Minutes of Meeting #1764 Monday, July 8, 2024 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ] https://www.parktownpizza.com
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 8 pm 13live/9online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1763 were accepted as 'con-fried' proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 [& +$38.10 more over the live meetings, up thru 1763] 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 - and we said 'hi' to 2 new people visiting BASFA. They were Rani Menon, with long-time interests in science fiction & her husband, Keith Amidon ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lisa announced that BayCon 2025 will be combined with Westercon 77 & for more info check baycon.org Yochanan announced that there will be an 'An Evening with Legends, Fly me to the Moon' event at the San Diego Air & Space Museum on July 20 for more info check = https://balboapark.org/event/fly-me-to-the-moon-honoring-apollo-11-and-featuring-buzz-aldrin/ Gerry announced that at OryCon 44 this fall may have 'Contact'-based panel or panels that may theoretically be accepting papers as a part of it for Orycon 44 see = https://orycontemp.tezhme.net/ Kennita announced that societysf.org will be in charge of BayCon now & their 501c3 launched & is now official see = https://www.societysf.org/ and see also = https://baycon.org/ Reviews: Rick reviewed 'Star Trek Prodigy, season 2' - which was rescued by Netflix. He has thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end & highly recommends it. There was discussion thereafter, all favorable, towards the show see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9795876/ Yochanan reviewed 'A Quiet Place, Day One', a movie in theaters now. He liked, but did not love, the movie. It has some great jump scares & thinks it is worth at least matinee. Cliff had a question & as far as Yochanan recalls there were no kids killed on-screen see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13433802/ and Yochanan reviewed 'Dr Who, Terrible Lizard' as it reads as if written for young adults & that 'if you're a kid, I guess it's written pretty good'. see = https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/27555732-doctor-who Craig reviewed BayCon as he had fun, with some caveats about how BayCon is reinventing itself. He found the hotel to be worse to navigate in than the Escher Marriott. He recommends getting a membership for next year now. There were many follow-ons - much agreement about the difficult hotel lay-out & maps. Hits from that included: Rick had fun; Lisa had a great time & loved the panels & Dealers room & 'wore her feet out' - plus commented that Larry Niven attended the con just for funzies; Yochanan had an amazing time, ended up as a surprise panel moderator & really enjoyed the parties; Kennita had a great time, liked the at-con signage, enjoyed the panels & wished there had been more parties [thinks there were 759 attendees]; Gayle liked the xeno-biology panel most; Gerry found both con-staff & hotel staff to be extremely helpful & he appreciated this; Cliff had a fabulous time at BayCon & also was a program participant & had such a great time; Keith enjoyed the panels & really loved Bonnie Gordon's concert; Carol had a wonderful time as well. and the rumor of the week was = 'Punning is a great deal because it hasn't kept up with inflation & is still only 25 cents' we adjourned at = 9:14pm there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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