Minutes of Meeting #1679 Monday, November 7, 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 15 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1678 were accepted as 'litter box liner for Poll cats' the Treasurer reported 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: John O announced that Fan Expo San Francisco will be held at the SF Moscone West over Thanksgiving, November 25 - 27, 2022 & Valerie Frankel will be one of the writer guests of honor https://fanexpohq.com/fanexposanfrancisco/ Gerry announced that Candy is trying to join the meeting & has just had a knee replacement surgery & was telling us 'hi' - Candy did join us via cell phone, relayed by Gerry REVIEWS: Gayle reviewed Or-E-Con as a virtual con put on by a hard-working group & Gerry was on 4 panels & she spent a lot of time listening to & participating in filk & the participants were all very good; Robin followed, saying she was very pleased at how they organized Zoom & the break-out rooms & she enjoyed herself; Gerry praised Patty Wells for her organizational skills & he felt that in as much as it was a virtual con it felt extremely real & well done, except that there should have been a separate person proposing questions from the audience & the film room worked very well John O reviewed that there was a pleasant horde of trick-or-treaters on Hallowe'en & there were some very cool costumes that night & it was a fun night John O also reviewed 'Black Adam' as not as bad as the reviews, but not as fun as they were expecting since the director had the Rock play the character as extremely stoic; Yochanan repeated his review of last week, that it was fun and mindless but confusing & the secretary followed, who liked the movie, but already knew about the Justice Society & thought the characters were done well Lisa reviewed a new music download - Fred & Robin's 'Eponymous' & thinks it is wonderful & the recording quality is excellent; Robin followed that selections from 'Eponymous' were on Doctor Demento; the album is an all in one downloadable album - available digitally at http://capplor.bandcamp.com Lisa also reviewed La Belle de Vampire a Peers dance as it was both fun & interesting. She got to do the Time Warp which was great fun to do in costume & the entire experience was just wonderful for more info check https://peersdance.org/ Yochanan reviewed a stop-motion animation, 'Wendell & Wild' on Netflix about a pair of cute demons & it was okay, but not great & he enjoyed watching the stop motion https://www.netflix.com/title/80231433 Yochanan also reviewed the Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian, a behind the scene documentary made up of 2 seasons, one with 8 eps & one with 2 eps & he enjoyed watching them Yochanan also reviewed 'Hocus Pocus 2' as cute but it fell a little flat to him & didn't live up to its potential we adjourned at 8:40pm and the rumor of the week was = 'VOTE like your life depends on it. Because it does.' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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