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August 4 BASFA club minutes
Minutes of Meeting #1820
Monday, August 4, 2025
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ]
https://www.parktownpizza.com
And online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83807383506?pwd=VnNNTXJ1YXlLS0RQVVB2VERXUTQ2dz09
Called to order at 8 pm
7live/8online beings attended the meeting
The minutes of meeting 1819 were accepted as 'not necessarily in line with administration policy'
Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we have accrued $152.34 since the resumption of live meetings.
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
no old or new business
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Yochanan announced that SF Shakespeare will have a dinner & drinks event tomorrow at 5:30pm at Aug 5. Bring your own food & drinks, but they will supply the conversation. Space is limited
see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/
& he announced that also on August 5 at 7:15pm, there will be a showing of 'Bears on a Ship', a low-budget thriller at the Almaden Cinelux Theater
see = https://www.cineluxtheatres.com/cinelux-almaden-cafe-lounge/movie/17349?date=2025-08-05
Lisa announced that her Oddfellows Lodge is having a Jane Austen Dance this Saturday, August 9, doors open at 6:30pm & they will also have a Hamiltunes sing-a-long on August 30, 7pm - both occurring at the Lodge in San Jose
see = true52.org for more information & ticket sales
Reviews:
Yochanan reviewed an Apple TV show called 'Severance' which has 2 seasons so far. He has finished all 20 episodes and is giddy with excitement over the show. The series is well-written, the music is borderline creepy & it's full of nail-biting suspense. He rates it as worth full-price at least. He 'can't praise the show enough'.
see = https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx
and Yochanan reviewed a play, 'Pericles', which is pay as you will [& $10 for parking], performed by Santa Cruz Shakespeare as very, very well done & beautiful, but not for the faint of heart, since it includes incest, prostitution and murder. He highly recommends it.
see = https://santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2025-overview/2025-main-stage-productions/pericles/
and Yochanan reviewed season 4 of 'Love, Death and Robots', seen on Netflix, as a really good show with many science fiction elements and a lot of violence. He highly recommends it. Duncan also highly, highly recommends it and says it is a series that you can jump into at any point & he doesn't have words to describe how good this show is.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots
Marc reviewed 'Star Trek, Strange New Worlds' as this episode was really, really good, full of classic holodeck twists. He loved it and recommends it highly. Ken followed-on, saying 'yes'. [There was laughter.] Then he commented about how the mystery was masterfully handled & great fun. Yochanan also enjoyed the episode & recommends it - and urges watching the end credits for the out-takes.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds
Antoine reviewed 'Noor', a book by Nnedi Okorafor involving a sometime occurring in the future dystopia that he enjoyed reading very much
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_(novel)
and the rumor of the week was = 'The East Coast 'heat dome' is part of the new administration's environmental policy of establishing hell on Earth'
we adjourned at = 8:37pm
there was an auction
Monday, August 4, 2025
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ]
https://www.parktownpizza.com
And online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83807383506?pwd=VnNNTXJ1YXlLS0RQVVB2VERXUTQ2dz09
Called to order at 8 pm
7live/8online beings attended the meeting
The minutes of meeting 1819 were accepted as 'not necessarily in line with administration policy'
Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we have accrued $152.34 since the resumption of live meetings.
the VP had nothing fannish to report
the President had nothing fannish to report
no old or new business
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Yochanan announced that SF Shakespeare will have a dinner & drinks event tomorrow at 5:30pm at Aug 5. Bring your own food & drinks, but they will supply the conversation. Space is limited
see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/
& he announced that also on August 5 at 7:15pm, there will be a showing of 'Bears on a Ship', a low-budget thriller at the Almaden Cinelux Theater
see = https://www.cineluxtheatres.com/cinelux-almaden-cafe-lounge/movie/17349?date=2025-08-05
Lisa announced that her Oddfellows Lodge is having a Jane Austen Dance this Saturday, August 9, doors open at 6:30pm & they will also have a Hamiltunes sing-a-long on August 30, 7pm - both occurring at the Lodge in San Jose
see = true52.org for more information & ticket sales
Reviews:
Yochanan reviewed an Apple TV show called 'Severance' which has 2 seasons so far. He has finished all 20 episodes and is giddy with excitement over the show. The series is well-written, the music is borderline creepy & it's full of nail-biting suspense. He rates it as worth full-price at least. He 'can't praise the show enough'.
see = https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx
and Yochanan reviewed a play, 'Pericles', which is pay as you will [& $10 for parking], performed by Santa Cruz Shakespeare as very, very well done & beautiful, but not for the faint of heart, since it includes incest, prostitution and murder. He highly recommends it.
see = https://santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2025-overview/2025-main-stage-productions/pericles/
and Yochanan reviewed season 4 of 'Love, Death and Robots', seen on Netflix, as a really good show with many science fiction elements and a lot of violence. He highly recommends it. Duncan also highly, highly recommends it and says it is a series that you can jump into at any point & he doesn't have words to describe how good this show is.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots
Marc reviewed 'Star Trek, Strange New Worlds' as this episode was really, really good, full of classic holodeck twists. He loved it and recommends it highly. Ken followed-on, saying 'yes'. [There was laughter.] Then he commented about how the mystery was masterfully handled & great fun. Yochanan also enjoyed the episode & recommends it - and urges watching the end credits for the out-takes.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds
Antoine reviewed 'Noor', a book by Nnedi Okorafor involving a sometime occurring in the future dystopia that he enjoyed reading very much
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_(novel)
and the rumor of the week was = 'The East Coast 'heat dome' is part of the new administration's environmental policy of establishing hell on Earth'
we adjourned at = 8:37pm
there was an auction