March 23 BASFA club minutes

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Minutes of Meeting #1853
Monday, March 23, 2026

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

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Called to order at 8 pm
6live/7online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1851 were accepted as 'posted'

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 $165.34 since the resumption of live meetings.

the VP had nothing fannish to report

the President had nothing fannish to report

There were no committee reports

no old or new business

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month, so there will be a meeting of the Legion of Rassilon – 'your Doctor Who fan club' - 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 present the final episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea: The End of the War. Plus, we go back to 1965 and the first two episodes of the six-part William Hartnell story The Web Planet.
see = lor.club
and he announced that: "Speaking of Doctor Who, two episodes of the epic Dalek’s Masterplan were returned over a week ago, bringing the total to five of the 12 episodes now in the archive. The recovery was facilitated by Film Is Fabulous, which reaches out to film collectors to catalogue their collections, and to rescue them from being binned by working with estates of film collectors – with the byproduct of reuniting content with the original copyright holders so that they may get a new lease of life. The newly recovered Doctor Who episodes are scheduled to be released on BBC iPlayer on April 4th."
and he announced that ST Star Fleet Academy has been cancelled after the 2nd season which will - allegedly - still be run
and he announced that the Cinequest online line-up should be available online tomorrow

Rick announced that Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', died at age 53 - entirely too young
see = https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/03/20/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-nicholas-brendon-die/89255783007/

Lisa announced that Consonance will be held this weekend, March 27-29 in Newark at the ALOFT Silicon Valley, Calif & hotel reservations are still open thanks to the hotel's kindness - registration is possible at the door. Lynn followed with information about some of the filk guests - refer to the website
and the program book has been posted to the website
see = https://consonance.org/

Yochanan announced that the 'Buffy' reboot that had been proposed has been cancelled & the pilot will probably not be aired
and he announced that if you want the voice of the Doctor to guide you in WAZE, it is available
see = https://www.waze.com/apps

Lynn announced that Diana Koivunen is out of El Camino hospital & is now at Camino Ridge Post-Acute Care on Grant Rd at Cuesta Ave in Mountain View, room 39a. Visiting hours are from 8am-8pm, although the doors lock at 7:30pm.
and she announced that CBS radio news is shutting down on May 22, 2026. A follow on = There are former personalities from KGO that have podcasts who are keeping abreast of the CBS news - see Mark Thomspon & Nikki Medoro
see = https://www.youtube.com/@themarkthompsonshow
and see = https://www.youtube.com/@thenikkimedoroshow

Reviews:

Yochanan reviewed the WAZE ST Doctor as a verbal guide that is really fun and acerbic and worth matinee
see = https://www.waze.com/apps
Yochanan also reviewed 'The Bride!' as 2 hours & 7 minutes - a gothic romance horror film as overall very striking but occasionally clunky & that there is a call-back to 'Young Frankenstein's 'Putting on the Ritz' number & he liked it, thinking it is worth high matinee
see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30851137/
Yochanan also reviewed 'Dark Matter' on Apple TV as he really enjoyed it, finding it engrossing - with a slow start & a complete story. The writer of the 2016 book made the TV adaptation & it has great writing about different universes. He 'loved it, loved it, loved it! Highly recommended
see = https://tv.apple.com/us/show/dark-matter/umc.cmc.4luj45vtqpmjsvb6sc2675oeg

Rick reviewed going down the rabbit hole on the making of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' & the wild details of the production, massive budget costs, the writing and re-writing of the script, how many of the songs are earworms & many bits of trivia - and that at -over 100- Dick van Dyke is still dancing
follow-ons = for another take on weird cars - see the 1965 movie 'The Great Race' & Duncan says that the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car reminds him of a car called the Minera & that his personal experiences with Dick can Dyke are 'memorable' but if you live that long you're doing something right. Duncan urges everyone to do your medical panels & reminds that doctors are not there to help the quality of life. Duncan recommends seeing what the mini coopers from "The Italian Job" could do (the real ones, not modern BMW copies) doing tricks you'd only expect of your cat or dog. Hacking the traffic control system in 1969 makes it all possible
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang
and see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_(automobile)
and see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job 1969 original movie

Lisa reviewed the final episode of 'Star Fleet Academy' as 'they did a good job of tying up ALL of the loose ends that the season started with' and the kids showed so much character advancement from the beginning & she can't wait to see the 2nd season. There were affirming follow-ons & Yochanan says you need to watch the final credits which are handled 'year-book style'. Steven Colbert was the 'voice who made the announcements' in the show.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy_(TV_series)

Ken reviewed some of the 28 things he saw at Cinequest =
see = https://www.cinequest.org/
• Adult Children – siblings come together to supervise recovering addict brother & work through their own problems.
• American Muscle – Tense Tarantino-esque story of looser who owes money to bad people.
• Bif Naked – documentary about the Canadian punk singer.
Brenda – I call this Cheech and Chandra, comedy about drug dealing husband and wife.
• Calorie – drama about a Canadian family with baggage visiting relatives in India
• Comedy Family Style – documentary about local tech CEO/stand up comic and her 10 year old son (also a stand up comic) visiting mother’s home in China.
• Dancing On the Elephant – shenanigans at a Canadian retirement home
• Dead or Dying – look at the lives of a string of people’s lives in a near future where people just suddenly die.
• Foreigner – Iranian teen girl moves to Canada, becomes friends with creepy clique of white girls.
• Give It Up – Mockumentary about a comedian making a comeback (IT’S NOT A COMEBACK) after ten years.
• Heavens: The Boy and His Robot – Earth is at war with Mars colony over water, son of battle robot drivers signs up to fight.
• Holy Meat: Priest moves to endangered parish, runs afoul of next-of-kin
• Hungarian Wedding – early ‘80s, rocker needs a new guitar and gets involved in smuggling.
• In Spite of Ourselves – LA standup comic and Portland baker fall for each other.
• Mermaid – young trans girl fights for her identity, befriends a local drag queen.
• Mockbuster – Documentary about the production of a film by infamous b-movie house The Asylum.
• No Room for Love – Crazy Poor Asians – Filipino family in LA working in Hollywood.
• No Thanks, I Quit Smoking – Mexican woman spends the day trying to scrape money for rent.
• Normal – Hot Fuzz set in Fargo, with a touch of Kill Bill.
• Her Song – Woman trying to piece together her grandmother’s life in French village just as 2020 hits.
• Plan C – Sister steals organ for her brother, can’t get to Canada, so forces plastic surgeon into operating.
• Poetic License – wife of university lecturer audits poetry class, befriends a couple of young men – chaos ensues
• Reunion – man ends up a wrong school reunion, is mistaken for reclusive billionaire classmate.
• She Dances – single father reconnects with daughter while chaperoning regional dance competition.
• Ben Hur – 1926 silent film, accompanied (for three hours non-stop) by live music
• Suffocation – Girl’s swim team is haunted by curse.
• War Driver – hacker who makes money by exploiting weak wifi security gets dragged into a million-dollar cyber-heist
• Young Female Playwright – 26 year old woman is youngest playwright for Canadian National Theatre, and life goes sideways.
....and there were follow-ons about some of the above movies

we adjourned at = 9:13 pm

Rumor of the Week: 'Come to Consonance - it's fun & you might end up married'

there were no auctions