Minutes of Meeting #1801 Monday, March 24, 2025 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ] https://www.parktownpizza.com
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 8 pm 9live/6online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1800 were accepted 'unapproved by any department of the Trump administration' Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32 Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: [email protected] Though we did accrue $130.35 since the resumption of live meetings. the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken announced that this Friday is the 4th Friday of the month, so there will be a meeting of the Legion of Rasselon live in person at the Dennie's on Bascom in Milpitas on Abbott Rd, near the 880 freeway, at 7:30pm - wear a mask - for more info check their Facebook page Yochanan announced that there will be a screening of the movie 'Interstellar' at the SETI Institute, Friday, March 28, 6 - 9pm PDT - followed by discussion see = https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interstellar-with-the-seti-institute-registration-1284434661649 and he announced that William Shatner is giving a lecture on NOVEMBER 14 in Monterey at the Golden State theatre. 7:30pm see = https://www.williamshatnertour.com Gayle announced that 'Macalester Today', published by Macalester College has an article about an alumni voicing Han Solo in a version of 'Star Wars' done in Ojibwe see = https://www.macalester.edu/news/macalestertoday/ Reviews: Rick reviewed Amazon Prime's 'Wheel of Time', season 3, as it has tremendously wonderful scenery & excellent acting with a serviceable script for a generic fantasy series & is worth watching if you are subscribed to Amazon Prime. Yochanan commented that he saw some of season one and was not interested enough in what he saw to continue watching. and Rick reviewed the 2nd season of 'Severance' as he really enjoyed it. It has top-notch acting, excellent ideas and is really, really wild & very worth your while to watch. see = https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/10/apple-tv-unveils-severance-season-two-teaser-ahead-of-the-highly-anticipated-return-of-the-emmy-and-peabody-award-winning-phenomenon/ Yochanan reviewed 'Novocaine', an action-thriller movie with some dark comedic elements that he enjoyed & considers worth full price see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novocaine_(2025_film) and he reviewed 'I See the Demon', seen at Cinequest, as a science fiction related movie about robotics that he found intriguing & it had some 'really great ideas' see = https://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/i-see-demon and he reviewed 'Guest Stars' by Christopher Pleatsikas as a real page-turner, with interesting ideas, but written in a rather dry style - with very little dialogue & lots of information about economics. Yochanan says that if there was a sequel written, he would buy it. see = https://www.amazon.com/Guest-Stars-Christopher-Pleatsikas-ebook/dp/B0DK2DG9QF Valerie reviewed 'Sunrise on the Reaping' by Suzanne Collins, a Hunger Games prequel, as pretty good. She says there are some surprises & that yesterday, she started writing a book analyzing it and her rough draft is already 25,000 words! see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_on_the_Reaping and the rumor of the week was = 'Hangovers from last Monday should have faded by now' we adjourned at = 8:33pm there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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