep
we adjourned at 9:04 pm
Rumor of the week was = Fred - Last in the Queue, First in our Hearts.
