[Basfa] Westercon 74 transport

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Hey there.
I have a friend who’s looking for a travel companion for Westercon 74. Does 
anyone need a ride?
Adrienne 


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Re: [Basfa] Westercon74 PR3

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

PDFs for all of the progress reports are available at:
http://westercon74.org/whats-on/publications/
FWIW, the pages were laid out and paginated for the sheet to be folded into 
quarters. When printed back-to-back, the inside can be opened to a full page. 
It highlights the convention's biggest news with direction to its website for 
more details.
My father was a bookbinder, so the layout came natural to me. I thought it was 
an easy way to organize the details.
The next one will include details for hotel booking.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Adrienne



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On Saturday, October 23, 2021, 8:42 PM, Gerald D. Nordley via Basfa 
 wrote:

Gentlefolk

A combination of screenshots and the Preview application let me make a properly 
oriented screen - readable .pdf out of Westercon's PR3, for any interested.  
The nice feature of Preview is that you can select a number of pages on your 
screen, drag them to Preview, and it will treat them as a single document for 
printing--I do this daily for Gayle with the puzzles in USA Today.

--Best, Gerry


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Re: [Basfa] August 10 minutes

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

 The sunset for availability on the ConZealand programming was August 8, PDT.
Adrienne

On ‎Monday‎, ‎August‎ ‎10‎, ‎2020‎ ‎08‎:‎56‎:‎12‎ ‎PM‎ ‎PDT, melchar via 
Basfa  wrote:  
 
 Minutes of Meeting #1562
Monday, August 10, 2020

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

Called to order at 8:05 pm
18 various beings attended

The minutes of meeting 1561 were accepted as 'already viral & enough already'

the Treasurer was not present, but our totals are =
regular total is $15,632.83; party total is $230.58

the VP had nothing fannish to report but greeted Edward Pease, attending a 
BASFA meeting for the 1st time

the President was not present

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lisa announced that there is a charity livestream going on called Sidequest 
[already raised more than $43K] - put on by the Zeldathon folks, find it at 
https://zeldathon.net/  & on Twitch = check supermcgamer

Howeird announced that Boskone's online sister con, reCONvene 2020, is coming 
together and getting ready for its debut on Saturday, August 15, 2020. check = 
https://boskone.org/  - and he submitted several photographs to their art page 
& he announced that Heidi, his new kitty, has been adopted for a week now 
[a!]

REVIEWS:
Rick reviewed the German series 'Dark' & highly recommends it to those who 
enjoy complex narratives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_(TV_series)

Fred reviewed 'Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia' by Samuel R. 
Delany, a book from the 1970's & started slowly & deals with gender and 
identity, likely ground-breaking for the time, but is still well-done

John O reviewed 'Treasure Planet' as from Disney's bad times and not that bad 
as a duplicate of their own 'Treasure Island' & worth seeing; then reviewed 
'The Seeker, the Dark is Rising' as a fairly faithful rendering of the book 
'Dark is Rising' & definitely recommended - found on Amazon; then reviewed 
Scalzi's final book of the Interdependency trilogy 'The Last Emperox' as ending 
up the series well; then reviewed the Baycon minicon as there were some good 
panels and advice there - and there were several follow-ons
also check = https://baycon.org/baycon-charity-2020/

Gayle reviewed ConZealand panels on Youtube as enjoyable and warns that she 
worries there may be a sunset time, after which the content may not be 
available 

Cliff reviewed Sarah Pinsker's 1st novel, 'A Song for a New Day' - about a 
pandemic, which was sf when it was written - and everyone in his book group 
agreed that it was very good & highly recommended

we adjourned at 8:47 pm

Rumor of the week was = 'Next Week on Cooking with Rick'


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[Basfa] Fw: New messages from John Bowie

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

 FYI

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   ~~~ Respond by replying directly to this email ~~~ John Bowie Bay Area 
Science Fiction Association Hi Adrienne! 
 
Sorry for the cold-call internet message. I saw that you're one of the BASFA 
leads and I wanted to share my scifi novel, The Houses of the Curious, with 
you. It's currently on an ebook promo on Amazon, so it's a good time to snatch 
it! I live in Pacifica, so it feels really good to share with the Bay Area 
scifi association. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be happy to send 
or bring some paperbacks too. I'm just happy to share the book. 
 
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Re: [Basfa] WTF? Money I forgot I had! (unclaimed.org)

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Good to know. My late parents let some of their business slide into escheatment 
and I was not aware of the national registry. It's best to not to die before 
claiming it as it's going to be hassle to claim it now; it's going to require 
legal documents for me to do it.

Adrienne



On Sun, 4/7/19, Kennita Watson via Basfa  wrote:

 Subject: [Basfa] WTF? Money I forgot I had! (unclaimed.org)
 To: "roger gregory" , "Mark L." , 
"LPSCC Executive Committee" , "Bay Area Liberty" 
, "alcor-northern-califor...@googlegroups.com" 
, "ca-libe...@yahoogroups.com" 
, "Kathy, Dean, and the rest of Chaos Castle" 
, basfa@lists.basfa.org, "Celeste Burwell" 
, polyb...@yahoogroups.com, "Ducklings Lunch" 
, "Tom Digby" 
 Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019, 7:26 PM
 
 Sorry to bother you, but this is something I
 sincerely thought everyone 
 would want to know about.
 
 I knew I sometimes misplaced things,
 but I thought I kept pretty good 
 track of my money.  Today I found a
 tip in AARP Magazine.  I went to 
 unclaimed.org (the National
 Association of Unclaimed Property
 Administrators) and filled out a short 
 form; in well under 10 minutes had
 found two checks totaling about $150 
 that I didn't remember anything
 about.  It might be a little more 
 annoying if you need to look under
 multiple names or in multiple states, 
 or if you have a common name.
 
