Minutes of Meeting #1794 Monday, February 3, 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 13live/4online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1793 were accepted as 'even with a 20% tariff they cost you nothing' Proxy Treasurer's report, we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 [& +124.10 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, other than Dave sightings the President had nothing fannish to report. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yochanan announced that there will be 2025 Films of Remembrance on Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 at the SJ Buddhist Church Betsuin; Gerald followed with an anecdote about this era. see = https://resisters.com/events/ Ken announced that in 2 Mondays he & Geri will be driving back from LA, so they won't be available for the meeting on Feb. 17 Reviews: Keith reviewed a road trip he took to Florida & visited the space visitor centers at Huntsville, Kennedy Space Center & Johnson's Space Center. Both he & those with him enjoyed what they saw & found the $200 cost tour [each] in Houston to be amazing & well worth the cost. He commented that the displays at Huntsville were the most information-packed. There was then some discussion to the topic. see = https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/ see = https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/ see = https://www.nasa.gov/marshall/visit-marshall-space-flight-center/ and he reviewed the 'Star Trek Lower Decks Buffer Time The Card Game' [made by Modiphius Entertainment] as a fun, cooperative game that can be played with 2, but works better with 4 people and was fun to play see = https://store.asmodee.com/products/star-trek-lower-decks Yochanan reviewed the 90 minute, colorized 2nd Doctor 'War Games' re-release & he loved the show & recommends it, 2 thumbs up. There was some commentary about some of the ret-conning done to the ending, to make it more in line with the current series. and he reviewed 'Lost in Time', a young adult book by W.M. Wiltshire as 'it wasn't bad, but...' He thought it was written a bit too simplistically & did not have a definite ending as it set up a series to follow. see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45882252-lost-in-time and the rumor of the week was = 'Today's special: Groundhog stew' we adjourned at = 8:37pm there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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