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July 6 BASFA minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1557
Monday, July 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
17 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1556 were accepted as 'post facto'
the Treasurer was not present, but we took in nothing last week & our totals are =
regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing remarkable to report
the President had nothing fannish to report - but noted we have reached the year's halfway point - which seems like more of an accomplishment than usual
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that she has her first stripe done for her Doctor Who afghan done & Howeird asked if it was bigger on the inside than the outside
Gayle announced that the voting deadline for the Hugo awards this year is July 22
REVIEWS:
Kennita reviewed “The World’s End”, starring Simon Pegg as it is a good vehicle for him & a bit slow to become scifi but she enjoyed it & Rick followed that it is the concluding film for Edgar Wright's notional 'Cornetto Trilogy', starting with 'Shaun of the Dead' and then 'Hot Fuzz'
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_worlds_end
Howeird reviewed the 2-DVD set for 'The Lost Room', a scifi series, as a fascinating premise & enjoyable - as long as you start with the 1st DVD - & worth full price
Todd reviewed 'Middlegame' by Seanan McGuire as he had trouble putting it down or doing anything else as he enjoyed it so much, Trey followed as he thought it was fairly creative & liked it
Rick reviewed 'The Boys' as he enjoyed it tremendously, worth the time & absolutely frigging hilarious & he thanks the person who recommended it last week, Dave C followed that he also enjoyed it & that it is toned down from the graphic novel
Gerry reviewed that the latest Rocket Lab launch failed about the time they do the battery swap & it fell to earth & he commented that 'space is hard' especially since the New Zealand scenery is absolutely beautiful there; see = https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-electron-launch-fails/
...and Gerald reviewed happily that scientists have confirmed that there are at least 3 planets in orbit around Lacaiile 9352 / Gliese 887 - very close to the orbits posited in his stories with Candy
Dave Wallis reviewed the 'related works' Hugo nomination category is that he likes Farah Mendlesohn's literary biography of Heinlein best 'The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein', but that J. Michael Straczynski's autobiography Becoming Superman is a strong #2 and has some amazing writing in it & Rick followed with gentle humor, Lisa = as Straczynski says himself, his name is a bunch of consonants in search of a vowel
we adjourned at 8:39 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'Dr. Fauci's service dog is named Spike'
Monday, July 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
17 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1556 were accepted as 'post facto'
the Treasurer was not present, but we took in nothing last week & our totals are =
regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58
the VP had nothing remarkable to report
the President had nothing fannish to report - but noted we have reached the year's halfway point - which seems like more of an accomplishment than usual
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that she has her first stripe done for her Doctor Who afghan done & Howeird asked if it was bigger on the inside than the outside
Gayle announced that the voting deadline for the Hugo awards this year is July 22
REVIEWS:
Kennita reviewed “The World’s End”, starring Simon Pegg as it is a good vehicle for him & a bit slow to become scifi but she enjoyed it & Rick followed that it is the concluding film for Edgar Wright's notional 'Cornetto Trilogy', starting with 'Shaun of the Dead' and then 'Hot Fuzz'
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_worlds_end
Howeird reviewed the 2-DVD set for 'The Lost Room', a scifi series, as a fascinating premise & enjoyable - as long as you start with the 1st DVD - & worth full price
Todd reviewed 'Middlegame' by Seanan McGuire as he had trouble putting it down or doing anything else as he enjoyed it so much, Trey followed as he thought it was fairly creative & liked it
Rick reviewed 'The Boys' as he enjoyed it tremendously, worth the time & absolutely frigging hilarious & he thanks the person who recommended it last week, Dave C followed that he also enjoyed it & that it is toned down from the graphic novel
Gerry reviewed that the latest Rocket Lab launch failed about the time they do the battery swap & it fell to earth & he commented that 'space is hard' especially since the New Zealand scenery is absolutely beautiful there; see = https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-electron-launch-fails/
...and Gerald reviewed happily that scientists have confirmed that there are at least 3 planets in orbit around Lacaiile 9352 / Gliese 887 - very close to the orbits posited in his stories with Candy
Dave Wallis reviewed the 'related works' Hugo nomination category is that he likes Farah Mendlesohn's literary biography of Heinlein best 'The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein', but that J. Michael Straczynski's autobiography Becoming Superman is a strong #2 and has some amazing writing in it & Rick followed with gentle humor, Lisa = as Straczynski says himself, his name is a bunch of consonants in search of a vowel
we adjourned at 8:39 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'Dr. Fauci's service dog is named Spike'