Called to order at 20:00
Total of 4/6 in attendance
Officer Reports:
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1875 were accepted as ‘the bar is in the room’
Treasurer
Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal – sent to: dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $166.84 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
Reporting from WorldCon in Anaheim that he saw the treasurer, who is now zooming home & in transit. He pressed on though, even with lost signals & had nothing otherwise fannish to report & things will be back to normal for next week’s BASFA meeting
President
Nothing fannish to report.
Committees:
None.
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Lisa
Brisbane will be the site of WorldCon 2028
Yochanan
there is an Egyptian exhibit at the DeYoung museum in SF now, through January 2027.
Ric
there will be a full solar eclipse in Australia 1 week before the 2028 Brisbane Worldcon, so make travel plans accordingly
Reviews
Yochanan
‘The Magic Far Away Tree‘, a fantasy movie based on the series by Enid Blyton. He found the humor very British and silly at times. He found it enjoyable, but not great, worth matinee
de Young Museum ‘Treasure of the Pharohs‘ as a very nice display – not splashy – & it had a nice audio track. He really enjoyed his visit and recommends it
GalaxyCon 2026 in SanJose, this last weekend that he attended for about 2 hours. He found it sparsely attended and that there was not much to do or see there. He found it disappointing, but hears that next GalaxyCon will not be scheduled opposite another major scifi con.
Lisa
WorldCon had over 1700 panels, most of which she missed. She enjoyed all the ones she attended & that – if you were a member – many of the pales were recorded for online viewing. She found the Masquerade to be fantastic & the Hugo Awards presentation was long – at 3 hours. The animal facts given during it were fun. She wishes she could attend next year’s WorldCon in Montreal. Lisa found the parties to be fun and she had a good time.
- Valerie commented that she also attended and agrees with everything Lisa reported. She was on 7 panels, which limited her chance to attend a lot of panels. Sales were okay at her Dealer’s table & she plans to watch panels that she missed online. She attended a party that was Peeps themed with The “Minneapolis in 2076” Worldcon bid (a long-running hoax bid) & was offered SO many Peeps & had fun.
- Yochanan also attended and he says he had ‘SO MUCH FUN!’ & he’s so glad he went. He found it amazing and enjoyed meeting authors in person & thought the Art Show was magnificent. He agrees that all the parties were awesome & definitely needs to go to another WorldCon. He found the belly-dancing Klingons to be amazing!
- Ken thought the ‘Party Deck’ was really well set up & excellent for its ability to socialize while not feeling over-crowded & really nice. He found the numbers at-con to be lower than usual which was ascribed to current political tensions, but he noticed that there were a lot of 1-day attendees. He also enjoyed the panels he attended – many of which has BASFA members on them. He enjoyed the chance to see a lot of familiar faces who have since moved away.
- Ric was too tired to give a review other than that he was too tired.
- It was commented that panels & events all started ON TIME. Shock! Amaze amaze amaze!
Ken
This week’s ‘Star Trek, Strange New Worlds‘ episode as ’24 meets the Poseidon Adventure’, maybe a little less gimmicky, but still a pastiche. He recommends the show, but opined that this episode might not be for the squeamish.
- There were follow-ons that discussed the episode, generally, but without spoilers – and with very positive reactions.
Rumor of the Week
BASFA folk are always zooming around.
Adjourned at: 20:43
There was no auction…
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