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melcharMeeting #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'
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'