 Good luck!  Let people know.
 
 As you were.
 -- 
 
 Live long and prosper -- Kennita
 
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[Basfa] BASFA minutes archive on Meetup

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

FWIW, I brought the BASFA minutes archive on the Meetup page up to date. I 
hadn't realize how far behind I was on that. For anyone needing to refer to 
them, they are all there since meeting #1265, October 27, 2014, which was about 
the time the BASFA Meetup group was established, up through the most recent 
one, #1494, April 1, 2019.
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[Basfa] BASFA Meetup page

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

This email is to follow up the business I brought up at the March 4 meeting. My 
apologies for not sending this sooner.

Within the last several weeks, it occurred to me that my Meetup.com account is 
no longer personal to me. Bay Area Ghost Hunters, now falls under the corporate 
umbrella of the recently filed West Coast Paranormal Events, Inc., so it has 
become rather awkward for me to allow the BASFA group to piggyback at WCPE's 
expense. For those who want to refer to the page, it can be found at:

https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Science-Fiction-Association/

For those who aren't familiar with Meetup, organizers pay for their spaces on 
the website and can have up to three groups on their accounts. Their plans have 
changed over the years, but at present BAGH is paying $89.94 every six months 
for its presence there. Explaining to my board why I'm giving BASFA space is 
something I cannot justify, especially if they might find another use for it.

So, I can immediately think of three options on how BASFA wants to deal with it:

1.    WCPE and BASFA can split the cost.
2.    I can turn the organizer (admin) privileges over to an officer and BASFA 
can take complete ownership over its page. 
3.    Remove the group from Meetup altogether.

It is fairly common on Meetup for an organizer to step down from a group 
without nominating a replacement. When they do this, an offer goes out to the 
all of the group's on-line members to take it over. If I do that, there's no 
promise who would take it over and it would likely lose its connection to 
BASFA. I also wouldn't want to take the chance that an outsider would continue 
to use BASFA's name. That would create two BASFA groups to confuse people. (I 
really don't want to go  through the time-consuming hassle of cleaning off all 
the BASFA details before I let it go.)
Considering BASFA's Meetup page has attracted nearly 600 members and bring 
fresh faces to its meetings, it might be worth holding onto.
If BASFA opts to take complete ownership over its Meetup page, it would become 
easier to collect money through the rsvp process because it could go directly 
to a BASFA account. Meetup has a couple of other "organizer subscription" 
options, but I believe BASFA already has the one that suits it best. (I don't 
think Meetup Pro is worth it.) However, if you want to consider the other price 
plans, you can find them at:

https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001620472-Organizer-subscription-pricing-and-plans

BASFA might choose another alternative once the group has thought it over. For 
instance, if BASFA takes ownership, it could hand admin responsibility over to 
Ken Patterson and split the cost with Legion of Rassilon, giving LOR a presence 
on Meetup. (Or perhaps, we can split it three ways.)

I ask the officers and group to consider how they want to handle this. I'll be 
at the April 8 meeting to find out what your decision is.


Adrienne Foster
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Re: [Basfa] San Jose Giants...

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

 Ken,
I'm interested. I can do either one, but May is also easier for me than June at 
this point.

Adrienne

On Friday, January 18, 2019, 6:16:58 AM PST, Kevin Standlee via Basfa 
 wrote:  
 
 
May 4 is better for me personally than June 15, but I could probably attend 
either game.
 
  
 
Kevin
 
  
 
  
 
From: Basfa  On Behalf OfKen Patterson via Basfa
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:55 PM
To: BASFA 
Subject: [Basfa] San Jose Giants...
 
  
 
[Caution: External sender, beware of phishing]
 
My rep at the San Jose Giants has let me know when our related theme nights are 
for this season.
 
  
 
Star Wars Night : Saturday, May 4, 5 pm v. Rancho Cucamonga  $49/person VIP deck
 
  
 
Harry Potter Night : Saturday, June 15, 6 pm v. Visalia  $52/person VIP deck
 
  
 
  
 
Do I have enough interest for one or both of these games?
 
  
 
Give me a holler.
 
  
 
  
 
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[Basfa] BASFA at Worldcon 76

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Are there any plans for BASFA to have a party at Worldcon? If so, could someone 
send me the details for a posting on our Meetup page?
Adrienne
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[Basfa] BASFA party plans

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Does BASFA have any plans to host any parties at conventions in the near future?
Adrienne

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[Basfa] Fw: Room for Rent

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

   
Just thought I'd pass this on in case someone is looking for a place to live. 
It looks like a good deal, considering it's near Valley Fair.
Adrienne

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[Basfa] Tonight’s auction

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

I finished baking my leftover doughs last night, so there will be cookies to 
auction at BASFA this evening, including snickerdoodles.
Adrienne 

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[Basfa] Fw: New messages in ✎ Burlingame Public Library (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)

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     FYI.

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Public Library (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)   Bay Area Science 
Fiction Association   Burlingame Public Library Hello, 
 
I'm a librarian at the Burlingame Library and we're holding a Book Launch Party 
with Gail Carriger this Saturday, 11/11, at 3:30pm. People are invited to dress 
up in steampunk or Victorian wear, and I wanted to contact in case this might 
be of interest to your group! Gail is an awesome, NYT-bestselling author, best 
known for her Parasol Protectorate series and the universe she's created from 
that. We have more details on our meetup here: 
https://www.meetup.com/480primrose/events/244488...­ 
 
Please let me know if you have any questions! 
 
