July 20 BASFA minutes
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1559
Monday, July 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 8:05 pm
20 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1556 were accepted as 'minutes'
the Treasurer was not present, but rinse & repeat = 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:
Gerry announced that SpaceX finally launched its Korean spy satellite today & everything went well; Craig followed, saying the landing was the most accurate ever
John O announced that only 2 more days to get your Hugo ballots in for ConZealand
Howeird announced that it is officially monsoon season in Las Vegas
Lisa announced that Costume Con 39 is discussing their upcoming con on Facebook. It's still being planned for April of next year at present & may end up being a hybrid convention, so come to their FB page if you want to have input
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed enjoying watching Netflix's "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" - a fictionalized movie with some fantasy elements in it & starring Will Ferrell & highly recommended; Ken followed-on with a 2nd recommendation for it & then John reviewed "What we Do in the Shadows, the TV series' as it did not originally grab them, but they watched it again & after the 1st 3 episodes they really enjoyed it & is sometimes absolutely hilarious - he definitely recommends it
Dave Wallis reviewed 'Emergency Skin' by N. K. Jemisin as he has read it and it's good, definitely worth reading
N. K. Jemisin work: https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Skin-Forward-collection-Jemisin-ebook/dp/B07VFMFPP4 (but Kepler's needs your business)
Beth reviewed that she has been watching the Marvel Netflix TV series - has seen Daredevil season one & Jessica Jones season one - and has enjoyed them a great deal
Fred reviewed watching a livestream with Mary Robinette Kowal & Katie Mack - as the conversation was excellent & he recommends listening to it if you can find it
Speaking & Outreach with Katie Mack, Astrophysicist
[Search domain www.astrokatie.com/speaking-and-outreach] www.astrokatie.com/speaking-and-outreach
we adjourned at 8:32 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'BASFA is the only way I know what day of the week it is'
Monday, July 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 8:05 pm
20 undifferentiated beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1556 were accepted as 'minutes'
the Treasurer was not present, but rinse & repeat = 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:
Gerry announced that SpaceX finally launched its Korean spy satellite today & everything went well; Craig followed, saying the landing was the most accurate ever
John O announced that only 2 more days to get your Hugo ballots in for ConZealand
Howeird announced that it is officially monsoon season in Las Vegas
Lisa announced that Costume Con 39 is discussing their upcoming con on Facebook. It's still being planned for April of next year at present & may end up being a hybrid convention, so come to their FB page if you want to have input
REVIEWS:
John O reviewed enjoying watching Netflix's "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" - a fictionalized movie with some fantasy elements in it & starring Will Ferrell & highly recommended; Ken followed-on with a 2nd recommendation for it & then John reviewed "What we Do in the Shadows, the TV series' as it did not originally grab them, but they watched it again & after the 1st 3 episodes they really enjoyed it & is sometimes absolutely hilarious - he definitely recommends it
Dave Wallis reviewed 'Emergency Skin' by N. K. Jemisin as he has read it and it's good, definitely worth reading
N. K. Jemisin work: https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Skin-Forward-collection-Jemisin-ebook/dp/B07VFMFPP4 (but Kepler's needs your business)
Beth reviewed that she has been watching the Marvel Netflix TV series - has seen Daredevil season one & Jessica Jones season one - and has enjoyed them a great deal
Fred reviewed watching a livestream with Mary Robinette Kowal & Katie Mack - as the conversation was excellent & he recommends listening to it if you can find it
Speaking & Outreach with Katie Mack, Astrophysicist
[Search domain www.astrokatie.com/speaking-and-outreach] www.astrokatie.com/speaking-and-outreach
we adjourned at 8:32 pm
Rumor of the week was = 'BASFA is the only way I know what day of the week it is'
