Minutes of Meeting #1842 Monday, January 5, 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
*************************** NEW ZOOM FOR 2026 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82190960810?pwd=k8qAIDt9sntTTLOI6FoerafmYvU2AR.1 Meeting ID: 821 9096 0810 Passcode: B4SF41D --- One tap mobile +16699009128,,82190960810#,,,,*5724576# --- By Telephone 669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 821 9096 0810 Passcode: 5724576 Find your local number:https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcSpSAHaD *************************** Called to order at 8 pm 7live/7online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1841 & the minutes of special meeting TAP2 were accepted as '2 for the price of 1' Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32 Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: [email protected] Though we have accrued $163.59 since the resumption of live meetings. the VP reported that he has arranged for the BASFA Zoom meetings to not now expire the President had nothing fannish to report, but is thankful for the tech support given There were no committee reports no old or new business ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lisa announced that Pat Larson & Eric Larson both passed away Ken announced that Hayao Miyazaki is 85 years old today & also announced that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has died, aged 58 Rick announced that it is Seanan McGuire's birthday today Reviews: Yochanan reviewed Netflix season 5 of 'Stranger Things' as he was pleasantly surprised at how much he enjoyed watching it. He thought the script was really good & was worth full price. He highly recommends the entire series. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things Yochanan also reviewed 'Hamnet' as an 'art house film' with much speculation about Shakespeare's life. It has great costuming and drags a bit in parts. Ken commented that this film is 'coming soon' to 3Below theatre see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film) Yochanan also reviewed a book, edited by Katharine Kerr, 'Weird Tales from Shakespeare', a compilation of 23 short stories that he liked but was mildly disappointed by & worth used paperback book price for see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128983.Weird_Tales_from_Shakespeare Kennita reviewed her recently got 'Obspot' camera that tracks her movements & she recommends it. There were some comments to the topic see = https://www.obsbot.com/?rfsn=7788165.62160d&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=7788165.62160d&msclkid=5100b83d863e163cece0d1610ac52649 Ken reviewed the latest season of 'The Traitors' on BBC as an interesting show that gets tweaked each season to keep it fresh. He says the US version should start next week see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Traitors_(British_TV_series)_series_4 we adjourned at = 8:33pm in honor of Eric & Pat Larson Rumor of the Week: 'Rainy days & Mondays always get me down ... to BASFA' there was an auction -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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