All the best, 
 
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[Basfa] FWIW

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I keep getting reminded that my workplace, which is in the old Westinghouse 
complex in Sunnyvale, is hiring in a variety of positions. If there are any 
BASFAns out there looking for work at the moment, please take a look. I know we 
have a lot of smart people who might be interested.
Openings range from janitor to engineer to management and some are union 
positions. If you're looking to move, you can also check out openings in other 
regions. 
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Re: [Basfa] Mourn the hero who saved you

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Thank you for the nice tribute, Matthew.
For those who aren't members of the BASFA Facebook group, the SF community also 
lost Len Wein during the past few days.
Adrienne 


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On Monday, September 11, 2017, 11:30 AM, Matthew Joseph Harrington via Basfa 
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sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:#ff;color:black;} 
On Friday, Dr. Jerry Pournelle died in his sleep.

I called him Doc.

He won the Cold War.

Whenever I mentioned it to him, he always pointed out that Marilyn Niven had 
kept everybody on the large Space Advisory Council magnificently fed* and 
deserved the credit. Not out of any of that negative boasting known as modesty, 
but giving credit where it was due**.

The first time I met him (other than signings) was at BayCon 2006, and he and 
Larry and I were standing around talking about Known Space while waiting for 
the banquet. Doc said, "This guy comes up with an intelligent race whose 
females are nonsentient, and I have to work out how they raise their kids." I 
replied, "He also comes up with an intelligent race that eats their mutants, 
and I have to figure out how they evolved." We exchanged a professional glance: 
I looked at him; he looked at me; we both looked at Larry; "Banquet's 
starting," said Larry. [I think it was nice for both of us to know someone 
smarter than we were. I at least knew two such. Now I'm down to one.]

I was on exactly one panel with him: Interstellar Espionage, at FurCon 2007. He 
opened by saying, "I know absolutely nothing about interstellar espionage," 
then kept the room riveted until someone came in to tell us we had run an hour 
and a half over.

I have been in my room alone so much since Friday that my roomie Valerie was 
getting worried. It finally occurs to me that he knew and liked my work, and 
therefore I should commemorate his life by writing more.

The fight was long, and the foe was strong, but he paid as good as he got.

Matthew Joseph Harrington

*PS - And thereby rational enough to come up with a way to get us out of MAD, 
an escape the socialist mindset could not use. It has finally occurred to me 
that the reason he didn't spell this out for me was that he expected me to get 
it. High praise. MJH

**PPS - In GODSPAWN I made her Quartermaster to Wizards. Credit where it's due. 
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Re: [Basfa] April 17 BASFA minutes

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

15 people in attendance, with one drive-by visitor, Erica.

  From: Ken Patterson via Basfa 
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 Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:09 PM
 Subject: [Basfa] April 17 BASFA minutes
   
BASFA Meeting 1394April 17, 2017 Trey Haddad, PresidentKen Patterson, Vice 
PresidentDave Gallaher, TreasurerGalen Tripp, Sergeant at ArmsBarbara 
Johnson-Haddad, Secretaryheld at the Black Bear Diner
Was called to order at 20:02
With 15 people in attendance.
A party jar was established.
Evil Kevin read the minutes of 1393, and were approved as: I guess that just 
happened.
Treasurer was not present
The VP had nothing fannish to report
The President was MIA with Secretary.
Committee Reports
Party: Next party is at Convolution, Saturday, October 7 at  San Ramon 
Marriott. There may be a BayCon party.
SJ Giants reminder:  Please make your payment if you have already expressed an 
interest in the Saturday, 20 May Star War Night.
Announcements
JohnO   
   - There was a Con last weekend, Walker Stalker. He couldn't go as he was Lin 
call.
   - There is a convention this weekend. SVCC. There will be a World Con 76 
table there. Help would be appreciated. jo...@worldcon76.org if interested. Ken 
followed on that Gary Fischer will be there (Carrie's dog) and will be doing 
photo ops.

Fred: OpenCulture.com : Has links to free O Riley books. 
Atheus: Fathom's Rifftrax Samurai Cop rerunning tomorrow.

Reviews
Adrienne:    
   - Spent weekend reviewing samples of Best Fancast Hugo finalists. Impressed 
with Tea and Jeopardy. Rageaholic goes below No Award.
   - Listening to Big Finnish dramas at work. Doom Coaltion 2 with River Song 
and Doctor #8! Fun listening.

JohnO:    
   - Previous weekend went to ColossusCon in Pleasanton. Basic small gate con. 
Some interesting dealers. 501st was there. Admission is intentionally 
inexpensive.
   - Hugo Readings: Got the crap out of the way first: 
   
   - Alien Stripper, Bone from Behind by T Rex. Parody/Pastiche of Chuck 
Tingle. Came out stupid... Andy clarified that the author had no knowledge of 
Chuck Tingle, and she's just as baffled by the nomination (normally doesn't do 
Sci-Fi)
   - Too Like the Lightning: A Novel (Terra Ignota) by Ada Palmer. Extremely 
difficult to get in the beginning, almost put it down after the first 20 pages. 
Pseudo 18th Century prose (including the My dear reader info dumps). Has gotten 
better. Recommends.
   - Watched 7 episodes of Stranger Things. Really enjoyable.

Andy: The drought is over, we had an Easter with Doctor Who! Final season of 
Moffat and Capaldi. New companion is apparently ordinary (yay!) Plays off of 
Capaldi in 5 minutes, than Clara did. Had fun with the formula of companion 
introduction story. Kevin follows on: Bill is gay, and was done really nice and 
natural. Adrienne enjoyed the episode. Better than series 9. 
Atheus: Saw new MST3K on Netflix. Some episode were too self aware, but still 
bonkers. FX and puppets have upgrades. Worth missing first day of a con.
We had auctions and the rumor of the week was: We'll have more people here next 
Meeting.

