Meeting #1408 July 24, 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 20:00 23 people in attendance. A party jar was established. Diane Osborne read the minutes of meeting #1407 and they were accepted as: End with a really big dish. Corrections: Ken: The new Doctor Who is Jodi Whittaker (not Judy). Also the series watched was Broadchurch. Adrienne: It’s $13 US (15euro at the door) for the ghost walk in Helsinki. DaveC: It’s Dita von Teese (not vonTease) Treasurer Report #1407 R $2.00 P $0.00 - no cumulative totals. VP Report Nothing fannish. Welcomed Yvgeny. The President was MIA with the Secretary... Adrienne asked for a poll of who’s going to Helsinki. There were lots. Announcements Carole: Jordin Kare, PhD rocket scientist and filker has passed. Specialized in lasers. Has impeccable evil genius credentials. Info on Wikipedia and File 770 Ric: James Bond will return Nov 8 2019 with #25. DaveC: George A. Romero (Night of the living Dead) and Martin Landau (Space 1999, Ed Wood) have died. Worlds Apart by David Kraig Usmack was sent signed and numbered to SFSFC. It’ll be in the auction. Yochanon: San Francisco Free Shakespeare is currently in Cupertino through Aug 6 with Hamlet. Free to get in (but it’ll cost you to get out...) San Francisco Jewish FF is going on right now. At various venues around the bay. Debbie: There’s a convention coming up in Helsinki. WorldCon 76 in San Jose needs bodies to work at the fan table. If you want to help, email [email protected] Ken: Legion of Rassilon meeting this Friday at 7:30pm. IHOP on Stevens Creek at Lawrence and 280. This month we’ll be watching “The Pyramid at the End of the World” & “The Lie of the Land”. Plus discussions of the latest Doctor Who news! Reviews DaveG: NASFiC was fun and exciting. Missed opportunity of taking a picture of successive cruise ships for daily postings... Orphan Black this week: Not funny at all... Adrienne: Bought an Amazon Fire stick. It’s really cool. Magic! Ric: Went to D23 last week (Fan Disney Con, 10% size of Comic Con) Saw footage from Infinity War (insane OTT). Early footage live action Lion King - looks amazing. Exhausting convention President of Disney Parks gave a special Fantasmic show. It’s much better now! California Adventure. Guardians of the Galaxy ride (took over from Tower of Terror). A lot of interesting stuff in the walk through. Multiple scenes rotated through, different drops, and songs. Yochanon: Valerian: Liked it. Very good, not great. Impressive, but not always necessary graphics. Worth matinee. 5th Element was better. Gayle: Jordin Kare - YouTube video of his Filk “Psi Naught”. Recommends. [Carole] Jordin did excellent panels on launch systems, making it understandable to laypeople. [Lisa] He was a gentleman. Would provide escorts and assistance. Ken: Doctor Who Xmas trailer. OMGA!! An auction was held. Meeting adjenned (not a typo) at: 21:14 and the rumor of the week was: Jordin: This pun’s for you.
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