Minutes of Meeting #1628 Monday, November 15, 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 8:02 pm 14 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1627 were accepted as 'tossed over our shoulder' the Treasurer report is that he had a 2nd job interview today & the treasury is status quo & we have money = Regular: $15,737.77; Party: $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 had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: Craig announced that there will be a partial lunar eclipse this Thursday, best viewed before sunrise Friday Yochanan announced that Robert Baker, a writer for Dr Who & other things, died 2 weeks ago & announced that the new 'Animaniacs' are back for season 2 on Hulu Gerry announced that science fiction writer Jim Fiscus died last week & announced that he & Gayle are participating from a hotel in Portland REVIEWS: Lisa reviewed her new computer, a modern HP, as everything looks and sounds good & she's having fun with it John O reviewed watching 'brain dead movies', starting with 'The Knights of Badassdom', a horror comedy, as that it hits the low bar it set for itself & is a bunch of silly fun & then reviewed the latest Honor Harrington book, 'To End in Fire' by David Weber and Eric Flint & is -not- the book to start reading the Honorverse series with, a little slow to start with & otherwise highly recommended & Gerry commented that the Royal Manticoran Navy was in force at OryCon & for more information about them check https://trmn.org/ Yochanan reviewed 'Last Night in Soho' as a great movie & he likes it and says it is really, really good & worth full price. Then he reviewed a book, 'Slaughterhouse 5' by Kurt Vonnegut as interesting & non-linear & recommends it - with Craig commenting that it is one of the great anti-war books & he loved both it and the movie made from it. Gerry also enjoyed the movie & felt Vonnegut did a better job on interstellar travel then Star Trek did. Then Yochanan reviewed a book by Nancy Kress, 'To Steal Across the Sky', as beautiful and heart-felt & he liked it a lot & recommends it Gerry & Gayle reviewed OryCon as smaller, but live and in-person & a great deal of fun. He warned that we will have to wait 2 years for the next one, until 2023. Gayle reports that attendance was reduced because some people refused to wear masks Howeird reviewed his latest cat rescue which took about 20 minutes & she bit his finger in 2 places & is a very paranoid kitty. Her name is 'Jade'. The bite got infected, so he visited the local emergency clinic where he eventually got antibiotics & later, a tetanus shot. There was then excitement as Animal Control visited him, but that everything is going well & his finger is healing well. everything worked out well. Howeird recommends this site https://indoorpet.osu.edu/cats for everything you want about to know about kitties Trey wished Howeird a happy birthday Ken reviewed Palo Alto Players performance of 'The Revolutionists', a play set during the French Revolution, as it was very enjoyable to watch & to have an evening out to see live theatre. He says they will soon be doing live streaming, showing live theatre; check PAplayers.org & he recommends them we adjourned at 8:46 pm and the rumor of the week = 'A man's best friend is his K9 (or Gromit as the case may be). Thanks, Bob -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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