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Re: [Basfa] Public tours at Lick Observatory in San Jose

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Oh, dang. I just noticed they're sold out for April 23, but they're also doing 
it May 25, June 25, July 20, and so on through September. See their description 
for more details.
  From: Adrienne Foster via Basfa <basfa@lists.basfa.org>
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 Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2017 6:27 PM
 Subject: [Basfa] Public tours at Lick Observatory in San Jose
   

I think members of BASFA might be interested the public tours Lick Observatory 
is offering. If you can't make it April 23, it appears to be something they'll 
be doing monthly, at least for a little while.
Adrienne 


 
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[Basfa] Catching up on our Meetup.com page

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FWIW, I caught up on posting BASFA's meeting minutes at our Meetup.com page. 
They're posted in descending order with the most recent meeting first, but that 
could change if anyone comments on them. They go back as far as October 27, 
2014, which is about the time our Meetup group page was created. This is an 
uninterrupted run of them. If anyone needs to research them, this is probably 
the best place to go since it has been a challenge finding all the different 
places they've been posted—they haven't all been sent to the e-mail list. All 
minutes were taken by our secretary, Barbara Johnson-Haddad, unless otherwise 
noted. For anyone who needs to refer to the minutes, you'll find them at:
https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Science-Fiction-Association/messages/boards/forum/19798162
Now I'm going to go back and check on our meeting attendance.
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[Basfa] Looking for volunteers on non-profit board

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A board of directors is currently forming for West Coast Paranormal Events 
Inc., a new non-profit corporation that will be formally overseeing Bay Area 
Ghost Hunters and looking into putting on a traveling paranormal convention, 
which will be loosely using the World Science Fiction Convention as a model.
 For those interested in the paranormal, their community is in the same 
situation the speculative fiction genre was in back in the 40s and 50s. There 
are lots of people interested, but the gatherings I've been to have all left 
something to be desired. Most don't last much longer than a day and many 
nickel-and-dime attendees who want to do more than sit in on programming or go 
to the dealers room. I believe there is a place for something bigger and better.
 We are recruiting nine people who at least have a respect for the subject 
matter and have had substantial experience organizing events. Since there is a 
lot of overlap between paranormal buffs and science fiction fans, I have been 
hoping some of my friends in the science fiction community would be interested 
in joining us to produce a convention with a whole new focus, the paranormal, 
including but not limited to scientific research, literature—both non-fiction 
and fiction, art, photography, film, etc. Once again, I am loosely using San 
Francisco Science Fiction Conventions Inc. (SFSFC) as a model for our 
corporation. A term of office will last 3 years, but for the initial board, six 
of the members will have terms of either 1 or 2 years. The current plan is to 
meet every 4 months (or three times a year). 

 As of this writing, we have four more positions to fill. Five members have 
already been recruited, including:
 Adrienne Foster 
 Loyd Auerbach
 Bill Samuels
 Maurine Starkey
 Stacy Meyn
 The people working on this board will be unpaid volunteers. Ideally, we would 
like someone who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we won't dismiss any 
good candidates who live elsewhere. Please PM me if interested. West Coast 
Paranormal Events is the name I reserved with the State of California and I am 
currently putting together the paperwork to file. I will need all nine people 
to sign the documents for filing with the state soon.
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Re: [Basfa] Neil Gaiman Bundle

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Thanks, Fred!

  From: F. C. Moulton via Basfa 
 To: "basfa@lists.basfa.org"  
 Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 11:05 AM
 Subject: [Basfa] Neil Gaiman Bundle
   

A couple of BASFA members requested I post this info:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/neil-gaiman-book-bundle

This is a limited time bundle offer where for a few dollars you can get 
some Neil Gaiman related material. If you pay $15 or more you get the 
entire bundled including bonus material.  The entire bundle includes 
ebooks, audio and video.

Fred

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[Basfa] BASFA minutes for October 17

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BASFA Meeting #1369
 October 17, 2016 Trey Haddad, President
 Ken Patterson, Vice President�
 Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
 �Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms�
 Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
 Minutes taken by Beth Vallacqua, Holographic Secretary 2.0
 held at the Black Bear Diner
 Began at 8:00 
 
24 people attended
 We established a party jar
 The minutes of meeting 1368 were accepted as ‘Worth every penny’
 The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $0.50 in the regular jar and 
$1.25 in the party jar. Party balance is $107.49 after payments.
 The Vice President had nothing fannish to report
 The President was not in attendance
 The party committee announced that the next BASFA party will be held at PAW 
con on Nov 5 at the Double Tree. The theme is Rising from the Ashes, a Max Max 
theme
 
Announcements:
 JC Announced that the Nerdvana Podcast newest episode titled ‘Wu are you’ is 
from Convolution 2015 will be released on Wednesday
 Randy announced that if you recently sent him an email, he didn’t get it as 
his laptop was stolen.
 Aetheus announced that he is building a portable power supply and needs flat 
lap top batteries
 Gerry announced that this Thursday, Rocky Horror will be airing on FOX. Also 
on Friday, Hamilton’s America will air on PBS
 
Ken followed on that Saturday at 10am is the premiere of the Dr.Who Spinoff, 
Class on BBC. Also, you can see Thunderbirds are go Season 2 on ITV
 Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters have been invited to Barnes & 
Noble Harry Potter Halloween on October 28 in Dublin.
 Kevin announced that there is an online ballot to choose a fan bridal gown for 
the Luann comic. Local Phillip Gust is in the lead but voting closes in a few 
hours.
 Ken announced that Symphony Silicon Valley will show the first Harry Potter 
movie with a live orchestra Halloween weekend. The second movie will be shown 
in April. Follow on that the San Francisco Opera will to Ren Cycle in 2018
 Dave Clark announced that November 11 will be the last Unshelved comic strip
 
Reviews
 John O reviewed the make your own lightsaber panel at Convolution as good value
 Chris O. reviewed Hubba Hubba Burlesque Damsels and Dragons as fun.
 Beth reviewed surprise anniversary trip to Monterrey as very relaxing and 
Disneyland with girlfriends as a much needed vacation.
 
