Minutes of Meeting #1790 Monday, January 6, 2025 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 8 pm 12live/6online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1789 were accepted as 'our contribution to the way-back machine' & the minutes of meeting 1789b were accepted as 'the mini-meeting' Proxy Treasurer's report, we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 [& +123.10 more over the live meetings, up thru 1789b = transferred to the treasurer] 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, except he got sick over the holidays. He did say 'hi' to Jason, visiting us for the first time & a fan of philosophy, who found us through Meet-up.com - & also said 'hi' to Brand-X, another Jason, visiting us again after a long absence ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lisa announced that Jacqueline Lichtenberg's husband Salomon had died Yochanan announced that today would have been the birthday of the deceased actor, Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog on DS9 Reviews: Rick reviewed the 3 novels in Liu Cixin's 'Remembrance of Earth's Past' trilogy: 'Three Body Problem', 'The Dark Forest' & 'Death's End'. He finds the written series very thought provoking and 'chewy' & recommends the Chinese TV adaptation in favor of the Netflix version see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_of_Earth%27s_Past also see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel) as well as the Chinese TV series adaptation = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Body Yochanan reviewed 'Mufasa: The Lion King', as a prequel that is pretty good. He commented that the animated animals have facial expressions now & rates it as worth matinee see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mufasa:_The_Lion_King And Yochanan reviewed a Netflix show, 'Squid Games, season 2', as a violent dystopian survival thriller from South Korea. He prefers the subtitled version to the dubbed and says the 7 episode 'season' ends in a cliff-hanger that he highly, highly recommends. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 And Yochanan reviewed the mock-u-mentary series 'What We Do in the Shadows' as one of the funniest things you will ever see on TV. He enjoyed all 6 seasons so very much & highly recommends it. Rick also enjoyed it. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows_(TV_series) Robin watched Apple TV when it was offered for free, seeing & now reviewing 'Schmigadoon' [season one] & 'Schmicago' [season two] as a good musical comedy series. She recommends seeing the series see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmigadoon! Lisa reviewed 'ST Lower Decks' as she has been enjoying the episodes immensely & just wished it continued. There were multiple follow-ons, including that there will be comics following the series & various comments about how much the series was enjoyed by all see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Lower_Decks And Lisa also reviewed the Youtube channel that is collecting Dr Who Classic series episodes & recommends it. Collected episodes are from shows before the 8th Doctor's appearance see = https://www.youtube.com/@BBCClassicDoctorWho/videos and the rumor of the week was = 'Lower Decks does not lead to lowered decks-pectations' we adjourned at = 8:43pm there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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