I’m a lousy typist and speller (and spell check apparently steered me wrong). You get what you pay for…
> On Oct 14, 2019, at 08:18, Kennita Watson via Basfa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For Obi-Wan's sake, it's "Gandhi"! > Live long and prosper -- Kennita > On 10/13/19 7:50 PM, Ken Patterson via Basfa wrote: >> BASFA Meeting #1521 >> Monday, October 7, 2019 >> >> Trey Haddad, President >> Ken Patterson, Vice President >> Dave Gallaher, Treasurer >> Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms >> Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary >> Held at Denny’s, Milpitas >> >> Called to order at 20:00 with 15 People in attendance >> >> Established a Party Jar >> >> Secretary Report >> >> The minutes of meeting #1520 were posted online and accepted as: Reading in >> exile >> >> Treasurer Report >> >> Meeting #1520 >> Regular Jar: $2.00 | $15,543.79 >> Party Jar: $11.00 | $259.08 >> >> Vice President Report >> Thanks to Denny’s for taking us on short notice. >> Black Bear only closed this week for kitchen remodel. This should also help >> precipitate the alcohol licensing issue. >> >> No President Report >> No Committee Report >> >> New Business >> >> Ken Patterson >> We’ll need to make sure our contact info with Black Bear is up to date so >> these sort of things may not happen in future. >> >> Announcements >> >> Fred >> Season 3 of The Orville will be late in 2020 (on Hulu). Seth is busy, and >> wants to do a really good job. >> Andrew: Shorter season, but longer (full hours, not commercial TV hours) >> >> Carole >> On Saturday, November 9 she and Bill be hosting a PenSFA party at their >> house at 8 pm. Encouraged to bring finger food or desserts to share. Contact >> her for more info. >> >> Ken >> I had a show on Sunday celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python’s >> Flying Circus. It’s on the broadcast archive at kfjc.org for two weeks. >> DaveC: There was an article about how Python was saved from the BBC’s tape >> wiping prcatice. >> >> Reviews >> >> evilKevin >> On Sunday he ran the Rock and Roll 10k/half marathon. It seemed smaller this >> year. Great weather in the first hour. Ran three minutes faster. Finished >> fifth in his division, and 78 overall. Yay, but ow! >> >> Bill >> A month and a half ago he and Carole were at the Worldcon in Dublin. Hotels >> were around the convention center, with the parties in the center. Crowd >> size was not properly anticipated. Some events were in a nearby theatre. Had >> fun with panels. Smallish art show. Masque was quite good. For the evening >> activities, you had to queue at noon to get seating assignment. They would >> have to do better facility management if they want him to go again. Line >> management did improve from the first day. >> Carole: Queueing for evening shows not handled well. Was outside in rain and >> wind. >> eVilKevin: Firecode would not allow that crowd inside >> Carole: Art show was so far away. Was going to exhibit, but glad she didn’t. >> Heard that sales didn’t seem to do well. >> DaveG: Initial apprehension, but Spring did better. >> evilKevin: Small pieces moved, but larger ones didn’t. >> Gerald: From an author’s viewpoint, signings were moved from the dealers >> room to the third floor - and attendance was sparse. If possible, it should >> be where the books are being sold. >> >> Carole >> This weekend she and Bill went to play about Ghandi at the Cuberly community >> center, buy the Natak company (a local Indian theatre group) Well produced >> for amateur/semi-pro. Different understanding of Ghandi than the film (which >> he was god like, where the play had him more flawed) They do four to six >> plays a year. Worth while. >> Bill: What stood out was the Indian treatment of Ghandi as a holy man–and >> holy men do strange things... >> >> Fred >> Read “Not Fade Away” by Cliff Winnig, in the colloection Straight Out of >> Deadwood (from Baen) Came out a few days ago. Fairly good. Old Wild West >> with strange creatures. Not his normal fare, but was worth full price (eBook) >> >> Ken & Jerry >> We saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail the Quote-along on Friday and >> Hairspray the Sing-along on Saturday. Great fun, especially with all the >> people who had never seen either in the audience. >> >> There was an auction >> >> Meeting adjourned at 20:55 and the Rumor of the Week was: Next Monday BASFA >> will be meeting somewhere in California. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Basfa mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org >> <http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org> > > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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