Minutes of Meeting #1589 Monday, February 15, 2021 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held online, in exile
ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcuqorDMsHtTgbbD44ZgG2WzrVGkr6pnX Called to order at 8 pm 17 various beings eventually attended The minutes of meeting 1588 were accepted as 'colluded' the Treasurer reported that we have money = regular total is now $15,706.05; the party jar total is $230.58 money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = [email protected] the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lisa announced that this Wednesday is a SETI-sponsored talk online, check their Facebook page Facebook For SETI - www.facebook.com/SETIInstitute Lynn announced that in the first weekend in March from Friday till Sunday there will be a 'Nonsense' event for information check www.consonance.org Kennita announced that on Thursday at 11am the Computer History Museum will have a virtual panel of experts speaking on the topic of 'Should we Fear AI', check chm.org John O announced that on Feb 18, Thursday, NASA will televise the 'landing of an SUV on Mars' - i.e. the Perseverance Rover landing - and that NASA TV starts coverage of the landing at 11:15am Feb 18 check = http://mars.nasa.gov Gerry announced that SpaceX has launched their Falcon 9 to deploy satellites & they lost the booster; then John O followed, saying that they have begun taking deposits from the US, Canada & the UK for satellite phone service more info = http://starlink.com now taking $99 deposits to get in line for a Starlink ground station. Final price is $499 total, so $99 now and $400 when it ships. Chris announced that on Feb 20, 9:36am there will be a cargo launch to the space station REVIEWS: Dave G reviewed getting his Covid vaccine injection last week as his arm hurt for a few hours & he felt a little run down for a day or 2 but everything worked out well, there were various comments, including that John O fortuitously also got an injection for being in the right place at the right time & Lisa recommends the Santa Clara county 65 or older vaccine service Lisa recommends checking the Santa Clara County Vaccine Website = vax.sccgov.org/home Gerry reviewed attending the RadCon virtual convention this year; that Candy also attended & reported that they had problems with Discord screen sharing [& it sounds like Discord problems in general] - plus that his Zoom meeting panel went well & that there were numerous other panels that went just fine. Gayle followed, saying that it was not generally known that the con would be held over Discord & that it turned out very well. Candy reviewed it as there were little to no explanations about how to use Discord for the con Dave C reviewed his reaction to Dave G's getting his vaccine already as envious Yochanan reviewed 'Wandavision' as the first 2 episodes were so-so - but that from episode 3 on the show was super interesting and made him happy & then reviewed a book, 'Time Riders', as a YA novel as really action-packed & contained great ideas & inspired him to buy the other 8 books in the series and he highly recommends the entire series we adjourned at 8:51 pm and the rumor of the week = 'I am not a cat!' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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