Minutes of Meeting #1697 Monday, March 13, 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 12 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1696 were accepted as 'chew them up & spit them out' 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 other than he is here ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken announced that 'the cast for 'Encino Man' won some awards & 'Everywhere, Everything All At Once' did well at the Oscars. Yochanan announced that Chaim Topol died Lisa announced that Consonance is coming up & their hotel block closes on March 16 & the con is March 31, Apr 1-2, check = https://www.consonance.org/ & she announced that CostumeCon 39 is happening later in April 21-24 http://costumecon39.org/ & they've managed to sign on Adam Savage for the con on Saturday REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed a horror / mystery film - 'A Knock at the Cabin' as interesting & a small cast doing a great job, definitely worth matinee, maybe full price & he liked it & he reviewed the full season of 'Willow' on Disney Plus as he really enjoyed it & thought it was shot very well & had wonderful scenery & he recommends it & he reviewed the last episode of 'The Last of Us' with a girl playing the 'Baby Yoda' part. He enjoyed it greatly & regrets the season is done, having looked forward to every episode, rating it a solid A+. Rick followed, saying that the series follows much of the plot of the FPS video game it is based on & was handled as a very good study on family & loss, with a fair amount of carnage. Duncan comments that 'Last of Us' is a family oriented Dystopian Thriller Craig reviewed the Disney film, 'Princess & the Frog' as the storyline was okay, the music okay, but the quality of the animation was not up to typical Disney standards & Robin recommends looking up the source material 'the Frog Prince' info at = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Frog Tammy reviewed a book, 'One More Mountain: Fleeing Iran for America' - by Mansur Nurdel (Author), Jeannette Moninger (Author) for info check = https://www.amazon.com/One-More-Mountain-Fleeing-America/dp/B0BXNJT9QC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TNF2OJIVSZC6&keywords=One+More+Mountain%3A+Fleeing+Iran+for+America&qid=1678764649&sprefix=one+more+mountain+fleeing+iran+for+america%2Caps%2C262&sr=8-1 we adjourned at 8:29pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Beware the slides of March' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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