Adrienne reviewed Beyond the Veil Paranormal conference as very small in a 
haunted hotel
 Fred reviewed Bacon Fest as a light crowd with short lines because of the 
weather but did get lots of drink tickets.
 Dave C. reviewed Shin Godzilla as worth worth matinee. Andy followed on that 
it was basically Godzilla with less swearing and more explosions. It was a dark 
political farce, he liked the new designs and worth friends buying tickets.
 Mo reviewed Amazon’s Goliath as she liked it.
 (Tall) Kevin reviewed Amtrack one way tickets as a good deal rather than 
driving in the rainl. JC forgot what he wanted to review but his wife is 
AWESOME!!
 
We did auctions.
 We adjourned at 9:15 pm 
 and the rumor of the week was: ‘Authentic Godzilla marzipan dildos are 
available in the lobby.
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Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for September 12

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Subject: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for September 12  BASFA Meeting 1363September 
12, 2016 Trey Haddad, PresidentKen Patterson, Vice PresidentDave Gallaher, 
TreasurerGalen Tripp, Sergeant at ArmsBarbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretaryheld at 
the Black Bear Diner Began 8 pm, with dessert26 people attended  we established 
a party jar  The minutes of meeting 1362 were accepted as 'Oh no they're not'  
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $6.50 in the regular jar & 
$4.20 in the party jar  The Vice President reported that the Retrodome kills 
theatres  The President greeted Neil W - who was visiting us for the first time 
because of JC  Announcements:JC announced that Nerdvana Podcast is back, baby & 
a huge gret of datatude is owed to Steve Nelson & they will be posting 3 
podcasts a week for a while.  Episode 44, parts 2 & 3 are out now and episode 
45 will be out Friday & they will be doing the Convolution Podcast on Saturday 
of the con & next week is their Hallowe'en tribute  Adrienne announced that she 
has 2 boxes of household supplies, some of them opened, for anyone interested & 
 announced that next Monday is 'Talk like a Pirate Day'  Steven announced that 
he has a new podcast = SciFiSciFiSciFi, doing short reivews of books and is on 
episode 10 and available on iTunes  Dave C announced that there's a convention 
coming up, Jan 14-15, Comic Excitement in LA at the Staple Center  Kaitlyn 
announced that her music department at Santa Clara High is doing a fund raiser 
on Oct 2nd, from 10 am till 2pm, selling all sorts of mattresses    
Reviews:Carole reviewed a wedding as nice enough in a mildly hokey sort of way  
Fred reviewed a SFinSF event with Robert Silverberg as he really enjoyed 
hearing about SF fannish history  John O reviewed 'Suicide Squad' as he enjoyed 
it & thought Harley Quinn steals the show & reviewed 'Kubo' as visually  
beautiful, really enjoyable hero's journey, recommended & worth full price  
Gayle reviewed a Finnish fanzine bought at BASFA auction as an interesting read 
& their website is http://www.finnishweird.net/  Gerry reviewed a TV biopic on 
Churchill, 'Churchill's Secret' as worth a couple of hours to watch  Fred 
reviewed a party where he played fizzball for the first time as a good time was 
had by all  we did auctions  we adjourned at 8:52 pm  and the rumor of the week 
was:  'Huge grets of datatude are better than small ones'    -- 
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[Basfa] Catching up on our Meetup.com page

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I've been trying to catch up on posting the minutes to our archives on the 
BASFA Meetup.com page, but have been unable to find them for July 25. Does 
anyone know if they're posted anywhere I can copy from?
For those who are interested in the minutes, they can be found here:
http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Science-Fiction-Association/messages/boards/forum/19798162
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[Basfa] Fw: New messages in ✩ Rina Weisman (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)

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[Basfa] Fw: ONE WEEK to go! San Jose Mini Maker Faire: Sunday, September 4!

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   I know there are several BASFAns who enjoy Maker Faire. I thought you might 
be interested in this.
Adrienne  
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[Basfa] Fw: New messages in ✩ Rina Weisman (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)

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Hey everyone.
Forwarding the news of this event received through our Meetup.com page.
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[Basfa] Minutes for 30 May 2016

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BASFA Meeting 1348
May 30, 2016
 
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
held at the Black Bear Diner
 
Began 8:05 pm – Treasurer presiding
12 people attended
 
The minutes of meeting 1347 were accepted as “in the sonorous tones of Dave 
Gallaher”
 
The Treasurer reported that last week we took in $13.12 in the regular jar & $0 
in the party jar.
 
The Vice President was absent.
 
The President was absent.
 
The Site Selection committee reminded us that we will be meeting at the Black 
Bear Diner next 2 week & that we will hold a ratification vote to confirm BBD 
as a more permanent site
 
The Sports Committee reported that they are thinking about doing another BASFA 
outing to the SJ Giants on Cartoon & Princess day, Tuesday, June 28 with a 7pm 
start time 
 
The Conduct Committee reported that they are hard at work.
 
Announcements:
Dave C announced that there is a new Playboy for review.
 
Reviews:
There were many reviews of Baycon.
 
The San Jose in 2018 parties at Baycon went well and the Sunday party closed 
down the con.
 
There were many reviews of Clockwork Alchemy.
 
There were no reviews of Fanime.
 
