Meeting #1633 - Monday, 20 December, 2021
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
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Called to order at 20:00
Total of 12 log-ins
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1632 were accepted as: Still being debated in the
Buisness Meeting
Treasurer
Regular: $15,737.77
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com
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Vice President
Nothing Fannish to report.
President
Not present.
Committees:
No committees.
New Business:
No new business.
Announcements:
Howierd
Ported howierd website from godaddy to webhostingpad.com
<http://webhostingpad.com/>. go daddy changed their email policies, which would
have incurred a greater cost.
Valerie
Baycon is extremely pleased to announce the return of BayCon in 2022. The
convention will be held the weekend of July 1 - 4 at the San Mateo Marriott!
Discount through Dec 31 or they'll honor 2020 memberships.
Lisa: It's up against Westercon Tonopah, NV – July 1-4, 2022 (which has been
known for years).
Ken
Legion of Rassilon this Friday. Will be watching the next two episodes of the
latest season: "Flux: Once, Upon a Time & Flux: Village of the Angels".
Christmas gift raffle (bring a wrapped item, get a ticket). 7:30pm, Denny's
Milpitas. Near 880 and Calaveras Blvd.
Reviews
JohnO
Spiderman: Impossible to talk about plot because [spoilers] If you 've enjoyed
the past films, you'll want to see this one. Tom & Zendaya have become
incredible actors - they shine! Highly recommend. 3D is done subtle (well,
web-slinging aside...) Full Price, with all the letters of things that theatres
offer..
Yochanan: Really great. Great performances. Funny, moving, sad, deep thought.
Stay for all the cookies!
Saw West Side Story. Difference of opinion. Original was fresh in their minds.
John prefers the new one, Chris prefers the original (though they can agree
that the the acting was better new one). Rita was amazing in the new one (the
Doc roll). Worth seeing. XD version. Well done. Highly recommend.
ChrisO: while preferring the original, does like the new one.
Craig
Worldcon. In general, enjoyed the virtual side of the hybrid convention.
Sometimes they were overwhelmed. Would like a virtual element to continue in
the future.
DavidG: (Craig was sorely missed) Interesting and weird to be peopling. Felt a
bit out of sorts being around people. Went off pretty well. Hotel had
accessibility issues (90-yo hotel). Small elevators. Panels were good. Ran the
pre-Hugo finalists reception. Issue before the Hugo rehearsal after a fire
alarm. Ceremony was delayed by an hour. Went off pretty well. Waiting to see
how the omicron spread happens. About 2000 people on site. 2022 site selection
chose the China bid.
Howierd: Seanan McGuire on Twitter got decked out for the Hugos, but her
identity go stolen on the way to the convention. Could be "Best Related Work"
nominee next year for her tweets.
Lisa: Orlando 2023 has announced its NASFIC bid. It would be at DisneyWorld if
it wins. (There's also a Boston hoax Christmas in the summer bid)
Lisa
Went to a Broceliande winter concert. Nice to hear live music again. Xmas
related music, beautifully performed. https://broceliande.org/
<https://broceliande.org/>
Alan
FanFic: 2013 DW crossover The Daleks Universal Invasion (trilogy) 10th Doctor
and daleks. Visiting the worlds of Sonic the hedgehog, super mario and gumball.
Some issues that didn't work: repetitive storytelling, and not faithful to the
sources.
Yochanan
History SJ Holiday light show. Went Saturday to SJ History Park (by happy
hollow). Mixed. Light show was a bit juvenile. The museum had a good 70-80% of
the buildings open, which was great. Wonderful display on the San Jose LGBTQ+
experience over the decades. Had a great time with the museum.
Hawkeye is doing really great. Wonderful.
Ron's Gone Wrong (in progress) is fun.
DaveG
Open City Diner (DC) Wonderful location, near the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Brunch
all day. You can pay at your table via a device (very European) and a frequent
diner program. Very nice, recommend if in DC.
Rumor of the Week:
Whether it was the multiverse or the time vortex, BASFA was in an echo time
loop tonight.
Adjourned at: 21:01
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