Minutes of Meeting #1712 Monday, July 10, 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 & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 8pm 14 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1711 were accepted as 'Tied to a rock & thrown into the deep blue sea' proxy treasurer report is 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 ANNOUNCEMENTS: none REVIEWS: Yochanan reviewed 'The Sirens of Titan' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr as enjoyable & very deep, with good world-building & highly recommended; & he reviewed the movie 'Asteroid City' as wasn't very impressed with it & worth matinee https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/ Ken followed with a great quip from the audience he saw it with & also was not overly impressed by it & Yochanan reviewed a Netflix TV series, 'The Silent Sea' that he thinks is doing a really, really good job & he highly recommends it; check = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11570202/ & Yochanan reviewed Baycon as he had the best time there & appreciated their masking policy & very much enjoyed meeting people there & highly recommends going; Craig followed, also recommending BayCon; Lisa also went & also had a good time - her only complaint being that she couldn't be in multiple places at the same time; and many other people also spoke to the topic, all positive - except for the parking & pricing on food on site there & Yochanan reviewed seeing 'The Cabin in the Woods' as he was very pleased with it & highly recommends it, even if you don't like horror or monster movies; see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/ & Yochanan reviewed visiting the Computer History Museum & was blown away with how wonderful & amazing the place was, spending more than 5 hours there and still felt as though he could have stayed longer & highly recommends going there; Craig followed, also highly recommends visiting Rick reviewed 'Silo' on Apple+ TV, as an excellent streaming TV series based closely (so far) on Hugh Howey's dystopian, indy-published trilogy "Wool" & he is enjoying it. check = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14688458/ Trey reviewed the first season of 'Ted Lasso', seen on Apple+ TV, as he is enjoying watching it & it reminds him of the movie 'The Replacements' & he recommends it Lisa reviewed seeing Stuido Ghibli's 'Nausicaa & the Valley of the Winds' as really gorgeous, with a truly good story & she really loved it & it's available on DVD. The secretary followed = Make sure to get the full version & not the hacked up version released about 20 years ago with terrible dubbing. Duncan commented that Studio Ghibli inspires him to learn Japanese check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_(film) & Lisa mentioned she plans to see 'Castle in the Sky' next week; check = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky we adjourned at 8:52pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Debate about Pizza is like religious debate' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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