Minutes of Meeting #1434 Monday, January 22, 2018
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 20:00 with 30 people in attendance (commanagoa) A party jar was established The Minutes of meeting #1433 were read, and accepted as approved. Corrections: The date of the minutes for #1433 were incorrect. They should read “Monday, 15 January, 2018” Treasurer Report #1432 $4.25 (regular jar) $15,343.47. $26.50 (party jar) $36.04 #1433 $2.25 (party) $38.29 VP Report had nothing Fannish but welcome Monica and Rodney. The President was MIA with the secretary. Committee Reports Sports: Tickets Friday May, 18 (7:15pm) SF Giants v. Rockies. Star Wars Night, with SW premium. Infield View Reserved. $30/person San Jose Giants: Star Wars theme game will be on Saturday, May 12. They are planning on doing a Harry Potter game again, and their opening weekend is to be a ComicCon weekend. The goal is for the Martinelli’s VIP Deck, but we need 25 people for that. April & May prices are $49/person with food and 2 beverages. — Will aim for Harry Potter. Party: Next party will be at BabsCon, the last Friday & Saturday of March (30th & 31st) at Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame Announcements Dianne: More cons for WC76 exposure: Life the Universe & Everything in Provo UT. Presidents’ Day Weekend. (Lots of others that weekend!) In France in July - Eurocon! Gerald is going to RadCon in February, in Washington. JohnO Epic Rap Battles with History on YouTube: Live show this Friday at the Great American Music Hall, SF. Goldstar tickets are $15. DaveC Obit: Star Trek actor William Schalert passed away in 2016. Appeared in 2 episodes of Star Trek, but was in more episodes of other things including Patty Duke Show. DaveG Sat Aug 18th, David Byrne will be playing across the street from World Con. Adrienne Tickets for Haunted America Conference in Alton, Illinois on June 22 & 23, 2018 are available. Super Bowl - Pats v. Eagles in Minnesota. Yochanan This Sunday 1/28, Jewbilee. KQED’s Michael Krazney will be doing keynote. LGJCC $12/$15 at the door. Gerald Only new sale off last year is available online. www.Gdnordley.com/basfa <http://www.gdnordley.com/basfa> It is Hugo eligible… Howard Has been breaking android tvs, and web tvs. His contract has been extended to the end of the year. Jonathan Neil Diamond has retired due to Parkinson. Ken The Legion of Rassilon is meeting this Friday, January 26 at 7:30pm at our new location - the Denny’s on Bascom in Campbell (near the Pruneyard). This month we will be showing the first 4 parts of the Jon Pertwee story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" http://lor.club <http://lor.club/> for more information. Reviews JohnO Went to Shape of Water. Worth full price. Rich & atmospheric. Echos of other del Toro films. Won Golden Globe for director. Yochanan: Saw it today. Liked not loved it a lot. Need to think on it more. Sets, costumes & atmosphere wonderful. Matinee. May go up Mo: Looking forward to it. Cinemarks movie club. $8.99/moth - all 2-D is $8.99 (first “free”) and discount on concession, and service charge free. Worth it, especially with this year’s slate of films. Yochanan Saw Jumanji. Had low expectations, and really enjoyed it. Great chemistry. Connie Willis - Cross Talk. Followed some of her trope, but wonderful must read. evilKevin Sonheim on Sondheim at the new 3Below theater and lounge - in the old Camera 3. New seats, pauint, wall treatments, wide stage for productions and big screen for films. Beautiful remodel. Production was really entertaining. 8 performers plus Sonheim on screen. Including discarded numbers. 3belowtheaters.com <http://3belowtheaters.com/> Bradford Berkeley Comic Convention. One day, one room, and nothing but comic books. ‘30s to the present. Good comics, good prime rib… DaveC Went SF this weekend for SketchFest. Setlist - or as Dave calls it flop sweat on parade. Throwing comics on stage for random improv. Dana Gould was his favorite. Second show was Celebrity Autobiography- where comedians read from celebrity autobiographies. Fun show. Worth it. Diane Flintstone house on 280 have had dinosaurs added - but that’s not her review. Read a book: Resistance by Samit Basu Superheroes, action, anime, kaijus. Worth it. Was at FurtherConfusion with WC76. Fun. Loving life. Jonathan has volunteered to help with fan tables. Lisa Saw Mary and the Witches Flower - young former Gibli animators with their own studio. First film. Was a Fathomevents. Worth full price - wish it was more widely available. Brits did voices for the dubs. Beautiful film. Jonathan Darkest Hour. Churchill during WWII. Liberties taken. Gary Oldman will probably be Oscar noms. Glad he saw it. The Good Place: Clever. Woman is in the good afterlife, but doesn’t belong. Surprised by a comedy about ethics, and the first season ending. Atheus Went to Faction Brewing Company in Alameda. Next to St. George Spirits. Liked an entire 6 flight of beers. Worth travel time round trip. Next three weeks will be the Hugo recommendation meetings. Please do not bring auction items. We auction people and cookies and things! Meeting adjourned at: 21:47 and the rumor of the week was: Cookie!
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