Meeting #1422 October 30, 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 talk from the Resistance 25 people attended The minutes of meeting 1420 were accepted as 'freshly unsealed by Robert Mueller' the Treasurer reported that at meeting 1420 we took in $5.50 in the regular jar and $16 in the party jar the VP had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: [evil] Kevin announced details about Worldcon 76 will have filking and late night gaming in the Marriott Lisa announced that they have a new kitty - Earl Grey JC announced that Beth is doing okay after a gallstone attack Adrienne announced that Bay Area Ghost Hunters has been very active & they will do a historical investigation at the San Leandro railroad on Nov 11 & are planning to do something soon in Napa REVIEWS: Bill reviewed a recent driving trip as they stopped by Kevin Standlee's place in Fernley, NV and were impressed by the improvements & the drive was lovely Lisa reviewed taking the new kitty to a fannish vet as they had great service that was very caring Adrienne reviewed 'Malias' in downtown Gilroy as a good restaurant with a long history & lour noise levels Dave C reviewed 'Kingsman 2' as it seemed like a long protracted fight scene & not very good Mo reviewed Walter Isaacson's 'Leonardo da Vinci' as well worth reading - & Brad agrees - & then reviewed 'The Noble Approach' about Maurice Noble as a good book about what animators had to go through Fred reviewed being in Las Vegas for a skeptic's convention as he visited the nation history museum and was impressed by how accessible the displays were Brad reviewed 'Soonish' - a book about emergent technologies by Kelly & Zach Weinersmith - as engagingly written, entertaining & highly recommended Gerry reviewed the Space X launch of a satellite & retrieval today as successful JC reviewed 'Split' as an actually decent M Night Shayamalan film Vikos reviewed a Teddy Talk by David Grinspoon about man's affect on the planet as he enjoyed it & reviewed a book, 'Turbulence' by Samit Basu as a take on superheroes there were auctions Adjourned 9:24 And the rumor of the week = 'Excuse me Jesus, there's a pterosaur in my soup' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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