Mo reviewed Jim Butcher’s Hugo Nominated work, The Cinder Spires:  The 
Aeronaut’s Windlass, and reviewed Suki Kim’s Without You, there is no Us as 
worth full price.
 
we adjourned at 8:52 pm
 
and the rumor of the week was:  ‘BASFA takes your breath away'
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[Basfa] Fw: CALLING ALL PLAYWRIGHTS & ACTORS

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I thought there might be a few people who'd be interested in this. 

Adrienne

 
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[Basfa] Fw: Call for Makers OPEN for 2016 San Jose Mini Maker Faire!

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

I'm passing this along because I know many of you enjoy the big Maker Fair in 
May. You may enjoy this one as well.
Adrienne

 
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 To: ajfos...@pacbell.net 
 Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:41 AM
 Subject: Call for Makers OPEN for 2016 San Jose Mini Maker Faire!
   
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 Our "Call for Makers" for the 2016 San Jose Mini Maker Faire is now OPEN!
We are looking for crafters, artisans, artists, builders, performers, thinkers 
and innovators who have a broad diversity of creative skills for this year's 
San Jose Mini Maker Faire. 

The San Jose Mini Maker Faire will be heldat History Park onSunday, September 
4, 2016 11:00am - 6:00pm

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[Basfa] FYI BASFA on Facebook

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

FYI: BASFA has Facebook group and sometimes news that's posted there isn't 
duplicated here (and vice-versa). For those interested in joining it, please go 
to: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/50764271460/
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Re: [Basfa] BASFA Locations, Polls and Voting

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

I notice that voters are required to rank all the venues listed no matter what. 
It seems that once they vote "None of the Above," they should be finished. Is 
there any way to eliminate that? Or does anyone else feel that we should rank 
all of them regardless?

Adrienne

  From: Ken Patterson via Basfa 
 To: BASFA  
 Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 3:26 PM
 Subject: [Basfa] BASFA Locations, Polls and Voting
   
The Relocation Committee is proud to present the first stage in settling the 
location of our new meeting place. As discussed at the meeting on Monday, 4 
April, instead of voting on all the locations at a designated meeting, the 
Relocation Committee will be presenting the results of an online survey as the 
recommendation of the Committee. This survey will allow the voice of the entire 
membership, regardless of their ability to attend the meeting with the actual 
vote, to be heard.

The poll uses the Instant Runoff Voting, what the Hugo Awards used or their 
ballots (so many of you will be familiar with that). The winner of this poll 
will be brought before the members at the meeting on 4 May, 2016 as the 
recommendation of the Committee for ratification. 

As was recommended at the meeting on Monday, 28 March, the chosen site will be 
used exclusively for a month (to discover and iron out any issues that may 
occur.) If we are satisfied, we will make that our new permanent home. The 
first meeting of that month trial will be on Monday, 16 May.

You have heard of the dreaded BASFA voting block, here is the dreaded BASFA 
voting link: https://www.opavote.com/vote/4756150994075648

The poll is currently open, and will close on Saturday, 30 April.

Please vote responsibly...

The list of restaurants that we will have been at as of the May 2 meeting are 
as follows (in order of appearance):
   
   - Round Table Pizza, Sunnyvale (12/21, 12/28, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 2/1, 2/15, 
2/29)
   - Omega’s Family Restaurant, Milpitas (1/25, 4/18)
   - Black Bear Diner, Milpitas (2/8, 3/14, 3/28, 5/2)
   - Lyon’s, San Jose (2/22, 4/11, 4/25)
   - Old Spaghetti Factory, San Jose (3/7)
   - Faz, San Jose (3/21)
   - Mimi’s Cafe, San Jose (4/4) [note: we would need to move to Tuesdays to be 
able to do every week]

We still need to schedule a location for the May 9 meeting, just so we’re not 
booking it last minute, so the month long run for the selected restaurant will 
be May 16 - June 13(which will incorporate the post Memorial Day convention 
visitors.)

April 11 
Lyon’s4233 Moorpark AveSan Jose, CA  95129
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lyons-restaurant-san-jose

April 18 
Omega Family Restaurant And Lounge90 South Park Victoria DriveMilpitas, 
California 95035
http://www.omegafamilyrestaurant.com

April 25 
Lyon’s4233 Moorpark AveSan Jose, CA  95129
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lyons-restaurant-san-jose

May 2 
Black Bear Diner174 W. Calaveras BlvdMilpitas, CA 94035
http://blackbeardiner.com/store/milpitas-black-bear-diner/

May 9
TBA

May 16 - June 13
To be voted on at the May 2 meeting

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[Basfa] Minutes for March 28

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BASFA Meeting #1339 at Black Bear Diner Milpitas
 March 28, 2016
 Trey Haddad, President
 Ken Patterson, Vice President
 Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
 Galen Tripp, Sergeant At Arms
 Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary APRIL 4 WILL BE AT: Mimi’s Café- 1200 El 
Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130
 Began promptly at 8:00
 26 people attended
 We established a party jar
 The minutes of meeting 1338 were accepted as ‘a little Fazzy’
 The treasurer reported that last week we took in $10.65 in the regular jar and 
$6.75 in the party jar
 The Vice President thanked Holographic Secretary 2.0 for stepping in and 
welcomed new people Nathan and his wife Monique originally from Seattle who 
found us on the Meetup site.
 The President was not in attendance
 The Sports Committee reported that there are 3 tickets remaining for the 
Giants/Rockies game on Friday, May 6 in the view reserve [section 317] at a 
price of $28. PLUS Ken has tickets for the Saturday, 5pm, May 14, SJ Giants 
Star Wars night game in the Martinelli Plaza for $49 each and needs a minimum 
of 15 to buy in [we’re currently at 17] and this includes food, 2 alcoholic 
beverage & programs.
 The Meetup committee reported that the site is current with minutes and 
encouraged everyone to join. It will help our membership numbers when looking 
for meeting sites and events like Giants. Signing up is free but it will ask if 
you want to donate money. Adrienne pays a biannual fee to maintain the BASFA 
group.
 The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Our next 
meetings will be at:
 April 4 Mimi’s Café El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose, CA 95130
 April 11 Lyon’s 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129 (upstairs section)
 April 18 at Omega’s 90 S Park Victoria, Milpitas CA 95035
 April 25 Lyon’s 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129
 May 2 Black Bear Diner 174 W. Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas
 There will be a vote on May 2 to choose a semi-permanent location for a month. 
Proxy voting will be allowed. Details to follow.

