Meeting #1414 September 4, 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 - with baby 25 people attended The minutes of meeting 1413 were accepted as 'cool' the Treasurer was present & last week we took in $11.25 in the regular jar & $8.50 in the aprty jar the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report, but said 'hi' to Vikof, visiting us for the first time ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dave C announced that Sept 23-24 will have the Alternate Press Expo at the SJ Convention center south hall Lisa announced that the 1st weekend in October will have a Convolution committee meeting at the New Englander pub in Santa Rosa Ric announced that Fathom will have 'Lupin 3: Castle Cagliostro' showings in various places on Sept 14 [dub'd] and Sept 19 [subtitled] Chris O announced that their Taiko drumming club will be appearing on Saturday, Sept 16, noon, at the Newark Day festival; check http://newarkdays.org/schedule.php REVIEWS: The secretary reviewed 'The Hitman's Bodyguard' as funny and enjoyable, worth full price Bill reviewed their trip, saying they got to play tourist in Stockholm & recommends the Vasa museum as a few hours were not enough, the subway system is good and they enjoyed the food Andy reviewed the finale of 'Twin Peaks' as absolutely gorgeous and he had no idea what happened in it Mo reviewed the 5th & final season of 'The Strain' as it's absolutely worth full price & has some truly horrific moments Adrienne reviewed the SF ComicCon as not her usual type of con & it seemed like she spent her whole day standing in lines. Mo enjoyed it & the air conditioning, John O noted that the dealers really liked the weekend, Dave went on Saturday & enjoyed himself; the media guests were given high marks & it was recommended for next year & there was mention that there was a fair amount of people of color in attendance and in costume, which is encouraging John O reviewed the 'Inhumans' IMAX premiere as done well, fairly well-acted & he's looking forward to the series & saw the re-release of 'Close Encounters' as still nice there were auctions Adjourned 9:14 And the rumor of the week = 'Spherical rabbits are all the rage' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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