Minutes of Meeting #1729 Monday, November 6, 2023 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
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 8pm 19 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1728 were accepted as 'by solar time, sixty later than last week' proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; 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 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gayle announced that they are off to OryCon in Portland come Thursday & may still be there next Monday Lisa announced that LosCon will be held at the LA Marriott during the Thanksgiving weekend & recommends attending it, if you can check https://loscon.org/49/ Ken announced that the new Dr Who episodes will premiere during LosCon weekend Aatheus announced that the next BASFA room parties will be held on Friday & Saturday nights during Further Confusion REVIEWS: Ken reviewed a musical version of 'Wizard of Oz', based on the 1939 movie, presented by the exceptional Palo Alto Players, with excellent costuming. Especial mention was made of the Scarecrow's player, who is deaf & whose lines were said by a crow & the player was wonderfully bendy. He considered the production to be amazing & recommends it, as it should be running through November 19 check = https://paplayers.org/event/wizard-of-oz/ and Ken reviewed another musical, 'Dicks, the Musical', as having pretty good acting, the songs are kind of basic, but it was fun to watch more info at = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicks:_The_Musical Sandra reviewed a Netflix movie, 'The Gray Man' as she saw & enjoyed it. It is recommended info = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gray_Man_(2022_film) Robin reviewed 'Star Trek Continues' on Youtube, fan-made & she was very impressed by it. The sets are spot on & the actors do excellent work & she highly recommends seeing it. Yochanan also recommends seeing it check = https://www.startrekcontinues.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/StarTrekContinues Lisa reviewed having seen all of this season's 'Star Trek, Lower Decks' & has enjoyed the heck out of it, getting progressively less silly as the season progressed. She recommend it, saying it does have language & violence content. There was a bit of discussion & favorite moments from the show mentioned. info at = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Lower_Decks Yochanan reviewed a movie, 'Five Nights at Freddies', seen at matinee prices & notes it was a thriller, rated 'R' and thinks it was more of a 'PG-13' movie. He liked it as a Halloween movie & it has some good moments. Ken followed, mentioning a bit of movie trivia about the movie's long road to getting made. Patty saw the movie, has played the video game & enjoyed both, considering the movie to be 'spooky-ish'. John O reviewed seeing 'Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets' as 2 hours & 20 minutes of his life he will never get back & not worth seeing, even for free. There were various comments and both the secretary & Yochanan agree that the first 10 minutes of the movie is amazing. info = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets Aatheus reviewed a podcast, '372 pages we'll never get back', reviewing books that the podcasters did not expect much from, done 'Rifftrax style' & worth a listen check = https://372pages.com/ and he reviewed the BASFA party held at PawCon as he hosted BASFA parties there on Friday & Saturday that were wildly successful. He will need to re-order new BASFA party ribbons now & a good time was had by all we adjourned at 8:55 pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Some movies are best left as a trailer' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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