Meeting #1410 August 7, 2017 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp, Sergeant at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held at the Black Bear Diner, Milpitas
Called to order at 8 pm 9 people attended A party jar was established The minutes of meeting 1409 were missing & their reading was postponed for a week No Treasurer present, however last week we took in $1.50 in the regular jar & $0.50 in the party jar the VP reported he has nothing fannish to report & that he is not Chris Garcia the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lisa announced that there is an eclipse coming up John O announced that SF ComicCon is the 1st week of December & that Heroes and Villians FanFest will also be in December Kenneth announced the passing of Harmon Nakagama at the age of 88, who was the original guy in the rubber suit for Godzilla movies REVIEWS: John O reviewed 'Expanse' as he read the entire series in about 2 1/2 week, it's interesting world building & is now watching the series & finds the 1st 4 episodes to be good & reviewed 'We are Bob' by Davies Taylor as about a guy who becomes an AI & is a little contrived & it has a lot of humor & reviewed a Campbell nominee 'Info Motracy' as a concept book with somewhat wooden characters & not recommended & reviewed 'War for the Planet of the Apes' as deeper than the 1st 2 & they enjoyed it & there are lots of Easter eggs in it, definitely recommended & reviewed a visit to the Magic Castle in LA as excellent Yocanan reviewed 'Salvation' [the TV series] as wildly entertaining & reviewed the half book of Connie Willis' 'Blackout' as amazing Ken reviewed 'Orange is the New Black' as Geri has been chain-smoking them We did auctions Adjourned 8:49 And the rumor of the week = 'It's quiet - too quiet' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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