Minutes of Meeting #1625 Monday, October 25, 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 8 pm 17 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1624 were accepted as 'done again' 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 Relocation Committee reported that it is theoretically possible to hold BASFA meetings at 'The Dutch Goose', check dutchgoose.net at 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas in West Menlo Park. Also if anyone has a location to check out please let the Relocation Committee know. Directions to the Dutch Goose are = http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/#directions ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yochanan announced that the Alameda County Fair, in Pleasanton has begun and will be going for 10 days & announced that the HistoryPark Halloween Light Show is currently ongoing & announced that a program called 'The Planets' is on Amazon Prime is showing now but will soon go away Howeird announced that his squamous cancer [non-fatal but annoying] surgery has been accomplished successfully Ken announced that it's 6 days before the new Dr Who launches, check BBC America for specifics REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed 'Dune' as a very good adaptation for the 'Part One' potion filmed & appeared to be faithful to the story & he was amazed & thinks it worth full price; Ken saw it and commented that it is difficult to make a movie adaptation of classics and not have them be dull and this adaptation is definitely not dull - even though there is no topless Sting in the Feyd-Rautha role; the secretary also saw 'Dune' and enjoyed it immensely & thought that the casting for everyone except Jessica was spot on. Jessica was played as too weak IMO. Sandra also saw 'Dune' & thought it was interesting & mentioned that there are many books set in Herbert's 'Dune' universe; Trey also reviewed it as he mostly enjoyed it, even though he did not care for either Duke Leto or Jessica's performances and his opinion is that it is difficult to film a perfect adaptation, but that he felt the movie was worth close to full price; Kennita saw 'Dune' and said that it would have been difficult to follow the dialogue without subtitles; Duncan found that having had so much experience with other adaptations made it more difficult to appreciate this adaptation since he was not going in with fresh eyes Ric reviewed the 'Foundation' adaptation as that *now*, by episode 6, they have completed their Asimov-ectomy and there is no trace of Asimov left in the show at all and it is completely space opera now - for better or for worse - but mostly for worse Howeird asked, 'So Rick, are you saying there is now no foundation left in Foundation?' to many groans Yochanan reviewed 'Only Murders in the Building' on Hulu as it is really good, and that even though he does not like mysteries, he likes this a lot and recommends all 10 episodes as a hidden treasure; Craig followed that he also finds it really entertaining we adjourned at 8:45 pm and the rumor of the week = 'Fear is the sequel killer -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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