Meeting #1611 - Monday, 19 July, 2021
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
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Called to order at 20:03
Total of 13 log-ins
The minutes of meeting 1610 were accepted as: Dispensed by PEZ
Treasurer
Regular: $15,716.52
Party: $230.58
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Vice President: Nothing Fannish to report.
President: Not present.
Committees:
Reconvening/Relocation
Working on a survey to gauge what the membership may put up with in a new venue.
Sports:
Tickets have been obtained, and all who have paid have been emailed about
arranging delivery.
Sad news: Theme night might not happen. SJGiants were unable to get permission
from MLB for theme jerseys, but they are still trying to still have Harry
Potter elements. Just be prepared to come dressed like a muggle and not a
wizard.
No new business.
Announcements:
JohnO:
CC39 in San Jose at Doubletree new dates April 21-24 (F-M) 2023. Maryland in
2022. costumecon39.org <http://costumecon39.org/>
Howeird:
The Mandaly Bay in Las Vegas has a buffet. If we want to do a BASFA meeting
there…
He has a job interview on Wednesday. Part time with iStream (a streaming media
company) doing what he did at prior jobs. Mostly remote work. Got it through
the same contract company that got him a Netflix gig, but they didn’t realize
it has him.
Another episode of This Old Mouth: Had a dental cleaning, and needs 3 crowns
replaced. Maybe a candidate of implants - but while prior scans said no, new
scan (along with new technology) says he can!
Bezos, along with the oldest and the youngest spacepeople, are going into
launching tomorrow.
Reviews
Yochanan
Book: The Engine of God by Jack McDevitt. Didn’t like as much as he’d wanted
to. Not bad, but resolution was out there and not satisfying.
Didn’t like the Loki finale. Apparently will be resolved in series two.
RickM thought the ending was better than the Wanda and Falcon finales.
PostMarked from the Stars: Online bookseller. Likes the personal touches and
extras. Recommends. Prices vary. postmarkedfromthestars.com
<http://postmarkedfromthestars.com/>
Lisa
Last Friday saw Black Widow. Fun, enjoyable. Definitely a Marvel film. Enjoyed
it.
JohnO
He spent 2.5 days, and Chris 9, in hospital. Not worth full price. Excellent
care, but very wearing. The only silver lining was that TNT was doing Star Wars
marathons during their stay!
Missed a Spider Robinson book from 2001: The Free Lunch. Not his best work. Got
it cheap on Kindle. Don’t spend full price.
New Murderbot Diaries releases from Martha Wells. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche,
Territory: Short story is more like a fanfic (trying to fill holes) The novela,
Fugitive Telemetry, is a straight up murder mystery with an interesting twist.
Highly recommend.
Gunpowder Milkshake (Netfiilx) turn your brain off and watch the nice looking
stars shoot the bad guys. Karen Gillan and Lena Headey as assassins. Not much
plot. Pretty bloody.
SpaceJam: A New Legacy. Wasn’t impressed with the first one. This one barely
even acknoledges the first one. Live action and cartoon mix. In theatres and
standard on HBOMax. Captured the original WB characters. ChrisO don’t miss
Porky’s rap.
Alan enjoyed it. The lead is better at basketball than acting.
Rumor of the Week:
BASFA supports the Hugo Pez Dispenser.
Adjourned at: 21:53
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