Minutes of Meeting #1820 Monday, August 4, 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 7live/8online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1819 were accepted as 'not necessarily in line with administration policy' 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 have accrued $152.34 since the resumption of live meetings. the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report no old or new business ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yochanan announced that SF Shakespeare will have a dinner & drinks event tomorrow at 5:30pm at Aug 5. Bring your own food & drinks, but they will supply the conversation. Space is limited see = https://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/gentlemen/ & he announced that also on August 5 at 7:15pm, there will be a showing of 'Bears on a Ship', a low-budget thriller at the Almaden Cinelux Theater see = https://www.cineluxtheatres.com/cinelux-almaden-cafe-lounge/movie/17349?date=2025-08-05 Lisa announced that her Oddfellows Lodge is having a Jane Austen Dance this Saturday, August 9, doors open at 6:30pm & they will also have a Hamiltunes sing-a-long on August 30, 7pm - both occurring at the Lodge in San Jose see = true52.org for more information & ticket sales Reviews: Yochanan reviewed an Apple TV show called 'Severance' which has 2 seasons so far. He has finished all 20 episodes and is giddy with excitement over the show. The series is well-written, the music is borderline creepy & it's full of nail-biting suspense. He rates it as worth full-price at least. He 'can't praise the show enough'. see = https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx and Yochanan reviewed a play, 'Pericles', which is pay as you will [& $10 for parking], performed by Santa Cruz Shakespeare as very, very well done & beautiful, but not for the faint of heart, since it includes incest, prostitution and murder. He highly recommends it. see = https://santacruzshakespeare.org/season-2025-overview/2025-main-stage-productions/pericles/ and Yochanan reviewed season 4 of 'Love, Death and Robots', seen on Netflix, as a really good show with many science fiction elements and a lot of violence. He highly recommends it. Duncan also highly, highly recommends it and says it is a series that you can jump into at any point & he doesn't have words to describe how good this show is. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots Marc reviewed 'Star Trek, Strange New Worlds' as this episode was really, really good, full of classic holodeck twists. He loved it and recommends it highly. Ken followed-on, saying 'yes'. [There was laughter.] Then he commented about how the mystery was masterfully handled & great fun. Yochanan also enjoyed the episode & recommends it - and urges watching the end credits for the out-takes. see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds Antoine reviewed 'Noor', a book by Nnedi Okorafor involving a sometime occurring in the future dystopia that he enjoyed reading very much see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_(novel) and the rumor of the week was = 'The East Coast 'heat dome' is part of the new administration's environmental policy of establishing hell on Earth' we adjourned at = 8:37pm there was an auction -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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