Minutes of Meeting #1447 Monday, April 23, 2018 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8:07 pm 22 people attended we established a party jar The minutes of meeting 1446 were accepted as 'existing in the aether' the Treasurer reported that we have money the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report The Sports Committee reported that there are still tickets available for the May 18 Giants vs Rockies game BASFA outing for $30.00 - see Dave G. Then Ken reported that there are still tickets available for the BASFA outing to the Harry Potter night San Jose Giants game, Friday, June 15 = $52 per person for the Martinelli’s VIP deck. Email ba...@p4tt.com if you are interested. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken announced that this Friday is the Legion of Rassilon meeting; 7:30 pm at the Denny’s in Campbell, near the Pruneyard on Bascom Brad announced that Action Comic #1000 is being released & that there are many different covers for it & announced that he will be at an academic conference this Friday, April 27, 9am at UCI, Humanities Gateway 1030 & that Gregory Benford will moderate the session Brad will give his paper at, for more details check = https://today.uci.edu/event/science_fiction_yesterday_today_and_tomorrow John O announced that he gets his knee replaced on May 7 & announced that the MexicanX initiative has acheived its funding goal - for more information, check = http://johnpicacio.com/onthefront/2018/01/28/the-mexicanx-initiative/ Diane announced that there are many upcoming events & that she has Worldcon 76 flyers & postcards to distribute for all the events coming up [evil] Kevin announced that RoboGames 2018 will be held in Pleasanton, April 27-29, at the Alameda County fairgrounds, check http://robogames.net/index.php for ticket information Bill announced that Lee Majors celebrated his 79th birthday Reviews Bill reviewed CMTSJ's performance of 'Guys and Dolls' at the Montgomery Theatre in SF as it was very well done, check - http://www.cmtsj.org/guys-and-dolls/ Carole reviewed 'Head over Heels' as she enjoyed it & it has music by the GoGos in a 15th century play, Brad also saw it & enjoyed it - and Bill appreciated the transition of the 15th century play into a modern entertainment Bikl reviewed SETI talks on Planetary Protection at Foothill College as focused on protecting the Earth from strikes by asteroids & also reviewed SETI's talk about 'What we are protecting Mars from' as discussing practical problems of not ruining other world environments John O reviewed 'Isle of Dogs' highly recommended, with beautiful visuals & a unique story, Dave C also found it greatly enjoyable, Chris O is a cat-person, but still enjoyed it & then John O commented that he has been enjoying a 'puppy-free' Hugo reading slate we had auctions we adjourned at 8:57 Rumor of the week was that 'Merr-ar-rahr!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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