 Announcements:
 Lisa announced there will be a Dr. Who dances at the Titanic event this 
Saturday at the Alameda Elks Costumes are admired but not required.
 Mo announced Contact conference this weekend. Also next weekend is PENWAG 
where Mo is teaching a Venetian Mask workshop
 Bob announced the FB page asked that ConVolution be mentioned Sept 30 – Oct 2. 
Prices go up on Thursday. JC followed on that they are still looking for staff 
members. Go to Con-Volution.com to sign up.
 John O announced that Hugo nominations close on March 30. His photos from last 
years Hugo Ceremony are eligible for nomination. Several other BASFA members 
are eligible including 
 Spring, Mo Starkey, Chuck Serface and Nerdvana Podcast. He also announced that 
Writers with drinks will feature Adam Savage from Mythbusters on April 9 at the 
Makeout Room on 22nd St. in SF . Tickets are only available at the door and 
will sell out fast.
 Ken announced that that March 30 will be a live symphony of Star Trek music at 
the SJ Center for the Performing Arts. Cheaper seats are sold out but pricier 
ones still available. 

 Adrienne announced that she is prepping her house for restoration. Basement 
must be emptied and there are some antiques in decent condition. She needs help 
emptying it April 23. Let her know if you’re available. 

 Reviews:
 Adrienne reviewed Batman V Superman as she enjoyed it and was excited to see 
Wonder Woman on the big screen and Henry Cavill was good eye candy. Beth 
followed on that the movie was slow and got 1 pillow (she fell asleep) but 
Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck were good eye candy. Alex followed on that despite 
early negative reviews, he went in with an open mind and gives in 8/10 it was 
deeper than reviewers gave it credit for and it worked on multiple layers. He 
wrote a review on Facebook JC followed on that he enjoyed it and it was a 
Superman for today’s audience. Ken followed on that he and Jerry liked it but 
doesn’t need to see it again
 Adrienne reviewed several baseball movies as all good.
 Gerry reviewed MarCon as good and the Minnesota weather cooperated; Raising 
Caine by Charles Gannon as good and a Nubula Nominee and again STRONGLY 
recommended Saturn Run by Ctein and Stanford. Bill followed on that Saturn Run 
hits some things that are usually missing.
 Dave G. reviewed Norwescon in Seattle as very good.
 Josh reviewed Sen Dai Sushi on Abel St. in Milpitas as some of the best 
Japanese food in a while worth the 20 minute wait and worth full price. 

 Mo reviewed ‘Stan Lee’s a lucky man’ on BBC 8-12 episodes as highly 
recommended. 

 John O uses book bub an online service that sends emails on e-book deals. He 
recently read Across a Billion Years by Robert Silverberg and recommends it but 
the ending is a little rushed. Worth the $1.99. Josh followed on that he uses 
bookbub a loves it.
 Ken reviewed Wicked as worth full price. Highly recommended. 
Chris O followed on that she saw Wicked and then 2 weeks later 

[Basfa] Fw: New messages in ✎ Ronald Fischer (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Received via the Meetup page. I'll explain it's not for me to make unilateral 
decisions on this, but thought I'd pass the message on.
Adrienne


 
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 Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:59 AM
 Subject: New messages in ✎ Ronald Fischer (Bay Area Science Fiction 
Association)
   
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Fischer (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)   Bay Area Science Fiction 
Association   Ronald Fischer I attended the meeting on March 14. I would like 
to join and continue coming but Monday's are not convenient for me. Can you 
occasionally change the meeting day? 
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[Basfa] 15 Feb BASFA minutes

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

BASFA Meeting 1333 - at Round Table
 February 15, 2016
 Trey Haddad, President
 Ken Patterson, Vice President
 Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
 Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms
 Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
 Began 8 pm - with all the cool kids
 17 people attended
 We established a party jar
 The minutes of meeting 1332 were accepted as 'Beer, bear, whatever'
 The Treasurer was not available
 The Vice President had nothing fannish to report, but we welcomed new member 
Adam.
 The President was not in attendance
 The Site Selection committee is looking for new meeting sites. Josh 
recommended Faz, the restaurant he recently began working at. Black Bear was 
reviewed as good food but menu may be limited. 

 Feb 22 at Lyons, 4233 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95129;
 Feb 29 at the Round Table again, 1220 Oakmead Parkway
 March 7 at the Old Spagetti Factory
 March 14 at Black Bear diner 174 W. Calaveras Ave Milpitas
 March 21 Faz 181 East Tasman
 March 28 Black Bear Diner
 The Party Committee reported that the next BASFA party will be at Babscon [Apr 
22-24], at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame on Apr 23
 The Hugo Recommendation Committee reported that they will be doing Hugo 
nominations after the regular meeting tonight
 The Sports Committee reported that Ken sent in the contract for the SJ Giants 
Star Wars night on Saturday, 5pm, May 14, saying that we can have the 
Martinelli Plaza for $49 each, if 15 buy in .. and this includes food, 2 
alcoholic beverages & programs

 Announcements:
 Chuck announced that Nerdvana Podcast is still doing its fundraiser on Indy 
Gogo with a goal of $2500, so give the site a look

 Reviews: 
 JC reviewed 'Deadpool' as romantic love story. Ranks pretty high as far as 
Marvel movies go. Fun movie. Humor is nonstop. Worth full price. Beth followed 
on that There is a full frontal nude fight scene! 

