Minutes of Meeting #1662 Monday, July 11, 2022 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 8 pm 17 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1661 were accepted as 'notification of being in close contact with BASFA' the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money: Regular: $15,748.81; Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com the VP had nothing fannish to report, but he has been notified that he was in close contact with a Covid sufferer the President had nothing fannish to report Committees= Rinse & repeating from the Sports Committee: 3 weeks to go until the SJGiants game on Saturday, July 30 Marvel's Defenders of the Diamond Night (evening game, 6pm) It’ll be the same Party Patio (along the first base line), $70/person. Buffet meal, 2 drinks tickets, unlimited water soda and snax. Send inquiries or PayPal to ba...@p4tt.com ANNOUNCEMENTS: Craig announced that he finds the way BayCon & WesterCon both handled notifications about Covid were drastically different, BayCon less well than WesterCon, but they still handled matters well http://westercon74.org/covid/ Yochanan announced that James Caan died & various people made comments & then later Robin announced that Larry Storch also died last week REVIEWS: Rick reviewed 'For All Mankind' on Apple TV Plus as he has continued viewing season 2 & thinks it's being done well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series) Valerie reviewed 'Fly by Night' by Frances Hardinge as a charming whimsical kids' book in which the main character loves words and goes off spying beside her killer goose; & Valerie reviewed 'The Angel of the Crows' by Katherine Addison was a fun Sherlock Holmes as an angel novel; & Valerie reviewed BayCon as it was small, sales were slow, there were parking issues, that there were limited food options, but she had fun there, even though she did get lost in the Escher Marriott floor plan Howeird reviewed 'The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch' History Channel program as a bit weird & its dubious science is entertaining. He thinks the series needs a meteorologist, not an astrophysicist & that the 'mysterious signal' they keep picking up comes from their Windows computer program https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10589968/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 & Howeird reviewed the CNN coverage of the James Webb telescope being unveiled today as having been a bit overblown https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/world/james-webb-space-telescope-first-image-scn/index.html Yochanan reviewed 'Shada', a Dr Who dvd written by Douglas Adams, as he was pleasantly surprised by it & thought it was well done & Fred & Robin followed-on about it, saying that some scenes from it were used in the '5 Doctors'; https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Ep-109-Tom-Baker/dp/B076W4DBYP & Yochanan reviewed 'The Rise of Gru' movie as a lot of silliness & a kid movie that did what it was supposed to do. He liked it as mindless, enjoyable fun; & Yochanan reviewed continuing to watch 'ST = Strange New Worlds' as he loves all Star Trek & this one is capturing the spirit of the original series. He loves it & Valerie really likes it too. John O says there will be a season 2 & it looks like there will be a 'Ready Room' for it, as well, & he also enjoyed it, then Duncan said he also enjoys it & there was some general discussion Fred reviewed the fireworks at the Tonopha Westercon as excellent & one of the best he has seen in years & that it was nice to watch with friends Gayle reviewed the car they rented through 'Turo' as pretty good & they take her vehicle insurance. They rented a 2022 Subaru Outback that worked very well for them & their experience was good. Gerry commented that the Subaru had a lot of interior space, good head room & cleaned easily. It seemed really well-designed. Then Duncan said he was grateful that they hauled the 13 inch telescope out to Tonapah to be used at-con; & Gayle reviewed the star-gazing party at the Tonopah Westercon, even though the moon was very bright & many attendees did not wait long enough to see the Andromeda galaxy rise late at night; Gayle also reviewed Westercon in general, saying the science panels at Westercon were fantastic. Duncan also had a wonderful time there & thinks the panels at Westercon were so much better than those at a MENSA conference he also attended. Howeird had an attending membership which gave him access to a lot of live feeds with excellent video streaming quality, but the audio lacked microphones for panelists, so audio was very bad overall. Rick commented that Tall Kevin & Lisa Hayes' choice of Tonopah was absolutely vindicated - & Gerry agreed with this. Robin liked that there wasn't a lot of walking involved in the small town & that there was great accessibility, but there was a problem with smoke in one function room. There should be recordings of some panels at Westercon posted online in the near future. Rick reports that he's looked on YouTube for the Westercon 74 channel, but is pretty sure it doesn't exist yet & says Kevin Standlee has several presentations related to the con under his account, https://www.youtube.com/user/kastandlee Tammy reviewed a website called 'Artfight', an art channel that does original character art drawn by different artists - as well as the original artist. She says it gives many new insights on those characters and the way character art can be handled check = https://artfight.net/ To get to a specific profile, use artfight.net/~[username] - but it needs a login to access Craig mentioned that Lisa Harrigan had bypass surgery, that it went well & she is on the mend. Then he reviewed BayCon as struggling, but he was glad to have gotten a chance to attend & really enjoyed himself, even with the Covid outbreak at-con. There was some discussion about the Covid alert system, testing & way the con handled matters we adjourned at 9:18 pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Marriott will dump BayCon resulting in BayCon being at Tonopah next year!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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