Minutes of Meeting #1701 Monday, April 10, 2023 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
***NEW*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc--rqj4sG9cRuFWIpeMknSsAxghBFh0T Called to order at 8pm 17 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1700 were accepted as 'You can go to them on the website without getting shot!' the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = [email protected] the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report but thanked Ken for filling in as president when needed There was a discussion of adding the requirement to have a Zoom account for participation in the Zoom BASFA meetings, to help cut down on random spammers 'zoom bombing' the meetings ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yochanan announced that Master Replicas has purchased the stock from Eaglemoss - which went out of business - and for more info check = https://www.masterreplicas.com/en-us Lisa announced that Costume Con 39 is still looming in the future = April 21-24 & for more info check = https://costumecon39.org/ REVIEWS: Craig reviewed Norwescon as very pleasant & there is still good stuff out there for free Gerry reviewed 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel as a post-apocalyptic plague novel about the after-effects on the world & was worth the Kindle price; & he reviewed Clockwork Alchemy as he did rather well in sales there, even with being a last minutes addition to the dealer's den & it was much more fun than he thought it would be Yochanan reviewed 'Dungeons & Dragons' as a popcorn movie with a lot of humor & felt that Chris Pine did a very good job in his role & good mindless fine & totally worth matinee - the secretary also saw the movie & enjoyed it, feeling as a gamer that it did work well; Brett also followed-on that it was entertaining; Kennita also saw it & thought the representation of the owlbear was over-powered; & he also reviewed a movie called 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' with Pedro Pascal & Nicholas Cage. He felt it was a very fun movie & would have paid matinee, even though he saw it for free & he liked it a lot & also reviewed 'Time Troopers' edited by Hank Davis & Christopher Ruocchio. This is a collection of time travel stories published in 2022 that collects stories from many sources & time periods that he highly, highly recommends the collection & loved it Rick reviewed the latest episode of the Mandalorian as it had more of a 'Scooby Do'-like plot & the show is starting to show 'Disney disease' by losing originality as it tries tying the show into upcoming properties. However, there were still some fun bits & Yochanan also has been enjoying the series but also agrees that this season has shown a lack of focus Kennita reviewed the movie 'Oppy' as much more entertaining than she thought it would be and found it entertaining & she reviewed 'The Europa Report' [from 2013], seen on video as not really worth the time she spent on viewing it, even though it had excellent cinematography she had to give it a negative review Brett reviewed the Netflix 10 episode show 'Beef' about a road rage incident between two strangers who then begin a feud as it was worth watching, for more info check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_(TV_series) - & Rick follow-on'd that he had heard of the show & was intending to search it out in the future Dave G reviewed the Washington state health care system as he spent time at Valley Medicine due to having had a stroke & they took very good care of him. He also says he enjoyed Norwescon we adjourned at 9:12pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Happy discount candy day!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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