May 18 BASFA minutes

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Minutes of Meeting #1861
Monday, May 18, 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
4live/6online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1860 were accepted as 'not barbarious'

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 $165.59 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

There was 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
see = lor.club

Valerie announced that there are conventions coming up:
WisCon 48 is fully online this memorial day weekend - as 'ONLINE May 21-25, 2026' & she will be in several online panels there
see = https://wiscon.net/ and at https://program.wiscon.net
BaltiCon is partly online, May 21-25 & she will also be in several online panels there
see = https://www.balticon.org/ and at https://schedule.balticon.org/
Fanime is online and in person, May 21-25 - held in San Jose
see = https://www.fanime.com/
Lisa added there is a gaming con this weekend too - KublaCon, at the Hyatt Regency near SF airport, May 21-25
see = https://kublacon.com/

Reviews:

Rick reviewed the Amazon Prime 'Good Omens' abbreviated 90 minute 3rd season as condensing the 6 planned episodes does show and this is frustrating in some ways, but it 'is ultimately pleasing and quirky' and 'very much the most fanfic thing he has ever seen on the screen'.
see = https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/05/13/good-omens-season-3-release-neil-gaiman-explained/89959481007/
Rick also reviewed 'DareDevil, Born Again', as 'really firing on all cylinders' and there were a lot of great bits and cameos. The ensemble cast did very well, even though the finale was a little odd and took him out of the series a little, but overall it was quite good
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil:_Born_Again_season_3
Rick also reviewed 'The Punisher, One Last Kill' as the most violent thing you will ever see on Disney Plus. He feels it was very well done, with Bernthal treating the character as someone deeply damaged and who acts the part well. He recommends it.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher:_One_Last_Kill

Valerie reviewed 'The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains' by Reena McCarty as it was cute and had some new twists on the faerie bargain trope. She enjoyed it.
see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239719392-the-tricky-business-of-faerie-bargains
Valerie also reviewed 'Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8: A Parade of Horribles' as fun. 'It is rather like 1-7. All massive novels of LitRPG. There's more coming and other series by Matt Dinniman too.'
see = https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/228928465-a-parade-of-horribles
Valerie also reviewed Orson Scott Card's Book 7 in the Alvin Maker series as 'Orson Scott Card FINISHED Alvin Maker (there being a 23 year gap between books 6 and 7)'. Valerie likes books 1-6 but found 7 a little forced, less fun. She found the Mormon allegory so obvious that it felt like Narnia. She says, 'I guess read it to find out his final fate. Or not.'
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Alvin_Maker

Lisa reviewed 'The Sheep Detectives' as it has Hugh Jackman in it - and Patrick Stewart as one of the voices of an animated ram. It's very cute, well done and the story is interesting. She rates it as worth seeing & says it is a fun movie
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_Detectives

we adjourned at = 8:37 pm

Rumor of the Week: 'Seldom late but hopefully worth the wait'

there were no auctions