Meeting #1561 - Monday, 3 August, 2020
Called to order at 20:06
Total of 20 log-ins
The minutes of meeting 1560 were accepted as: There
Treasurer. Same as last week.
Regular: $15,632.83 | Party: $230.58
Vice President: Nothing Fannish to report.
President: Not present.
No committees reporting.
No new business.
Announcements:
Howierd
Acquired a second cat.. Shelter named it Meow Meow, now named Heidi because
she hides.
BosCon is having a virtual art show. Weekend after this one. One day.
reconvenesff.com <http://reconvenesff.com/>
JohnO
A Worldcon occurred. Business meeting was in 2 parts of 5 minutes each, with
business pushed to next year. Chicago 2022 won site selection chicon.org
<http://chicon.org/>. Hugos were given out. List online at thehugoawards.org
<http://thehugoawards.org/> . Lisa: Site selection 517 to 33 and 20 write-ins
and 6 none. Saudis rescheduled their bid for later.
Craig:
Nasfic Aug 21-23 for 3 days, no membership fee (donations welcome)
columbus2020nasfic.org <http://columbus2020nasfic.org/>
Lisa: Baycon 2020 mini-con (ZOOM) info. on FaceBook. LAst one was pleasant and
fun. Relaxing. baycon.org/baycon-2020-zoom-mini-con-august-8th/
<http://baycon.org/baycon-2020-zoom-mini-con-august-8th/>
Reviews
WORLDCON
Gayle
Had trouble joining non-webinars. Good quality recordings are available. Filk
Room was good, well moderated, got to see her favorite. Lots of experts on
panels, and no lines! Hugos was not a webinar, so didn’t see it. Closing panel
discussed the Hugos MC, and why things happened. Happy she went. FantasyNet app
has recorded events on phone.
Fred
The Hugos went too long. Silverberg & Martin went on reiterating well known
history. A mess. They yammered on… Much outcry online. Rates it as: Not well
thought out. Some BKG music on announcements distracted from the announcement.
JohnO
The Hugos suffered some technical issues were so basic that it drove him away.
It was disjointed between live and recorded MC segments. Some attendees were
dressed nicely. Did not attend anything else.
Lisa
Watched some Hugos. Found it very boring. Neil Gaiman’s acceptance speech was
beautiful, and is available online. There’s a 110 minute condensed version.
[DaveG: Shorter version here: youtube.com/watch?v=7yGPBIQvs0Y
<http://youtube.com/watch?v=7yGPBIQvs0Y> ]
Gerald
Did number of panels, all went ok except his own presentation (technical
reasons). Able to get around well. Didn’t do Hugos, but he usually doesn’t.
Heinlein society had virtual chili party - which was more like a mini-con.
Needs a more user friendly interface for older folk. Carole was a major
presence in the hiss & purr.
Cliff
You can still watch the Hugos
watch.thefantasy.network/the-2020-hugo-awards-livestream/
Craig
Amazing experience. Technical problems didn’t ruin for him. Martin & the ConCom
thought it would be useful to have the history during the Hugos - for local
attendees? Still enjoying panels he couldn’t attend live.
Candy
Enjoyed the con. Went to some panels on ZOOM. Hugos were tedious – gave up
after a half-hour. Bradford chaired a panel.
Todd
Odd shifting schedule without the sunlight. Watched masquerade, but it was
horribly stuttering. Background music (same a Hugos) was overplaying some of
the presentations. Impressive that they made it work with few problems.
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Lisa
Last weekend the Mythopedic Society meeting used Jitsi Meet (open source) only
13 participants. It has its ups and downs. Working on being more like ZOOM, but
has only US phone for dial-in. It’s useable. No webinar functions.
Gerald
SpaceX concluded the recent manned dragon mission. Everything went very well,
until it got on the carrier… We have a working spaceship - the Endevor.
Lisa
Astronauts were put on stretchers for after long space trips.
Craig
Watched closely. Boat situation at landing site with various authorities unable
to control traffic. They will try better next time.
Howierd
Watched the official stream. Control room and talking heads for half hour
before splash – boring! Could have had a stream from a chase boat. They
released a good video afterwards.
JohnO:
Disney+ wasn’t accessible, went to Netflix and watched Another Life starring
Katee Sackhoff. Not the greatest, but fun ride with Katee kicking ass.
Recommend. 11 total episodes.
Kennita:
Katie is really interested in the future.
The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold. Not the best of series
(placeholder?) Reccommend if you’re reading the series. Available from the
usual sources.
Cliff
Week-and-a-half ago, attended a LASFS ZOOM meeting as an author (for his
contribution to Straight out of Deadwood). Lary Niven was attending as a
LASFAn, so glad he didn’t screw up…
Lisa:
Anyone can join the LASFS meetings, they are published on their FB page.
Rumor of the Week:
The SpaceX Splashdown scored 10.0 (and a 6 from the Russian judge)
Adjourned at: 21:17_______________________________________________
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