Given the late start, we should have signed in, but were dealing with other
issues.
I’ve read Station 11. Surrealistic of the “oh, really” sort, in part, and
unstuck in time in a precious arty way. But well enough written to carry it off
if that’s your cup of tea.
Thanks, Candy. —GDN
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> On Mar 11, 2024, at 23:53, Ken Patterson via Basfa <basfa@lists.basfa.org>
> wrote:
>
> Minutes of BASFA Meeting #1747(b)
>
> Called to order at 8:22 p.m. (late due to the Vice President, and owner of
> the Zoom account, forgetting what day it is…)
>
> Minutes of meeting #1476 accepted as: What time is it?
>
> Treasurers meeting: Same as last week
> Proxy treasurer report: We have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58.
> Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com
>
> VP report:
> Nothing fannish to report, but apologizes for forgetting what day it was, and
> what time it is.
>
> President:
> Nothing fannish to report
>
> Sports Committee:
> Ken sent out an email last week regarding dates for San Jose Giants, with no
> responses yet.
>
> Potential game dates:
>
> * Sat 4/6 Salute to the Military presented by OCC [Gigante Military
> Bobblehead Giveaway]
> * Sat 4/20 Día De Los Churros [Headband Giveaway]
> * Sat 5/4 Star Wars Night
> * Sat 5/11 SF Giants Patrick Bailey Bobblehead
> * Sat 6/15 Beer Batter Weekend
> * Fri 7/12 Marvel's Super Hero Night
> * Sat 7/13 (a second) Marvel's Super Hero Night [Captain America Bobblehead
> Giveaway]
> * Sat 7/27 Día De Los Churros [Churro Paint Your Own Bobblehead]
> * Sat 8/17 Margaritaville Night [Hawaiian Shirt Giveaway]
> * Fri 8/30 Harry Potter Night
>
> Game times areL Fri 7pm, Sat 5pm
>
> Third Base Line:
>
> VIP Deck: $70 Per Adult (includes the price of admission + a food & beverage
> voucher)
>
>
> First Base Line:
>
> Party Patio: $78 Per Person ($3,900) includes food & drink
>
> Picnic Tables: $240/table(Seats 8, so $30/person)
>
>
> New business:
> No new business.
>
> Announcements
> Ken: After 70 years in show business, Godzilla finally won an Oscar for
> special effects.
>
> Lisa: Consonance will be Fri 3/21-24/24 at the Santa Clara Hilton, near Great
> America.
>
> Reviews:
> Station 11, Premise is a post-apocalyptic.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_Eleven_(miniseries) began
> A non-linear story about a pandemic flu that almost killed everyone.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_Eleven
> Based on the novel of the same name by Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel.
> On Amazon Prime. Highly recommended; reviewed by Yochanan Urias
>
> Dune II
> Great cinematography. Good acting. Good fight scenes.
> See it in IMAX if you can. Highly recommended. Hans Zimmer scored it.
> Reviewed by John O
>
> ST-SF: Trek to San Francisco
> March 8-10, 2024
> Hyatt Regency SFO Hotel https://www.creationent.com/cal/st_sf/index.html
> The schedule was released that week. There were complaints of it being
> disorganized, TV stars speaking was nearly the only programming--just one
> track. But sales were awesome (Attendees were generally the older literate
> crowd of Trek regulars from all over); a good con for Valerie and Candy at
> the Silicon Authors' table. Reviewed by Valerie
>
> Rumor: Is Daylight savings time a form of Time Travel?
>
> Adjourned: 9:03 pm
>
>
> PS: The Vice President would like to to thank Candy Lowe for taking the
> minutes for this meeting, as he had opened the meeting from his cel phone
> while out on his evening walk…
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