Minutes of Meeting #1694 Monday, February 20, 2023 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 8pm 14 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1693 were accepted as 'having technical problems' the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; 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 The Sports Committee reported that the San Jose Giants have 2 Marvel nights - July 21, 22 & he is getting a sense of which would be the better day, so far favoring Saturday ANNOUNCEMENTS: Candy announced that Gayle came down with Covid, probably picked up travelling or at-con [Rad-con] - then there was some chat about the epidemic Ric recommended checking the COVID wastewater metric for Santa Clara County: https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wastewater 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: Ric reviewed 'Ant Man & the Wasp, Quantum-mania' is pretty good & worth at least matinee, but totally predictable & possibly worth it just for the Bill Murray cameo Sandra reviewed 'RRR', seen on Netflix, as an Indian movie with English dialogue, an action-adventure buddy flick with good fx & highly recommended check = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rrr Yochanan reviewed a movie, '2067' - seen on Hulu & a time travel flick - that had some nice ideas but not very good over-all, apparently better than doing nothing check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2067_(film) Yochanan also reviewed a DVD of 'Scream of the Shalka', animated from 2004, that he really liked & highly recommends check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_of_the_Shalka Yochanan also reviewed a book, 'The World Omnibus of Science Fiction' as a collection of short stories, with some stories better than others, but an interesting read & he guardedly recommends it & Fred follow-on'd also recommending it, then there was some talk about Esperanto Robin reviewed Kendra Merritt, a Colorado author - with a series called 'Mark of the Least' as fantasy adjacent & recommended check = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56589918-mark-of-the-least-series-collection Hopsa reviewed a book by Beverly Lewis called the 'The Preacher's Daughter' as a good series & recommended check = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102960.The_Preacher_s_Daughter we adjourned at 8:34pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Not all presidents are created equal' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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