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. 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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