Minutes of Meeting #1819 Monday, July 28, 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
And online via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83807383506?pwd=VnNNTXJ1YXlLS0RQVVB2VERXUTQ2dz09 Called to order at 8 pm 11live/5online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1818 were accepted as 'two 18's are better than one' The minutes of Special meeting KEN55 were accepted as 'hide the minutes in a birthday cake' Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32 Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: dwgalla...@gmail.com Though we have accrued $147.09 since the resumption of live meetings. as tradition, the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report, but he did say 'hi' to Antoine - who was visiting us for the first time no old or new business ANNOUNCEMENTS: Robin announced that Tom Lehrer died at age 97 & Ken followed that there will be a 6-10am KFJC special on Wednesday, July 30, to celebrate Lehrer's life & music [& kept on their website for the next 2 weeks] & Tom commented that it was unfortunate that he never got a chance to post a reaction to the American Pope, 'American Brag' also see = https://tomlehrersongs.com/songs/ [& read the disclaimer] Yochanan announced that Santa Cruz Shakespeare will be performing 'Pericles' in a 'pay as you will' form this Tuesday & Wednesday, July 29,30 - see = https://santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2025-overview/2025-main-stage-productions/pericles/ And reminds us that Free Shakespeare in the Park is being performed mostly daily [except Mondays] thru the summer so also see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/ & Yochanan announced that Evergreen Valley College will celebrate their 50th anniversary, Wednesday, Sept 3rd, 5pm+ [free] see = https://www.evc.edu/50 Fred announced that local member Kennita, has her birthday today - and there was much cheering Lisa announced that the Myopaeic Society is having a 'Women in Tolkien' at their Online MidSummer Seminar 2025, 'More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy' see = https://mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm Reviews: Keith reviewed the tricorder replica that he ordered from the Wand Company - and showed it off at the meeting. It looked very cool & has various function - he rated it as worth full price, even with added the tariffs see = https://www.thewandcompany.com/tricorder/ Rick reviewed the second half of 'The Sandman', season 2 on Netflix as having less Neil Gaiman participation & what has been aired is interesting, but the show is finishing up with season 2 see = https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/sandman-new-episodes Yochanan reviewed '2 Gentlemen from Verona' performed by SF Shakes as done in modern dress, set in California and that there were some changes to the ending. He found it a lovely production with excellent acting & a very fun play that he highly recommends as being worth 'double free'. He 'loved it, loved it, loved it'. see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/ and Yochanan reviewed a limited-release movie, 'Guns & Moses' as 'really, really good'. He found it to be very interesting, liked a lot & rates it as being worth full price see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_%26_Moses and Yochanan reviewed 'The Aliens of Earth' by Nancy Kress, a collection of 17 short stories, some illustrated, released by Arkham House Publishing. He found it to be very good overall & found the stories to be quite thought-provoking, worth full price. see = https://nancykress.com/the-aliens-of-earth/ and Yochanan reviewed a Netflix re-showing of 'The Good Place', which has 4 seasons as he very much has enjoyed watching the show. He highly recommends it, especially for its lessons on ethics. There were follow-ons, all positive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Place Cliff reviewed seeing the latest 'Superman' movie as it's rated PG-13, but is a very intense film. It's the best Superman movie he's seen that doesn't involve 'kneeling before Zod', with the dog being CGI'd. He considers it done very well & is not an origin story. He rates it as being worth full price for 2D IMAX. There were many follow-ons, including the mention that at the very end of the movie Supergirl shows up & comments about various attendees giving voice to their favorite Superman portrayals in the past & a thankful lack of religious analogy in this movie. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(2025_film) and Cliff reviewed re-re-watching the newly-remastered 'Babylon 5' as it a very successful remastering, rendered in a blue-ray & B5 has never looked this stunning before. The show has held up very well, 'even though we are now living in President Clark's dystopia'. Robin commented that the difference between President Clark & President Trump is that Clark was not elected. While Marc said his favorite B5 quote is still: “Only one man has survived battle with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.” Love it! see = https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/babylon-5-streaming.html Ken reviewed this week's episode of 'Star Trek, Strange New Worlds', Season 3, episode 3 - "Shuttle to Kenfori", as NOT about zombies [honest] and a good episode, considering it as worth full price. Yochanan followed, saying he very much enjoyed the episode. Marc commented that he also loved the episode a great deal & appreciated the characters, but was slightly disappointed - finding 'rambling, shambling zombie Klingons' to be lazy writing and he wanted more. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds and the rumor of the week was = 'It's Tom Lehrer's world, we just live in it' we adjourned at = 9:07pm there was an auction -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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