Minutes of Meeting #1534 Monday, January 6, 2020 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 8:03 pm - with a devoured brownie 18 people attended We established a party jar - 7 to Dave The minutes of meeting 1533 were accepted as 'dessert friendly & posted online' the Treasurer was missing the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: Harold the Younger announced that Zeldathon raised $171,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital this time = zeldathon.net Jamal announced that the South Bay Branch of his Writer's group is having a workshop on how to write a sci fi thriller at China Stix, 6pm Saturday, 2110 El Camino Real, SC, $30 for members, $35 for guests, dinner included & also announced that he is running for SJ City Council Dave C announced that there's a convention coming up - Further Confusion at the SJ Convention Center in 10 days & Lisa followed, saying that both Westercon & CostumeCon will have fan tables there REVIEWS: Ken reviewed seeing a stage performance of 'Harry Potter & the Cursed Child' - seeing both parts, each in their own theatre - as a magical experience, it's totally worth & the stage magic wowed them [various comments made]; & also reviewed the physics show at Foothill College as designed for school kids but lots of fun & full of useful knowledge - highly recommended - & that lot #1 has free parking, but otherwise parting is $3.00 Bill reviewed 'Knives Out' as hearkening back to Agatha Christie mysteries of the past, well done, enjoyable & recommended & reviewed 'Rise of Skywalker' as better than 'Last Jedi' & reviewed air travel through Christmas & New Years as an adventure Gerry reviewed 'Rise of Skywalker' as he liked it better than he thought he would & liked that John Williams played a bartender in the movie, Carole pointed out a continuity error & Gayle thought it was a bit choppy [other comments made as well] Neil also reviewed 'Knives Out' as he enjoyed it a lot & also reviewed seeing 'Rise of Skywalker' after seeing a Youtube of the Easter eggs in it as more enjoyable & reviewed all 4 seasons of 'The Expanse' as very good, liking it all with the opinion that season 3 was the best Valerie reviewed the new season of 'Dr Who' as it seems like there's too much going on in it & Lisa commented that she liked how the show was handling historical figures & then Valerie reviewed 'The Mandalorian' season as very good, old-fashioned 'Star Wars' we did auctions we adjourned at 9:04 Rumor of the week was 'Try Hufflepuffs, the Harry Potter breakfast cereal, from Kelloggs' [Post meeting report - the secretary has a sore throat & will likely not be at the Jan 13 meeting.] -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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