Meeting #1407 July 17, 2017 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm 24 people attending A party jar was established The minutes of 1406 were accepted as: 'the minutes should've gone to NASfic' there was no Treasurer - but last week we took in $2.00 in the regular jar and $0 in the party jar VP had nothing fannish to report The President said 'hi' to Alan, visiting us for the first time - who likes classic science fiction & found us with a web-search Bill proposed that Toolo Bay be annexed during August for Worldcon & it passed Announcements = Ken announced that the new Doctor for Dr Who is Judy Whitaker Adrienne announced that she is organizing a ghost tour for Worldcon, $15, us the Meetup site Dave C announced that EBay's new interface may actually work Trey announced that he was happy to see a good meeting attendance Reviews = NASfic was reviewed as small, but very nice; enjoyed by all and considered worth full price for both the con and site Bill reviewed Contata in NJ as an enjoyable experience; Carole enjoyed seeing Mary Ellen Wessels, who moved away from us here for love The secretary reviewed 'Spiderman Homecoming' as lots of fun, worth full price & both cookies were good; Yochanon enjoyed it & thought it worth matinee Adrienne reviewed this week's episode of 'Orphan Black' as hilarious; she had a nice weekend & enjoyed her visit to the Murphy's Hotel in Calistoga & doing wine tastings; Mo also enjoyed the variety of wine at the tasting Yochanon reviewed 'War for the Planet of the Apes' as he loved it, the CGI was seamless & worth full price; reviewed 'Alien Covenant' as not great but not bad & better than 'Prometheus' & reviewed the New Parkway Theatres in Oakland as he *loved* the theatre, there's not a lot of parking, they do a lot of second-run movies & the venue to totally worth it Dave C reviewed Tita VonTeease at the Fillmore as a wonderful performance and many, many sequins Ken reviewed binge watching a full season of a show as an excellent way to watch the series [and then there was a lot of Dr Who chat] we did auctions adjourned at 9:21 pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Nevertheless she regenerated' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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