Re: [Basfa] Interest on moneys in BASFA account

2020-10-15 Thread David Wallace via Basfa
Interest rates are ridiculously low right now, and are likely to stay that way for the near future, at least as long as the economy stays depressed due to Covid.  I'm the treasurer of my homeowner's association and have been working with a brokerage to get better interest rates for our reserve

[Basfa] Getting Updated Zoom Link to BASFA Meetings

2020-09-18 Thread David Wallace via Basfa
I haven't been able to connect to the last couple of BASFA meetings because my previous Zoom link has expired.  I already sent emails to ba...@p4tt.com (on Aug 31) and basfa-ow...@lists.basfa.org (on Sept 8) to request an updated link without any response (I've checked my spam folder).  What is

Re: [Basfa] Basfa Digest, Vol 144, Issue 4

2019-03-15 Thread David Wallace via Basfa
Just noting that the person who reviewed "Spinning Silver" and "The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein" on March 18 was me, Dave Wallace (DEW on the Basfa Hugo Recommendation List), not "Mark." Dave W. On 3/13/2019 1:32 PM, basfa-requ...@lists.basfa.org wrote: Send Basfa mailing list s

[Basfa] Recommendation for Erfworld Books 3&4 for Hugo Graphic Story

2019-02-05 Thread David Wallace via Basfa
At the meeting on Jan 28, I also offered my strong recommendation for Rob Balder's webcomic Erfworld, Books 3&4 nominated as a single work, in the Hugo Graphic Story category this year.  This story arc started back in 2014, and reached its final page last year.  Rob tells his story with a mixtu

[Basfa] Correction to my Scalzi review in the minutes of #1448

2018-05-01 Thread David Wallace via Basfa
One minor correction to the minutes of my review of Scalzi's "The Collapsing Empire":  the book doesn't involve an evacuation from Earth - it follows the human diaspora who lost contact with Earth 1000 years earlier after Earth's connection to the flow disappeared (which led to the founding of