June 8 BASFA minutes
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1553
Monday, June 8, 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 8:03pm
21 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1552 were accepted as 'The minutes have broken quarantine and are restoring the curve'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in nothing & our totals are =
regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gayle announced that her procedure was successful & she is adapting
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed watching several episodes of 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV Plus as having an alternate universe history setting with a well-captured mood, pretty darned good cast & the writing is fairly strong & recommended & he reviewed that they binge watched & finished the 1st season of 'Space Force' on Netflix as humor with mangled military protocol & this can be grating, but is reasonably solid & somewhat recommended
Lisa reviewed the Dragon launch, set to a modified 'Blue Danube' as interesting & reviewed California State University at Northridge's (CSUN) Outdoor Adventures as well done & fun to watch, with a Q&A session. You can find them on Eventbriite
Todd reviewed seeing http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/and-now-his-lordship-is-laughing/ - as very well done
Howeird reviewed the entire 'Picard' series on Amazon Prime thru CBS All Access -AKA- 'CBS All Buffering' - as Amazon gets good marks, he does not recommend CBS & has mixed feelings about the show & its the apologist tone, the plot is all over the place, the series is longer than it should have been & they needed better lighting. Then Dave G followed on CBS All Access as it can use improvement; Cliff says he really loved 'Picard'
Gayle reviewed reading a Wikipedia article on Shay’s Rebellion as it was an interesting historical event that had an effect on the formation of a new United States; Fred followed that to understand Shay's Rebellion, you need to know the context at the time and the Wiki article does not cover that aspect well & Gerald pointed out that a major cause for the rebellion was the issue of debt - which has modern parallels
Fred reviewed Tor.com's 'book convention' which is starting this week as it will be more of an extended event over many days on at least 2 platform & that some of the planned events sound promising; see
https://www.tor.com/2020/06/01/announcing-torcon-a-virtual-books-convention/
we adjourned at 8:48 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'who let the pandemic out of the pan?'
Monday, June 8, 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 8:03pm
21 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1552 were accepted as 'The minutes have broken quarantine and are restoring the curve'
the Treasurer reported that last week we took in nothing & our totals are =
regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gayle announced that her procedure was successful & she is adapting
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed watching several episodes of 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV Plus as having an alternate universe history setting with a well-captured mood, pretty darned good cast & the writing is fairly strong & recommended & he reviewed that they binge watched & finished the 1st season of 'Space Force' on Netflix as humor with mangled military protocol & this can be grating, but is reasonably solid & somewhat recommended
Lisa reviewed the Dragon launch, set to a modified 'Blue Danube' as interesting & reviewed California State University at Northridge's (CSUN) Outdoor Adventures as well done & fun to watch, with a Q&A session. You can find them on Eventbriite
Todd reviewed seeing http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/and-now-his-lordship-is-laughing/ - as very well done
Howeird reviewed the entire 'Picard' series on Amazon Prime thru CBS All Access -AKA- 'CBS All Buffering' - as Amazon gets good marks, he does not recommend CBS & has mixed feelings about the show & its the apologist tone, the plot is all over the place, the series is longer than it should have been & they needed better lighting. Then Dave G followed on CBS All Access as it can use improvement; Cliff says he really loved 'Picard'
Gayle reviewed reading a Wikipedia article on Shay’s Rebellion as it was an interesting historical event that had an effect on the formation of a new United States; Fred followed that to understand Shay's Rebellion, you need to know the context at the time and the Wiki article does not cover that aspect well & Gerald pointed out that a major cause for the rebellion was the issue of debt - which has modern parallels
Fred reviewed Tor.com's 'book convention' which is starting this week as it will be more of an extended event over many days on at least 2 platform & that some of the planned events sound promising; see
https://www.tor.com/2020/06/01/announcing-torcon-a-virtual-books-convention/
we adjourned at 8:48 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'who let the pandemic out of the pan?'
