Minutes of Meeting #1607 Monday, June 21, 2021 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held online, in exile
ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX Called to order at 8 pm 18 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1606 were accepted as 'post hoc ergo propter hoc' the proxy Treasurer report is that the treasury is status quo & we have money = regular total is now $15,716.52; the party jar total is $230.58 money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com the VP had nothing fannish to report the President said 'hi' to a new person, David Bell - who found us on Meet-up - but otherwise had nothing fannish to report There was a point made that the older Meet-up information listed the club meeting time as 7pm, which has since been corrected The 'Getting back to Live Meetings Committee' reported that there is only a manager available at the Black Bear diner only for very limited hours during the afternoon & is looking for more information - and that Denny's is out as a meeting location The Sports Committee rinsed & repeated that there should be a BASFA outing to the SJ Giants Harry Potter night, July 31, with a NEW maximum of 50 attendees, cost is $70 each for the 1st base party patio & includes food, buffet style & unlimited soft drinks & water; contact at = ba...@p4tt.com ANNOUNCEMENTS: Howeird commented that there was a problem with Zoom attendee multiplication tonight & offered a suggestion about fixing the issue & he announced that he has a very sick cat right now who is still getting treatment & is now lurking under the bed & then announced that after cutting his cable & trying to use Youtube TV that the unskippable ads therein defeated him. He has gone back to cable because paying $70 a month for unskippable ads is worse than cable's ad-free service at $90 Valerie announced that her book, 'Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Before 1945' has been published this week. (Lexington, June 2021) https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Science-Fiction-Fantasy-through-ebook/dp/B096HLB5GJ - she says she is still collecting essays on Jewish sf and Jews in fandom. She also announced that she has a cover for 'The Villain's Journey' (McFarland, Fall 2021) but it seems to be of a generic zombie. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-villains-journey/ Lisa announced that her annual birthday bash at Raging Waters will not be held this year Gerry passed on Candy's greetings. She's recovering from successful knee surgery and swamped with caregiver scheduling issues, but plans to join us next week Sandra announced that Silicon will be 'a physical event' held this year on August 28-29, 2021 at the San Jose Convention Center, check https://siliconsj.com/ REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed 'Luca' is a feel good film, the best he has seen lately and he highly recommends it at full price & Alan also recommends it & liked the characters; Yochanan also reviewed the first 2 episodes of 'Loki' on Disney Plus as he really liked it - & there were several comments to the topic; Yochanan also reviewed a movie he rented called 'Us' as a very interesting film from 2019 & it makes you think; Yochanan also reviewed 'Dr Who, Emperor of the Daleks', a graphic novel by Dan Abnett & others, as very nicely written Lisa reviewed 'Children of the Sea' a Japanese anime film, subtitled in English as a lovely, beautiful story based on a manga, but a little disjointed since it lacks some of the manga's context, however she really enjoyed it & appreciated seeing it on the big screen as a Fandango event Howeird reviewed a show he's been watching called 'Debris' as it has an interesting premise, but the writers seem to have no idea where the series is going. He commented that the main pair of viewpoint characters lack chemistry between them & the series is guilty of one of his pet peeves - in that too much of the show is shot in the dark or settings that are too dim & therefore not worth full price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debris_(TV_series)#:~:text=Debris%20is%20an%20American%20science,was%20canceled%20after%20one%20season . Dave Clark reviewed a book by John Brunner 'The Man Who Was Secrett and Other Stories', one of the classics of sf, volume 9 - as more lighthearted stories by Brunner & he has enjoyed reading it Valerie said she has been reading many unexciting teen novels but also a few great ones. She reviewed 'Front Desk' by Kelly Yang, a YA novel about Chinese immigrants running a motel, as very impressive; then reviewed 'Color Me In' by Natasha Diaz, a YA novel about being Jewish and biracial as impressive too; then reviewed Rivers Solomon's YA novel 'Sorrowland' as gorgeous and deep; then reviewed Sarah Pinsker's novel 'We Are Satellites' as a clever near future cautionary tale about adopting new technology; then reviewed the novel 'Midnight Bargain' by C.L. Polk as having a Victorian back-drop for a story about a female magician as charming; then reviewed Zen Cho's novel 'Sorcerer to the Crown' as a delightful fantasy set in Regency England; then reviewed a YA novel by T Kingfisher, 'A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking' as just charming Sandra reviewed the movie 'Synchronic' as she really liked it, despite it being about time travel and found it well done' check = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/synchronic we adjourned at 8:57 pm and the rumor of the week = 'That Jeff Bezos will not be allowed back on the planet after his space flight' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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