Minutes of Meeting #1624 Monday, October 18, 2021 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
ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX Called to order at 7:58 pm 15 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1623 were accepted as 'chewed and spat out' the Treasurer report is that the treasury is status quo & we have money = Regular: $15,727.04; Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report the Party Committee reported that there will be a BASFA room party at PawCon at the Doubletree hotel, on the party floor - on the balcony Nov 5-6, Friday & Saturday, for more information check https://pacanthro.org/ ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month and time for the Legion of Rasselon meeting, live and in-person at the Dennie's on Bascom in Campbell, 7:30pm, for more info check their Facebook page Gerry announced for Candy that she reports her husband, Ron, is fighting off pneumonia in hospital and he is on four very aggressive antibiotics. She is tired but okay for now. Yochanan announced that Hallmark ornaments is producing its first official Dr Who Christmas ornament REVIEWS: John O reviewed the Cybertronic Spree, who dress as Transformers, do music from a variety of sources, are great fun & perform well and will be in San Diego soon. For more info check Youtube & he highly recommends them http://www.thecybertronicspree.com/ Yochanan reviewed 'Y: the Last Man' on Hulu, as a very rambling show & he wanted to like it 'so bad' but it's cancelled already & he cannot recommend it Lisa reviewed the Gilroy Renaissance Faire as she went on Saturday, the cooler day. It was enjoyable, but they ran out of some food items. She happily spent a lot at various booths that had so many interesting crafts. She recommends it & enjoyed herself; Craig asked how safe it was from a masking standpoint & was answered that about 50% of attendees were not masked Howeird reviewed the 1-weekend Las Vegas Renaissance Faire as it was held in half of Sunset Park and packed with 'a gynormous number of people' so he skipped Saturday & got there early on Sunday. They had camels to ride. He took a lot of pictures and it was all very colorful, with most of the visiting tourists dressed in pirate gear, or various fantasy togs. There were many vendors, not cheap, but not unreasonably priced & there were 3 different food courts, none of which ran out of food. It got progressively more crowded, before he left in the early afternoon. The jousting was sponsored by a horse rescue organization & horses used in the joust were all rescues. The joust was highly professional & very well done. The entire Faire was quite enjoyable & well worth his entry fee. He only regrets that he ran out of steam & could not see it all; check http://www.lvrenfair.com/ and Howeird's Renn Faire photos are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/how3ird/albums/72157720036022196 Plus Howeird reviewed a show on National Geographic Wild = 'Vets on the Beach' about veterinarians as they are quite good-looking & do not back off from showing delicate surgeries. They do a very good job with the show's production values & he finds it well worth the price to view. Lisa commented that she finds it an incredibly beautiful show to watch & it's on extended basic cable in the South Bay https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/vets-on-the-beach Valerie has read many, many books and says she is only reviewing the books she really liked. She reviewed Maria Tatar's 'Heroine with 1001 Faces' as a pleasant read, that looks at archetypes from literature. She also reviewed TJ Klune's 'Under the Whispering Door' as kind of like 'A Christmas Carol' & deals with what happens to the ghost of a scumball after his death and was fun. She also reviewed Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' as quite engrossing, very long but she couldn't put the book down & highly recommends it. She also has been reading many recently written Star Trek novels and says some have very good story arcs. Gerry reviewed having seen a Star Trek Voyager episode recently [“Living Witness” Season 4, Episode 3] that dealt with the holographic doctor & the nature of reality as he found it still very timely and enjoyable. Yochanan followed, saying that now he wants to find that episode & that the plot reminds him favorably of a 'Babylon 5' episode [Babylon 5 Episode, "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars", the S04 finale], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deconstruction_of_Falling_Stars And Gayle commented that she had not followed Star Trek Voyager before, so that when she saw this episode it took her a while to realize that the doctor was a hologram we adjourned at 8:55 pm and the rumor of the week = 'BASFA can handle digital minutes in one byte' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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