Minutes of Meeting #1551 Monday, May 25, 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 8:04pm 15 undifferentiated creatures attended The minutes of meeting 1550 were accepted as 'posted at warp speed' the Treasurer reported that last week we took in [$1.00 = pending] - 'for BASFAns are an honorable lot' Our regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58 the VP had nothing fannish to report, but recommends everyone not panic the President was not available The Sports Committee reported that the SJ Giants have cancelled their season & his deposit is being rolled over to next season & that John O's deposit should have been refunded ANNOUNCEMENTS: Howeird announced that Chris Garcia is alive & well REVIEWS: Candy reviewed BaltiCon as the panels she audited were well done & interesting, Dave G followed, saying that there were fan tables, he attended one party & thought the registration they used worked, most interactions were audio or text thru Discord, though the party was through video conferencing - well worth full price [which was 0] Fred reviewed part of the mini-convention BayCon put on and it was handled well, as far as he saw & Lisa followed, saying she found BayCon fun & interesting - with feedback done via chat, which was nice - and she really enjoyed being involved in it; Howeird followed, commenting that he is disappointed with Discord, in general, Kennita followed, saying she really enjoyed Cory Doctorow's reading & they could have used better audio, but that in general she was very happy to have had 'even a taste of what BayCon is like' & John O asked if there were going to be recorded posts from BayCon on YouTube - Lisa believes there will be Gerald reviewed Virgin Orbit's launch today as the mission was terminated - short but not very sweet & Gayle commented that she chooses not to watch live launches or horse races Dave W reviewed virtual Wiscon & BaltiCon as Wiscon was very good at screening members, so that everyone would have a good time & he really enjoyed bopping between each of the cons and attending different panels there & a very different experience for him & interesting Lisa reviewed doing virtual tours, today being Death Valley, being a lovely way to visit different places = CSUN Outdoor Adventures Howeird reviewed 'Going Postal' by Terry Pratchett as the director got very good responses from the actors & worth paying for Amazon Prime, check https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219817/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt John O reviewed 'Annihilation' as it looked pretty but was slow & predictable - don't bother, then reviewed 'The Light Brigade' by Kameron Hurley as an out-of-cycle time sequencing novel as he doesn't like the characters - Dave W commented that he did enjoy the book; then John O reviewed 'Upload' on Amazon Prime as an interesting take on virtual worlds - humor with a dark side - and he really hopes there's a 2nd season & highly recommends it Cliff reviewed virtual conventions - having attended 'Flight of Foundry' & BaltiCon, enjoying the science & writing tracks - he found both cons to be excellent & he reports that 'Amazing Stories' will do a virtual con in June & reviewed the audio book for 'A Fire Upon the Deep' by Vinge as read exceptionally well & interesting from a voice-acting point of view & recommended Gayle reviewed seeing 'Faust' by Gounod via the Met Opera as the singing was amazing & she recommends the metopera.org we adjourned at 9:05 pm Rumor of the week was = 'This was all a simulation' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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