BASFA minutes for July 14

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Minutes of Meeting #1817
Monday, July 14, 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
12live/6online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1816 were accepted as 'copywritten at birth until the Supreme Court decides otherwise'

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 $145.59 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:

Lisa announced that a Hamiltunes sing-a-long will be offered on Saturday, July 26 & Saturday, August 30 that will be really fun
see = https://true52.org/mc-events/hamiltunes-sing-a-long/?mc_id=560
& she announced that there will be a Regency Jane Austen Dance on Saturday, August 9
see = https://true52.org/mc-events/jane-austen-dance-2/?mc_id=559
& she announced that there will be a second season of Murderbot on Netflix

Yochanan announced that the premiere for ST Strange New Worlds is this Thursday, July 17 & streamed on Paramont Plus
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds
& he announced that there is a water lantern festival July 18-20 at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. Tickets are required for participation
see = https://www.waterlanternfestival.com/events/san-jose
& he announced that SF Shakes will be performing Free Shakespeare in the Park, '2 Gentlemen from Verona', Sat July 19 at the Cupertino Memorial Park
see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/

Ken announced that there is a convention this weekend: qep'a' wejmaH cha'DIch (The Klingon Language Institute Conference) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
see = kli.org

Rick announced that the 'Peacemaker' series will have a 2nd season, premiering this August and it looks like a lot of fun
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacemaker_(TV_series)

Reviews:

Ken reviewed seeing 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' (film, 2024) Based on a true story of daring-do during WWII. Basically the real-life prototype for James Bond is tasked with foiling the Germans. Lots of fun, lots of killing (mostly Nazis, so it’s ok) and lots of explosions. Stars Henry Cavill (Superman), Babs Olusanmokun (Star Trek Strange New Worlds), and Cary Elwes (Princess Bride). Worth buying it, but would have been worth full price in cinema. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Ungentlemanly_Warfare

Craig reviewed seeing the movie 'The Electric State' on Netflix as filled with action. He says it was fun a electro-futurism movie.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_State_(film)
and Craig reviewed the animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters', also seen on Netflix, as a great deal of fun to watch and has a lot of good music. He rates it as worth streaming
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters

Yochanan reviewed 'M3gan 2.0' as a cute movie sequel that he saw in the theater. He thought it was fun and had quirky humor, recommending that you see the first movie, 'M3gan' to more enjoy the sequel. He rates it as worth matinee, with popcorn.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3GAN_2.0
and Yochanan reviewed watching 'Squid Games, season 3' on Netflix as extremely violent with blood everywhere and people dying. He rates it as riveting and worth watching to the very end. He recommends it highly.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3
and Yochanan reviewed 'Jurassic World Rebirth' as about 2 hours, 13 minutes long and 'it was a movie'. The special fx were good but the plot was lacking and he was disappointed.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World_Rebirth

Rick reviewed the Apple TV Plus series, 'Foundation' is running its 3rd season & is gorgeous. This season concerns 'the Mule', from 'Foundation & Empire' & this season may be better than last season & he rates it as worth seeing. Yochanan commented that he's enjoying the series, but warns there are huge - enormous - deviations from the original books.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)
and Rick reviewed season 1 of 'Murderbot' on Apple TV Plus as absolutely excellent from beginning to end
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderbot_(TV_series)
and Rick reviewed the 10 episode series 'Nautilus' as an origin story for Captain Nemo and is pretty darned good. It was made by Disney Plus, but sold to AMC
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(TV_series)
and Rick reviewed the Peacock series 'Poker Face' again, mentioning that it is still a callback to the old 'Columbo' series with solving mysteries. He says the second season also has excellent writing and great guest stars.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(TV_series)

Lisa reviewed a YouTube travel blog, 'A Bus & Beyond', where was visited. The vloggers pointed out that Colmar is the basis for the town in 'Howl's Moving Castle', contrasting the views of buildings in real life to the anime.
see = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7OYEkCf_OV-EiBesZt-Tw
specifically = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAtEBn1rSuI

Cliff reviewed BayCon as awesome. He was on numerous panels - 2 with Larry Niven, one with Gerald - and they were all excellent. There were wonderful people there and he really enjoyed the con. There were many comments, with Gayle especially loving the filking
see = https://baycon.org/

Talia reviewed the latest Marvel superhero movie 'Thunderbolts' as she enjoyed it and had a good time watching. Worth 4 stars
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolts*

and the rumor of the week was = 'We are rumored out'

we adjourned at = 8:26pm

there were auctions