Minutes of Meeting # 1487
Monday, February 11, 2019
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 21 people in attendance.
A party jar was established
The Minutes of meeting #1486 were posted online prior to the meeting and were
accepted as: Better late than never
Treasurer Report
#1486
Regular $7.25
Party $2.50
Total
Regular $15,405.43
Party $10.98
The Vice President had nothing fannish to report, but welcomed JC’s friend
Samantha who just moved to Milpitas.
The President was MIA with the Secretary
Committee Reports
Sports
Party
Next party will be at Babscon April 19 & 20 at the Hyatt Regency SFO. Will be
teaming up with the Black Hole bar.
San Jose Sharks v. Chicago on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Seats are in
the Upper Bowl 221 Rows 6/7 $52. Let Dave know ASAP Ticket not yet secured. He
needs the funds to secure the tickets.
SJ Giants: Two possible dates. Saturday, May 4 ($49, Star Wars night) and
Saturday, June 15 ($52, Harry Potter Night). Martinelli’s VIP deck. Contact
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you are interested in either or both
of these. We need a minimum of 15 people to commit.
Announcements
Lisa
SFSFC people should know that the taxes are done, and ready for other board
members to look at (check your email). Will be filed after Gallifrey.
Gerald
Empress of Starlight is finalist of AnLab - Analog’s most favorite stories
annual awards. It is available free (check the BASFA email list) with other
finalists. analogsf.com/about-analog/anlab-readers-award-finalists/
<http://analogsf.com/about-analog/anlab-readers-award-finalists/>
Diane Osborne is helping with SpaceAccess 2019 possibly the hospitality suite.
sa2019.erps.org <http://sa2019.erps.org/>
Gayle: Larry Niven will be there as well. Rocket Lab will be presenting as
well, and the star shot people.
John
April 27, their Taiko group is having a big show in Newark. A history of Taiko,
and the Wadaiko group. wadaikonewark.org <http://wadaikonewark.org/>
Lisa
There’s a convention this weekend: GallifreyOne
DianeO
Join her shenanigans at SpaceAccess. Need help in hospitality and registration.
Fremont 4/18-21 Talk to her or Gerry. sa2019.erps.org <http://sa2019.erps.org/>
MakerNexus is opening soon in Sunnyvale. makernexus.com
<http://makernexus.com/>
Reviews
DaveW
Hugo reading: The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi (2nd book of the
Interdependency series) Really good. Parallels with today’s eco issues. Good
stuff, good space opera. Lot more meat than book one. Eager for the finale.
F&SF short story: List of 49 Lies. It’s a list story. Things being thought by a
man in a dystopian society trying to trick the robot mind readers.
Vikas
Hugo reading: 9 Fox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee. Enjoyed it. Pseudo-Supernatural.
Psychological. Fantastic. First of possibly three. Well worth a read. Action
and psychology
DaveW: The series as a whole is eligible for Hugo this year for best series.
Bob
Wayback Machine at the internet archive. 20 years or so of the internet. Looked
for some of his long lost sites. Found things he wrote a long time ago. Worth
full price (it’s free).
Fred: IA is one of the really great(x4) things. He donates. Great when sites
reference dead pages. Also, Prelinger project is collecting home movies.
Lisa: Her other son’s boyfriend works there.
JohnO: Used it to restore site.
DaveW: Not everything is available.
Fred: You can flag sites for archiving.
JohnO
Saw Glass, the latest M Night Shyamalan film. Convoluted and complex. Sequel to
Split and Unbreakable. 3 men in a mental institution for people who think
they’re superheroes. One doesn’t deserve to be there. One has multiple
personalities. And the other is their mentor. Plot relies too much on the
twists and turns. Hard not to spoil. Might have been worth the $5 Tuesday price.
Ross
Oldie (but a goodie) Space Casey by Christiana Ellis. Hilarious and satirical.
Cynical story of a con woman who falls into a complex plot while trying to
steal a space ship. Free on the author’s site. There’s also a followup series.
No auction due to Hugo discussions.
Meeting adjourned at: 20:55 and the rumor was: Groundhog shutdowns
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