Minutes of Meeting #1759 Monday, June 3, 2024 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ] https://www.parktownpizza.com
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 7:58 pm 7live/9online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1758 were accepted as 'already sentenced' proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 [& +$54.85 more over the live meetings, up thru 1758] 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 Comment that since the food was gone, it must have been good ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yochanan announced that 'Star Trek Prodigy' is coming to Netflix for season 2, despite Paramount dropping the show Robin announced that Blind Lemming Chiffon has set up a GoFundMe. See his Facebook 'Festival of the Living Room' page for more details https://www.gofundme.com/f/zp4jt-my-new-knee?member=34809955&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer Geri announced that 'Godzilla Minus One' has now dropped onto Netflix see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23289160/ Reviews: Yochanan reviewed the movie, 'Furiosa', [a prequel to 'Fury Road'] as a good but not a great movie, with some poorly-staged action scenes & worth matinee. 'It was definitely a Mad Max movie.' There was extensive CGI used to make the actress look more like the 'Fury Road' actress. see = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga and Yochanan reviewed 'IF' as a pretty silly movie with 'meh' CGI & he can't recommend it. He comments that it did not even entertain his sister's kids & says it's an 'okay movie to see if you can't do anything else' see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11152168/ and Yochanan reviewed 'Rim of the World', seen on Netflix, as a forgettable bit of fluff, but enjoyable. 'It was a movie'. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim_of_the_World Lisa reviewed going to Camera 3 to see 'Woman in Motion'. She felt it was a wonderful documentary, covering all of Nichelle Nichols' life. She highly recommends the movie & says it can be found streaming, now, but she loved seeing it on the big screen. see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4512946/ Craig reviewed 'Dead Boy Detectives' on Netflix - a 'Sandman' spinoff by Neil Gaiman - & recommends it. There is only one season so far, but he found it immensely entertaining. Ben followed and also enjoyed the show. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Boy_Detectives_(TV_series) Kennita reviewed 'Kinky Boots, the Musical' as an excellent performance & a good musical. She recommends it. Geri followed, showing a kinky purse. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical) Ben reviewed a book, 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by Katherine Arden as an enjoyable read. see = https://www.amazon.com/Warm-Hands-Ghosts-Novel/dp/0593128257 and Ben reviewed 'Termush' by Sven Holm as very short novel first printed more than 50 years ago, but packed with ideas. He enjoyed it very much. The printing he read was a more modern edition & had an introduction by Jeff VanderMeer that says the book is still shockingly relevant to today's society. see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62678428-termush Rick reviewed 'ST Discovery' 5th season as now concluded. He says the last few seasons have been a mess of writers fighting with each other & rates it as 'time spent, but not well spent'. He says the scripts were written by committee and no episode really stood out. Yochanan followed that he agrees with 99% of what Rick said. He says the show wasn't very good & 'so NOT an ensemble cast', but is still glad it exists. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery Ken reviewed this last week's Dr Who episode as great. It has a disturbing ending & is another good episode. Rick followed on 'trying not to spoil anything', saying he enjoyed the episode, as it was extremely well done & effective. He admired the episode's craftsmanship. Trey made a suggestion that Medjed from Egyptian mythology would make a great Dr Who depiction of a Dalek - as interpreted by ancient peoples and the rumor of the week was = 'Oz is quieter without the winged monkeys we adjourned at = 8:51pm there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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