Minutes of Meeting #1783 Monday, November 18, 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 8:01 pm 12live/4online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1782 were accepted as 'not in the least musky' Proxy Treasurer's report, we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 [& +109.10 more over the live meetings, up thru 1781] 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 Party Committee reported that the last party BASFA was held on Friday & Saturday of FogCon at the SJ Doubltree. He reports that much merriment was had by all & the next BASFA party will be held at Further Confusion, both Friday & Saturday, January 17-18 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rick announced that he has fresh rosemary to distribute to one and all, should you want it and he can grind it should anyone request it Yochanan announced that the 22nd annual SF Sketchfest will happen from Jan 16 to Feb 2, 2025 & tickets are now on sale. He warned that tickets frequently sell out see = https://sfsketchfest.com/ & then he announced that there is a short Star Trek film, 'Unification' on Youtube now see = https://trekmovie.com/2024/11/18/watch-william-shatners-captain-kirk-returns-in-unification-short-film-from-roddenberry-archive/ Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month, so there will be a meeting of the Legion of Rasselon live in person at the Dennie's on Bascom in Milpitas on Abbott Rd, near the 880 freeway, at 7:30pm - wear a mask - for more info check their Facebook page Reviews: Aatheus reviewed GalaxyCon, that he attended last August at the SJ Convention Center - as it is designed to fill the void of comic-type cons & he had fun there. Worth full price & there was some discussion see = https://galaxycon.com/ Ken reviewed 'Unfrosted', seen on Netflix, as it was worth the subscription price for the service. He rated as much better than it had any right to be see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfrosted Yochanan reviewed Amazon Prime's 'The Outer Range' as it has 2 seasons released & sadly won't have a 3rd season. The stories are a little bit crazy & he 'has to recommend it'. He's disappointed that there will be no future seasons see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Range And he reviewed 'Marvel Studio's Assembled: the Making of Agatha All Along' as it's a good advertisement for Disney Plus, showing the care that they took in filming the series. If you like the show he highly recommends it. Rick enjoyed it a great deal too see = https://whatsondisneyplus.com/marvels-assembled-the-making-of-agatha-all-along-coming-soon/ Patty reviewed the 2nd season of 'Castle Rock', saying it is based on Stephen King's 'Misery'. She really enjoyed and recommends it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_(TV_series)#Season_2 originally on Hulu Lisa reviewed the live theatre production of 'Emojiland' that she saw at 3Below as she enjoyed it a lot. The production has one more week there. She thinks it's one of the ways that live theatre shows what it can do. It was a lot of fun and she thought it done very well. Ken followed-on that he also enjoyed it, pointing out that this is its West Coast premiere. There was some discussion see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emojiland Rick reviewed 'Citadel: Honey Bunny', a new 'Citadel' season set in India and considers it absolutely delightful. The show has only minimal 'sf-nal' elements and he recommends it on its own terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel:_Honey_Bunny and the rumor of the week was = 'No one gives a party like BASFA gives a party' we adjourned at = 8:32pm -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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