Minutes of BASFA Special Meeting #ESC2025

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Minutes of Special Meeting #ESC2025
Monday, May 17, 2025

Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary

Called to order at 12:30 p.m.

15 members present (though only two actually knew this happened...)

No Secretary report

Treasurer = We have money.

Vice President

Recent funds generated were transferred to Treasurer

No Presidents report.

No Announcements

No Reviews

No Rumor

Meeting Adjourned at 12:35 p.m.

BASFA meeting minutes for May 19, 2025

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Minutes of Meeting #1809
Monday, May 19, 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

***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim

Called to order at 8 pm
11live/7online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1808 were accepted as 'where efforts to censor truth have been stayed'
The minutes of meeting of #ESC2025 were accepted as 'money received'

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 $135.34 since the resumption of live meetings.

the VP had nothing fannish to report

the President had nothing fannish to report

The Relocation Committee is still searching for possible new sites

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month, so there will be a meeting of the Legion of Rasselon live in person at the Dennie's on Bascom in Milpitas on Abbott Rd, near the 880 freeway, at 7:30pm - wear a mask - for more info check their Facebook page. This month we continue with the third and fourth episodes of the latest series: The Well and Lucky Day.
check = lor.club

Yochanan announced that 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds', season 3 starts July 17 on Paramount Plus
see = https://www.startrek.com/news/strange-new-worlds-july-17-season-3-premiere

Lisa announced that she will not be attending Fanime this year

Reviews:

Rick reviewed 'Murderbot' on Apple TV as worthy, comedic, passive aggressive and that he is enjoying the adaptation. He says they have managed to achieve the spirit of the first novella & he is onboard for it. Mark followed, saying he also really likes the show.
see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30444310/
and Rick also reviewed that the end for 'Andor, season 2' was about as good as you could possibly hope for, with parts that are absolutely brilliant & some of the acting being perfect - even considering how they had to fit into the events of 'Rogue one' & the Star Wars movies. He is very happy with this & wants to see it again. Yochanan 'loved it, loved it, LOVED IT' & also recommends that you go view all 3 of the 'behind the scenes' extras. He says this is his favorite Star Wars, hands down
see = https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/show/andor
and Rick reviewed 'A Conventional Boy', a Laundry novel by Charles Stross, as he enjoyed it quite a lot & finds it delightful. It fits into the series perfectly & he recommends it highly
The Atrocity Archives (2004)
The Jennifer Morgue (2006)
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
The Rhesus Chart (2014)
The Annihilation Score (2015)
The Nightmare Stacks (2016)
The Delirium Brief (2017)
The Labyrinth Index (2018)
Dead Lies Dreaming (2020)
Quantum of Nightmares (2022)
Escape from Yokai Land (2022)
Season of Skulls (2023)
A Conventional Boy (2025)

Yochanan reviewed a movie on Netflix called 'Awake' as not that great, with scientists presented as buffoons & overall it was very disappointing with bad writing
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake_(2021_film)

Ken reviewed the latest episode of Doctor Who - shown on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and Disney+ - as fun & the 2 episodes should be interesting He reported that the Eurovision lead into the episode was amusing, presented as 'bad things are afoot at The Interstellar Song Contest'. Yochanan followed, saying that he enjoyed both
see = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interstellar_Song_Contest
and see = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025
and Ken reviewed 'Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose', (2023) as an interesting film based on the true story of a paranormal skeptic visiting a farm on the Isle of Man to meet a talking mongoose named Gef. It stars Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver and Christopher Lloyd. We streamed it free on Prime, but I wouldn’t have been unhappy to pay for it.
see = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandor_Fodor_and_the_Talking_Mongoose

and the rumor of the week was = 'No one is giving BASFA a free 747'

we adjourned at = 8:33pm

there will be auctions after the meeting