BASFA minutes for June 26
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basfaMinutes of Meeting #1711
Monday, June 26, 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 & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8pm
9 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1710 were accepted as 'Found underwater, but still redeemable'
proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ric announced that 'ST Prodigy' was a nice animated show for 1 season, but has been taken off Paramount Plus & season 2 has been orphaned. Hopefully it will show up somewhere
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9795876/
Robin announced that Baycon is this coming weekend & they will attend; check = https://baycon.org/ & Robin announced that in 2 weeks will be the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, check https://sffolkfest.org/
Yochanan announced that the San Francisco Shakespeare Company will be doing Cymbeline in July
https://sfshakes.org/
REVIEWS:
Yochanan reviewed 'Elementals' as visually stunning with a good story. He was very pleased with it & enjoyed it a lot, but it didn't leave a lasting memory with him. He rates it as worth full price & recommended;
& he reviewed 'The Cloverfield Paradox' on Netflix as set on a space station. it had some interesting ideas & he liked it
Rick reviewed 'Star Trek Strange New Worlds', episode 2 ("Ad Astra per Aspera", Paramount+) as a brilliant courtroom drama worthy of comparison with TNG's "The Measure of a Man". Yochanan followed, saying that he also really liked it a lot;
& Rick reviewed the latest Marvel TV mini-series, 'Secret Invasion' (Marvel, and thus Disney+) which will run for six episodes. So far (on a sample of one ep), it was a little slow, with Cold War-like spy-drama paranoia and atmosphere. Promising. Worth full whatever so far;
& Rick reviewed "Troll" (from 2022) as a fun, fast-moving Norwegian monster/adventure flick, modelled after the likes of Godzilla and King Kong, that happily doesn't take itself too seriously. Excellent CGI, lots of gorgeous Norway scenery, endearing characters, good enough (if derivative) script. Findable on Netflix.
Robin reviewed the third of a trilogy by local author Peter Sartucci, 'The Shadow Exalted', as she enjoyed it & likes the way the author writes of how its society deals with magic
Trey reviewed 'The Flash' as he was pleasantly surprised that he enjoyed the movie as much as he did & rates it as worth matinee. Yochanan also saw it and very much enjoyed it - feeling it was worth full price & he really liked the cameos
we adjourned at 8:31pm
and the rumor of the week was = 'Science is about other people making mistakes so you don't have to'
Monday, June 26, 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 & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim
Called to order at 8pm
9 varied beings attended
The minutes of meeting 1710 were accepted as 'Found underwater, but still redeemable'
proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgallaher@gmail.com
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ric announced that 'ST Prodigy' was a nice animated show for 1 season, but has been taken off Paramount Plus & season 2 has been orphaned. Hopefully it will show up somewhere
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9795876/
Robin announced that Baycon is this coming weekend & they will attend; check = https://baycon.org/ & Robin announced that in 2 weeks will be the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, check https://sffolkfest.org/
Yochanan announced that the San Francisco Shakespeare Company will be doing Cymbeline in July
https://sfshakes.org/
REVIEWS:
Yochanan reviewed 'Elementals' as visually stunning with a good story. He was very pleased with it & enjoyed it a lot, but it didn't leave a lasting memory with him. He rates it as worth full price & recommended;
& he reviewed 'The Cloverfield Paradox' on Netflix as set on a space station. it had some interesting ideas & he liked it
Rick reviewed 'Star Trek Strange New Worlds', episode 2 ("Ad Astra per Aspera", Paramount+) as a brilliant courtroom drama worthy of comparison with TNG's "The Measure of a Man". Yochanan followed, saying that he also really liked it a lot;
& Rick reviewed the latest Marvel TV mini-series, 'Secret Invasion' (Marvel, and thus Disney+) which will run for six episodes. So far (on a sample of one ep), it was a little slow, with Cold War-like spy-drama paranoia and atmosphere. Promising. Worth full whatever so far;
& Rick reviewed "Troll" (from 2022) as a fun, fast-moving Norwegian monster/adventure flick, modelled after the likes of Godzilla and King Kong, that happily doesn't take itself too seriously. Excellent CGI, lots of gorgeous Norway scenery, endearing characters, good enough (if derivative) script. Findable on Netflix.
Robin reviewed the third of a trilogy by local author Peter Sartucci, 'The Shadow Exalted', as she enjoyed it & likes the way the author writes of how its society deals with magic
Trey reviewed 'The Flash' as he was pleasantly surprised that he enjoyed the movie as much as he did & rates it as worth matinee. Yochanan also saw it and very much enjoyed it - feeling it was worth full price & he really liked the cameos
we adjourned at 8:31pm
and the rumor of the week was = 'Science is about other people making mistakes so you don't have to'
