Meeting #1577 - Monday, 23 November, 2020
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
ZOOM Meeting Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX
Called to order at 20:04
Total of 13 log-ins
The minutes of meeting 1576 were accepted as: Schrödinger's election chronicle
Treasurer
0 taken… Regular $15,632.83 Party $230.58
Vice President: Nothing Fannish to report.
President: Not present.
No committees reporting.
No new business.
Announcements:
Howeird
Replacing a cat, who was acting like Edward Scissorhands, with a new cat from
The Animal Foundation, Las Vegas. Picked a cat (Ma’am) that looks like his
current one (Spook). Ma’am and Spook got along on a visit, and will be placed
with him Thanksgiving morning.
Ken
Doctor Who is 57 today, and the BBC released a teaser for the holiday special
that confirms the return of Captain Jack (Harkness, not Sparrow…)
Reviews
Gayle
Attended Virtual PhilCon. Excellent science panels. Including topics as
http://vivecenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/4-19.UCB_.ARVR_.pdf
<http://vivecenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/4-19.UCB_.ARVR_.pdf>
and http://covidtransmissions.substack.com
<http://covidtransmissions.substack.com/> . The used Zoom & Discord. Setup was
interesting, hard to get questions answered, with some in chat and others in
Q&A. Chatting in discord after.
Valerie
Attended Philcon this weekend, Orycon last weekend. Both small and pleasant
with lots of filk at philcon and a few interesting speaker tracks at both. not
much is coming (though multiverse con and geek girl con still have their panels
on twitch) and now there's online dickens fair
Lisa: Also attending Orycon, and others. Not quite enough energy, hard to get
discussions going and sustaining them. Set up more like lectures with Q&A.
Finding it harder to connect to people. Los Con and another Fest of the Living
Room are doing things this weekend. LosCon 46 was Nov. 2019. LosCon 47 will be
Nov. 2021. http://loscon.org/47/ <http://loscon.org/47/> Loscon is planning to
do some kind of event on YouTube this coming weekend. They don't say what at
this point.
Also next weekend, http://chessiecon.org/ <http://chessiecon.org/>
https://www.chicagotardis.com/blog/2020/11/13/just-two-weeks-until-our-virtual-event-heres-what-you-need-to-know
<https://www.chicagotardis.com/blog/2020/11/13/just-two-weeks-until-our-virtual-event-heres-what-you-need-to-know>
More online cons:
Dec 5 Smofcon https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/conzealand/en/smofcon-37-14/
<https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/conzealand/en/smofcon-37-14/>
Dec 18 https://www.furfest.org/ <https://www.furfest.org/>
JohnO
Continued their Disney watch with Robin Hood. Follows the core tale pretty
closely. Fun movie. A little fast paced (80 min) Worth watching if it’s on your
streaming service.
Lisa: One of her friends did a thesis on Robin Hood, which included the Disney
version - she gave it a B for accuracy. She eventually became an archive
librarian for Disney!
Gearld
Electron rocket went up on Saturday from NZ, and recovered first stage!
Fred
Webpage: CostumeCon39 REVISED DATES are Friday, April 21 – Monday, April 24,
2023 http://costumecon39.org/dates/ <http://costumecon39.org/dates/> Nicest,
cleanest page he’s seen.
Kennita
Attended a talk about nuclear power. Presenter was quite a cheerleader, but
after others had some pushback.
Today at around 1pm, China launched a spacecraft to the moon.
Howierd
Has an infection, prescribed Ciprofloxacin. Looking at what it was developed
for: the Bubonic Plague & Anthrax (as well as what he had…)
Rumor of the Week:
Al Gore to be named Secretary of the Internet
Adjourned at: 21:04
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