BASFA

Minutes of Meeting #1859
Monday, May 4, 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
7live/7online beings attended the meeting

The minutes of meeting 1858 were accepted as 'random letters'

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:

Rick announced that 'Good Omens' will have a concluding 90-minute movie on Prime & other media, set for May 13
see = https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/good-omens-finale-set-for-may-as-prime-video-ends-series/gm-GM978520A7
and he announced the second season of '3 Body Problem' [that he feels is not as good as the original Chinese version] is now streaming on Netflix
see = https://whenetflix.com/3-body-problem

Yochanan announced that Disney has released 3 animated songs in sign language on Disney Plus
see = https://press.disneyplus.com/news/songs-in-sign-language-to-debut
and he announced that SETI will have their Drake Awards on May 14 and tickets are still available
see = https://drakeawards.seti.org/

Lisa announced that it's May 4th and 'may the 4th be with you'

Gerry announced that Space X will have their next launches on May 5, May 10 and May 17
see = https://www.spacex.com/launches
and he announced that on May 9 he & Gayle will celebrate their 50th wedded anniversary
and he announced that Scotty might be saying 'may the Fifth be with you'

Reviews:

Ken reviewed 'Jackpot' a movie from 2024, seen on Prime - as a rather amusing film & a fun ride. There was some discussion to the topic
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackpot!_(film)
Ken also reviewed 'Saturday Night UK', seen on Sky One & Peacock as consistently pretty high quality 'for SNL'. He finds it funny & worth seeking out & recommends it.
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_UK

Rick reviewed more of the Apple TV Plus 'For All Mankind' series, especially the episodes set on Mars. He has been enjoying the series & it continues to hold his attention. Yochanan followed that he is very pleased with the acting and the stories & it does keep his attention. Kennita had an objection to the series that the parts set on Mars still exhibited Earth gravity. There was some discussion about gravity then.
see = https://tv.apple.com/us/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7

Yochanan reviewed 'The Mummy' by Lee Cronin as a somewhat interesting horror movie with some body horror and worth slightly more than matinee
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cronin%27s_The_Mummy
Yochanan also reviewed seasons 1 & 2 of 'Monarch, Legacy of Monsters', seen on Apple Plus, as a series meant for streaming, since it encourages one to move from one episode to the next. The story is serviceable and there is 'a little bit too much CGI'. He thinks it is worth at least matinee. He really likes the performances by both Kurt Russell and his son, Wyatt Russell, each playing the same character at different times in the character's life.
see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17220216
Yochanan also reviewed a young adult story, 'A Tale of Despereaux' by Kate DiCamillo - both book and movie. He enjoyed the book and liked the animated movie adaptation. He thought the movie hit some points well, but not all, especially the 'soup genie'. He gives the book 5 stars and the movie 3 1/2 stars. THERE WAS S
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Despereaux
see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Despereaux_(film)

Gayle reviewed a comment made by Jane Austen, see
https://emilierichards.com/2017/02/01/northanger-abbey-jane-austens-defense-of-novels/ for Jane Austen’s defense of novels, which were considered female literature and therefore of lesser literary value.

Duncan reviewed enjoying public libraries and inter-library loans, especially the Kanopy system of loaning films that are good or hard to find as there are more films available than he could see in his lifetime.
see = https://www.kanopy.com/en

we adjourned at = 9:02 pm

Rumor of the Week: 'May Tom Baker be with you'

there were no auctions