Minutes of Meeting # 1460 Monday, July 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 20:00 with 27 people in attendance. A party jar was established The Minutes of meeting #1459 were posted prior to the meeting and were accepted as: Scooby notes. Correction: Bradford: Voice on Fahrenheit 451Not Rim Robbins, but Tim Robbins Treasurer Report #1459 Regular $6.00 Party $1.25 Total Regular $15,389.36 Party $53.55 VP had Nothing fannish to report The President was MIA with the Secretary Committee Reports Sports SJ Sharks. Pricing for groups, Sat 11/3 SW night (lower bowl 118-126) $83. Upper bowl (center ice) $76. Need 10 for a group. Dave will need money before ordering tickets. Announcements DaveC Doing fortune cookies for WorldCon76. Looking for newer fannish fortunes. Stick around after the meeting if you want to help. JohnO Has had pet ups and downs. Adopted 3 kittens, one passed away shortly after. Plus lost 2 adult cats, plus one last night. Brad Comic Books: Latest price guide is out, and his collection is going up 8-10% in value. Batman #58 has recently been added. Needs #57 (decent copy). Lisa Birthday trip to raging waters will be on August 4. Let her know via Face Book if you are interested. Ken The Legion of Rassilon will be meeting this Friday night at 7:30 pm at the Dennys in Campbell, near the Pruneyard. This month it’s a Patrick Troughton Smorgasbord. lor.club <http://lor.club/> See the companion that almost was in "The Faceless Ones"! Meet her replacement in "Evil of the Daleks"! Meditate on "The Abominable Snowmen"! Take a spin on "The Wheel in Space"! And put on a Cornish accent for "The Space Pirates"! DaveG Hugo voting closes on July 31, 11:59 pm PDT. Reviews Adrienne The “lost” Doctor Who story Shada was on BBCAmerica last week. Liked it, with reservations. One of Douglas Adams’ better stories. Didn’t like how Romana was handled. Worth watching. Lisa was glad to see it too. Animation filled in nicely. JohnO Watched FBI Agent Strzok’s appearance at the judiciary committee. The chair abused his position with any dissent on the panel. Thanks to BASFA and WSFS for his understanding of procedure. DaveC. Became more appalling when the representatives stopped asking questions and instead berated him. Vikas Went to a SETI talk at SRI. Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality in space. Unity 3-D demo on Virtual Reality of the International Space Station. Really cool. JerryP. The NASA visitor center has a section of International Space Statio you can walk through. WorldCon76 attendees can see this on the Inner Loop tour. (ask for Babs) Gayle Hugo finalist reading. Children of Thorns, Children of Water by Aliette de Bodard - a Dominion of the Fallen story. May have been less puzzled if she’d seen that. Fantasy isn’t her preferred genre. It was confusing. Strange nominee for novelette. Difficult to follow. Adrienne. Author is a favorite in the community, nominated frequently for awards. Ric Dirk Gently, had trouble getting into it the first time. Is enjoying it now. It’s all interconnected. Recommends. Saw Annihilation. Loved the book, All the things he loved in the book were dropped from the film. Still enjoyed it (directed by guy who did Ex Machina). No one has names, but referred by their roles - but are named in the film. Doubts the sequel books would be made int films Mo B5 was a guilty pleasure, and has been reviewing the series. Subtle and hokey. Noticing other parts, and how it’s timely now. Would recommend watching again. Plenty of follows on… DaveC Jonathan Howard’s Johannas Cabal: The Fear Institute. Journey through the Dream Land (the lighter side of Lovecraft) to vanquish fear. There was an auction Meeting adjourned at: 21:27 and the rumor of the week was: Waiting for Godot on Babylon 6
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