BASFA Sept 8 minutes

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Minutes of Meeting #1825
Monday, September 8, 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
10live/6online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1824 were accepted as 'Rick did a great job'

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 $153.34 since the resumption of live meetings.

the VP had nothing fannish to report

the President reported he will miss a meeting sometime in early October

no old or new business

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Yochanan announced that today is Star Trek Day & Ken followed-on, announcing that 2 new Star Trek products debuted today: 'ST Scout' for pre-schoolers & 'ST Khan', an audio drama regarding a historian reviewing the logs of Marla Givers and Khan that also includes Captain Sulu and Ensign Tuvok – voiced by the original actors
see = https://blog.trekcore.com/2025/09/star-trek-day-news-scouts-webseries-more/
and see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Khan

Reviews:

Rick reviewed the 'Asimov-esque' Foundation series as he is enjoying season 3 as it 'proceeds along at a leisurely pace' & things are blowing up real good. The acting has been excellent. Yochanan has also been enjoying the series.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)

Yochanan reviewed the original 1959 movie 'Ben Hur' as amazing, considering the technology of the time, with an excellent score & reviewed the 2016 remake as it contained a lot of recognizable science fictional actors - and then he saw the 2010 BBC miniseries adaptation as was surprised to find it existed. He enjoyed the original movie the most
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)
and see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(2016_film)
and see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hur_(miniseries)
and Yochanan reviewed 'Run', a 2025 scifi movie that severely disappointed him
see = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_2025
and Yochanan reviewed a movie from 2016 called 'Denial' that he liked a lot, based on an actual court case & strongly recommends it
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_(2016_film)

Ken reviewed 'ST Scout' as very silly & reviewed 'ST Khan' as the first episode is interesting & reviewed the latest episode of 'ST Strange New Worlds' as very enjoyable & possibly the best of the season. There was some discussion

Lisa reviewed the air quality in Yreka when she visited as 'beware and wear a mask'
see = https://www.iqair.com/us/usa/california/yreka - which lists the air quality for the area as currently 'unhealthy'

and the rumor of the week was = 'Hello Kennita'

we adjourned at = 8:36pm

there was an auction