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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1546
Monday, April 20, 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 8:05pm
19 beings & at least 2 kitties attended
The minutes of meeting 1545 were accepted as 'you get what you pay for'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0
Our regular total is $15,631.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President was not available but also had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Howeird announced that he has been a Las Vegan for a month, but still has all California papers until things open up again - and that Las Vegas is not really in shut down, except for the casinos & government offices, JC reports the same where he is & recommends auto parts stores for sanitary wipes; John O followed that he went shopping and that it was a scary thing, based on how many people were not wearing masks properly, Dave C followed that Ace Hardware stores have masks; Bob commented that fightech.com has cloth masks with filters & 3 day delivery
Valerie announced that there are lots of things coming up =
Alternative Free Comic Book Day on May 1-2 as an online substitute with panels, free digital comic books, and other surprises. You can sign up for a free ticket on the event’s website.
Virtual Fan Expo — May 2-3 Virtual Fan Expo is a new online convention that was organized by Experience Level Entertainment, Kaleidoko, Legion M, and Collider & is completely free. iNet.Events’ Star Wars and Cosplay Conventions — April 26 and May 17 Nick Maley, an FX makeup and creature effects designer, has pulled together COSnet, a cosplay-focused, day-long event tentatively scheduled for April 26. $6 Maley is also organizing StarNet 1.0 and 2.0, two separate full-day events with panelists related to all things Star Wars May 17. $6 May 6-8 Nonfiction Writer’s Conference https://nonfictionwritersconferen
Dave G announced that Zoecon 2020 is going virtual, info at = https://watch.thefantasy.network/zoecon-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2peclv88-NHuC1RnNaAtYcRqJ8wNkM2CBCK8vo93txSKfL2l_267HHmbg, Sheryl H followed that Balticon is going virtual - info at: https://www.balticon.org/wp54/
Dave G also announced that ConZealand's virtual Worldcon rates are $300 NZ dollars for the full 5-day convention, info at = https://members.conzealand.nz/memberships
Cliff Winnig announced that MidSouthCon is selling Tshirts - info at https://midsouthcon.org/tc-events/midsouthcon-38-t-shirts/
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed the first episodes of the 'Loop' as well-written & well-acted and he enjoyed it
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-from-the-Loop/dp/B084NSNCK6
Valerie reviewed she has been enjoying the Stolen Earth/Journey's End tweet-a-longs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8sU45ax2Hs&fbclid=IwAR2FSs43WVIDvly2FYQ3nWahyIH5y1HgeNToJ8G6Z-80NedO5pNxrV9I00 & A Farewell Sarah Jane, she also enjoyed the National Theatre's Treasure Island (up through Thurs) as a nice production done with an all-girl cast
John O reviewed hearing that a new 'Dune' is being released as a 2-parter and the cast sounds awesome, so hopefully the script will be as good - JC also has hopes; then reviewed 'The Invisible Man' as probably not worth the $20 pre-release cost & have several twists at the end & reviewed almost all of the 'Good Place' full run as they have enjoyed the entire series
Dave C reviewed finding the original Round Table 'I'm helping' pizza commercial on Youtube & that there is a 30-minute youtube collection of their commercials
Joni followed with the url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6g2z1c9bo (I'm helping ^^^^)
Gerald reviewed the situation with the aircraft carrier Theodore Rooseveldt as read the wiki article about it to see lots of inspirational science fiction military ideas
Ken reviewed spending time viewing internet links after Honor Blackman's death as engrossing, especially since he ended up following a story about smallpox
we adjourned at 8:58 pm
Rumor of the week was = the best governors have no voices left
Monday, April 20, 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 8:05pm
19 beings & at least 2 kitties attended
The minutes of meeting 1545 were accepted as 'you get what you pay for'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0
Our regular total is $15,631.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President was not available but also had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Howeird announced that he has been a Las Vegan for a month, but still has all California papers until things open up again - and that Las Vegas is not really in shut down, except for the casinos & government offices, JC reports the same where he is & recommends auto parts stores for sanitary wipes; John O followed that he went shopping and that it was a scary thing, based on how many people were not wearing masks properly, Dave C followed that Ace Hardware stores have masks; Bob commented that fightech.com has cloth masks with filters & 3 day delivery
Valerie announced that there are lots of things coming up =
Alternative Free Comic Book Day on May 1-2 as an online substitute with panels, free digital comic books, and other surprises. You can sign up for a free ticket on the event’s website.
Virtual Fan Expo — May 2-3 Virtual Fan Expo is a new online convention that was organized by Experience Level Entertainment, Kaleidoko, Legion M, and Collider & is completely free. iNet.Events’ Star Wars and Cosplay Conventions — April 26 and May 17 Nick Maley, an FX makeup and creature effects designer, has pulled together COSnet, a cosplay-focused, day-long event tentatively scheduled for April 26. $6 Maley is also organizing StarNet 1.0 and 2.0, two separate full-day events with panelists related to all things Star Wars May 17. $6 May 6-8 Nonfiction Writer’s Conference https://nonfictionwritersconferen
Dave G announced that Zoecon 2020 is going virtual, info at = https://watch.thefantasy.network/zoecon-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2peclv88-NHuC1RnNaAtYcRqJ8wNkM2CBCK8vo93txSKfL2l_267HHmbg, Sheryl H followed that Balticon is going virtual - info at: https://www.balticon.org/wp54/
Dave G also announced that ConZealand's virtual Worldcon rates are $300 NZ dollars for the full 5-day convention, info at = https://members.conzealand.nz/memberships
Cliff Winnig announced that MidSouthCon is selling Tshirts - info at https://midsouthcon.org/tc-events/midsouthcon-38-t-shirts/
REVIEWS:
Howeird reviewed the first episodes of the 'Loop' as well-written & well-acted and he enjoyed it
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-from-the-Loop/dp/B084NSNCK6
Valerie reviewed she has been enjoying the Stolen Earth/Journey's End tweet-a-longs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8sU45ax2Hs&fbclid=IwAR2FSs43WVIDvly2FYQ3nWahyIH5y1HgeNToJ8G6Z-80NedO5pNxrV9I00 & A Farewell Sarah Jane, she also enjoyed the National Theatre's Treasure Island (up through Thurs) as a nice production done with an all-girl cast
John O reviewed hearing that a new 'Dune' is being released as a 2-parter and the cast sounds awesome, so hopefully the script will be as good - JC also has hopes; then reviewed 'The Invisible Man' as probably not worth the $20 pre-release cost & have several twists at the end & reviewed almost all of the 'Good Place' full run as they have enjoyed the entire series
Dave C reviewed finding the original Round Table 'I'm helping' pizza commercial on Youtube & that there is a 30-minute youtube collection of their commercials
Joni followed with the url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6g2z1c9bo (I'm helping ^^^^)
Gerald reviewed the situation with the aircraft carrier Theodore Rooseveldt as read the wiki article about it to see lots of inspirational science fiction military ideas
Ken reviewed spending time viewing internet links after Honor Blackman's death as engrossing, especially since he ended up following a story about smallpox
we adjourned at 8:58 pm
Rumor of the week was = the best governors have no voices left
