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Live long and prosper - Kennita On Apr 12, 2021, at 20:48, melchar via Basfa <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Minutes of Meeting #1597 Monday, April 12, 2021 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held online, in exile ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX?fbclid=IwAR1o-L_dLeHI9XjJ8sOGPlsmqbQmiP33FuZptaCmT25SjpL1fOL4LATNnCI Called to order at 7:59 pm 18 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1596 were accepted as 'phasers on stun, really' the Treasurer proxy reported that we have money = regular total is now $15,706.05; the party jar total is $230.58 money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that there should be a BASFA outing to the SJ Giants Harry Potter night, July 31, with a maximum of 15 attendees, cost is $70 each for the 1st base party patio & includes food & 2 drinks & unlimited water; contact at = [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ANNOUNCEMENTS: Valerie announced that next weekend = April 24 is Penguicon. https://2020.penguicon.org/ It's also repair day at Sunnyvale Library (virtual) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fix-it-up-repair-cafe-registration-142552744095 Yochanan announced that 3Below is now open once again & is showing many of the Oscar contenders; check https://3belowtheaters.com/ Howeird announced that this coming week is the Thai water festival of Songkran, but it appears that it shan't be celebrated that much it appears REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed 'Voyagers' as it was all right, not great & worth matinee; he was a little disappointed because he paid full price = check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyagers_(film); then Yochanan reviewed a Netflix series 'Dark' with 3 seasons so far, as he's seen season one & it's a German production & it is very dark somewhat science fictional. He finds it interesting and likes it <<Trey said a terrible 'suspenseful' pun - that had a lot of strong reactions in the chat>> - Ric recommends all 3 seasons; then Yochanan reviewed 'It', the new one and he loved part one & then saw part 2 & thought it was horrible Howeird reviewed a 4K dongle, the Tivo 4K, as is advertised as having many of the functions as Tivo & he finds it a complete fail - having features similar to Amazon Fire but without many of the functions it possesses & does not recommend https://www.tivo.com/products/stream-4k John O reviewed an HBO Max series 'The Nevers' as a supers series set in the Victorian age & looks gorgeous, is mostly written by Josh Whedon & he was bounced off the set after episode 6 because he was his typical self & he rates it as watch at your own risk; check = https://www.hbo.com/the-nevers Valerie reviewed 'The Nevers' as it's sort of Victorian X-men & thought it not the most amazingly wonderful thing ever & she reviewed Juda (on Hulu) as a 'Israeli Vampire Show' doing vampire stuff - with lots of vampire & werewolf cliches and clever bits about how the Jews protect themselves from vampires Fred reviewed the SJ Art Museum - open on Fri, Sat & Sun as he recommends visiting for its various exhibits & it's nice to be back; plus he reviewed visiting 3Below as it has pandemic seating & recommends visiting there & they will be expanding their schedule - check their website - & reviewed seeing 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' at 3Below as he enjoyed it http://3belowtheaters.com/ Gayle reviewed the David Crowder Band 'Come thou fount of every blessing' as she likes it & it has a deep throbbing base line; check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbllO1LrvM Dave C reviewed 'Kong vs Godzilla' as what he wanted & expected & 'commended the film makers for their high level of scientific rigor' ^_^ we adjourned at 8:40 pm and the rumor of the week = 'San Jose - They might be giants' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ******************* _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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