There will be a CONTACT track at Orycon. Contact Johanna Silverthorne
johannasilvertho...@gmail.com if you want to present.
Gerald D. Nordley
gdnord...@aol.com
www.gdnordley.com
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 09:34:41 PM PDT, melchar via Basfa
<basfa@lists.basfa.org> wrote:
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
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