Minutes of Meeting #1655
Monday, May 23, 2022

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

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Called to order at 8 pm
19 varied beings attended

The minutes of meeting 1654 were accepted as 'Posted in seconds!'

the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money:  Regular: $15,748.81;
 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

Committees=  Rinse & repeating from the Sports Committee:
    SJGiants Saturday, July 30 Marvel's Defenders of the Diamond Night
(evening game, 6pm) It’ll be the same Party Patio (along the first base
line), $70/person. Buffet meal, 2 drinks tickets, unlimited water soda and
snax. Send inquiries or PayPal to ba...@p4tt.com

The Relocation Committee reported that the Max's in Burlingame has a
meeting room & there was discussion

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The secretary announced that the Nebula Awards for 2022 have been given out:
NOVEL = A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark
NOVELLA = And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed
NOVELETTE = “O2 Arena”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
SHORT STORY = “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, Sarah Pinsker
THE ANDRE NORTON AWARD = A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger
THE RAY BRADBURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION = WandaVision:
Season 1
NEBULA AWARD FOR GAME WRITING = Thirsty Sword Lesbians (Evil Hat Games)
       Additional awards and honors presented:
THE SFWA DAMON KNIGHT MEMORIAL GRAND MASTER AWARD = Mercedes Lackey
  Then SWFA leadership lost its sh!t the next day & dropped her from all
scheduled panels because she used 'colored' in her speech & someone
complained on Twitter about the 'racial slur'
       THE KATE WILHELM SOLSTICE AWARD = Arley Sorg; Troy L. Wiggins; Petra
Mayer (posthumous)
       THE KEVIN J. O’DONNELL, JR. SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD = Colin Coyle

Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month, so there
will be a meeting of the Legion of Rasselon live in person at the Dennie's
on Bascom in Milpitas on Abbott Rd, near the 880 freeway, at 7:30pm - wear
a mask - for more info check their Facebook page

REVIEWS:

Alan reviewed the 'Halo TV series' on Paramount Plus as it started off
slowly but picked up & the fight scenes are excellent & is everything he
wanted

Sandra reviewed a 2-hour Nova 'Dinosaur Apocalypse' presentation as the
science is interesting, for more info check:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/dinosaur-apocalypse
      and she reviewed a simulation at =
https://www.jurassicworldevolution.com/, as an entertaining promotion for
the Jurassic World movie coming out this summer

Yochanan reviewed 'Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, the Movie' on Disney Plus as
he liked it somewhat
      and he reviewed 'Sex Education' on Netflix as he has seen 2 seasons
and it's awesome - an amazing show - & he highly recommends it
      and he reviewed 'Star Trek Strange New Worlds' as the episodes
continue to be enjoyable.  He keeps being astounded by the quality of the
episodes & highly recommends it.  Duncan agreed & there was some discussion

Trey reviewed 'Dr Strange, Multiverse of Madness' as he enjoyed it.  It
stays true to the Marvel cinematic universe & Cumberbatch gives a
marvellous performance - worth full price & Yochanan loved it too

Gayle reports that their TIVO was repaired, so they are catching up on
shows.  She reviewed 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' as a very enjoyable
episode of Star Trek

Duncan reviewed 'Night Skies' on Amazon Prime Video - as it's supposed to
be science fiction, but it's hard to see the science fiction in it - but he
still recommends it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Sky_(TV_series)

we adjourned at 8:33 pm

and the rumor of the week was = 'Trey recommends comic sans sheriffs to
regulate puns'

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