Minutes of Meeting #1673 Monday, September 26, 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
***NEW*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc--rqj4sG9cRuFWIpeMknSsAxghBFh0T Called to order at 8 pm 12 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1672 were accepted as 'why not' 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 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken weirdly announced that the Legion of Rasselon met LAST Friday & apologized for not having announced it last week Yochanan announced that the Ren Faire is currently going on at Casa De Fruta until November 23, every weekend & he announced that the Amazon series 'Paper Girls' has been cancelled, but is being shopped around & he announced that Jupiter is as close as it will be for the next hundred years this coming week; & Gerry follow on'd that Jupiter's closeness will be imperceptible & there was some telescope & trivia chat Gerry announced NASA successfully hit the asteroid it was aiming at today & slightly changed its momentum & it was the first instance of mass beam propulsion used for space travel, even on a small scale REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed the new season finale episode of 'Westworld' as he still enjoyed the series, even if it ended not quite as he would have liked; Rick followed that the series is on HBO & he has also enjoyed it; Yochanan also reviewed 'See How they Run', a murder mystery with reference to 'The Mousetrap' - a play in continuous performance since 1952 - as somewhat enjoyable; Yochanan also reviewed the Disney Plus series 'Andor' as pretty good. It's making him enjoy & get interested in the Star Wars universe & the series has a lot of potential; Craig agreed that with every new series, there is more complexity and stuff to remember, but still loves it all. Craig reviewed the original 'Max Headroom' as it stood up well to the passage of time & compared the American version as almost a frame by frame copy of the original with only minor changes. He is amazed at how iconic the series was & how it affected society of the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDrXc94NGU <- "On Max Headroom: The Most Misunderstood Joke on TV" Gayle reviewed ChiCon as she saw the sights, attended parties and saw old friends. She found the paper schedule was the only reliable guide for what was happening at-con, compared to other sources & she had a nice time Gayle also reviewed riding Amtrak from Boston to Washington DC as the train ride was comfortable & Yochanan commented that on his last train ride broke down & he ended up on a bus Howeird reviewed 'Resident Alien' as the series continues and says it's getting more interesting, with soap opera-ish takes on parentage & family. It has great writing & he will keep watching it as long as it's free on Amazon Prime we adjourned at 8:35 pm and the rumor of the week was = 'A wretched scum of hive and villainy. Drat, I'll come in again.' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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