 Bill reviewed Anne Lecke's 'Ancillary Trilogy' as worth full price. Follow ons 
agree that it is excellent. 

 Also reviewed Faz as interesting combinations, servers and chef took care of 
them. Ken followed on that the food was not what he usually gets but was 
pleased. 

 Jonathan reviewed soy lentil drink as interesting. 'Mad max fury road' as not 
sure what to think. 'show me the hero' a six episode miniseries as fun. Haunted 
house opened for valentines weekend 500 people visited. Came from an debate at 
SJSU on Israeli/ Palestine issues as surprised that people acted like adults. 

 Mo and Adrienne watched 'Last Witch Hunter'. Not recommended at all! she also 
said Gallifrey was amazing. Was impressed with John Hurt who read dialogue from 
past doctors. Got a photo with Nichelle Nichols. Got to meet the guy who played 
Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles movie. Adrienne followed on, 
she spent the first two days sleeping off a fever. 

 No auctions due to Hugo business
 we adjourned at 9:05 pm
 and the rumor of the week was 'There will be rumors'
Beth Vallacqua, emergency minute-taker
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[Basfa] Sleep Dealer--free screening in Santa Cruz

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

I received another offer through BASFA's page on Meetup.com. For those who 
might be interested, I believe the page May means to direct folks to is:
http://www.meetup.com/Movies-plays-theater-and-more/events/228849031/
Adrienne

 
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 Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 1:06 AM
 Subject: New messages in ✎ May (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)
   
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Area Science Fiction Association)   Bay Area Science Fiction Association   May 
Dear Bay Area Science Fiction Association, I am organizing a film screening in 
Santa Cruz, which, I realize is quite a distance from where you normally 
meetup. However, I thought I would reach out to you in case you had members who 
live around there, or, would be willing to trek over to see an rare science 
fiction film, "Sleep Dealer" - if you are interested, here is the link:  
http://www.meetup.com/Movies-plays-theater-and-...­ 
The screening is FREE. Please message me if you have questions.  February 16, 
2016 1:03 AM Reply directly to this email or respond on Meetup.com To 
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[Basfa] Octavia Butler tributes

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Received through BASFA's Meetup.com page. I'm forwarding in case some of you 
might be interested.
Adrienne


 
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 Subject: New messages in ✎ Channing Joseph (Bay Area Science Fiction 
Association)
   
 Meetup ~~~ Respond by replying directly to this email ~~~   ✎ Channing 
Joseph (Bay Area Science Fiction Association)   Bay Area Science Fiction 
Association   Channing Joseph Thought some of your members might be interested 
in this event. SF Weekly Newspaper is calling it one of the "can't miss 
exhibits" of February. 
 
Science fiction has a reputation for attracting nerdy white guys, but there was 
one black woman writer who could slay Comic-Book Guy from The Simpsons and The 
Lone Gunmen from The X-Files, and fend off any nettlesome Trekkies while 
suppressing a yawn. Afrofuturist, MacArthur Award winner, and supreme genius 
Octavia Butler (1947-2006) wrote brilliant novels like The Parable of the Sower 
and The Parable of the Talents (set in a dystopian, near-future California) 
that consider topics like gender, the morphology of race, cultural imperialism, 
and the future of the species alongside more typical sci-fi fare like weird 
aliens. Ten years after her death, Butler is being honored with two shows at 
the end of the month. 
 
First, Live Worms Gallery straddles Black History Month and Women's History 
Month with Octavia's Attic: ARTifacts From Our Possible Futures (Feb. 24 - 
March 2), a compendium of over two dozen artists. Through the use of painting 
to video art to interactive installations, these creative minds have been 
tasked with re-imagining "time-navigation tools" discovered posthumously in 
Butler's attic and which she may or may not have singlehandedly dragged from 
other dimensions. Expect post-psychedelic poster art from Black Kirby, 
spoken-word incantations from Walidah Imarisha, a "psychotemporal transcranial 
stimulation device (PTSD)" from lawyer and science fiction author Rasheedah 
Phillips, which allows visitors to experience past events, and more. 
 
Relatedly, a two-day show called Parables of the Future, an interactive art and 
science event that combines choreography with the current science on time 
travel, arrives Feb. 27-28. Featuring Brontez Purnell, Shinnerrie Jackson, and 
University of Connecticut physics professor Dr. Ronald Mallett, it might open 
up a tear in the space-time continuum and fill it with paradoxes of queer 
African-American awesomeness. (The only thing better than learning how to build 
your own time machine is hearing an original performance set to Butler's own 
text, right?) 
 
Octavia’s Attic: ARTifacts From Our Possible Futures, Feb. 24 - March 2, at 
Live Worms Gallery, 1345 Grant Ave., sflivewormsgallery.com, octaviasattic.com. 
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Re: [Basfa] Fw: new message

[Adrienne Foster via Basfa]

Kaspersky would not let my computer open it. 
I'm relieved.
Adrienne


  From: F. C. Moulton via Basfa 
 To: basfa@lists.basfa.org 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 9:15 PM
 Subject: Re: [Basfa] Fw: new message
   
Just to state the obvious

You do not want to click on that link.

I did a very cursory check and it is a redirect to ovvlm.com which is a 
domain just created a few days ago and which is using nameservers in RU.

Fred


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