Called to order at 20:00
Total of 7/1 in attendance
Officer Reports:
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1869 were accepted as Viva España
Treasurer
Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal – sent to: dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $165.59 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
The last two Mondays of August I will not be in town. There is a chance that on the 24th I will not be in a position to join remotely (that’s our travel day) but should be able to Zoom in on the 31st from WorldCon. We’ll need someone to present the Zoom for the in-person portion of the meeting on those two dates.
President
Not present
Committees:
None.
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Lisa
Today is the wedding anniversary of Dave and Spring (Our treasurer and a fellow BASFAn)
GallifreyOne’s first guest has been announced: Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman of Doctor Who).
Yochanan
The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, or KIPAC, will present a lecture on Wedensday, 22 July at 7 p.m. called Exploring Strange New Worlds: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres with JWST by Prof. Laura Schaefer, at Stanford Universoty(Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Room 111) and on YouTube.
And, on that theme, the penultimate season of Star Trek Strange New Worlds premieres this Thursday at Midnight.
Ken
This Friday is the fourth Friday (not the last) of the month and time, once again, for the monthly meeting of the Legion of Rassilon – your Doctor Who fan club. This month we will be watching the Second Doctor story The Dominators. Meeting starts at 7:30, at the Denny’s on Abbot Ave in Milpitas – just off Calaveras Boulevard near 880.
- Lisa: Won’t be there as she will be at MythCon (in Ooooooklahoma).
Rick
Antoinette Bower, Sylvia from the Star Trek episode Catspaw, passed away at 93. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinette_Bower
Reviews
Yochanan
Minions & Monsters (PG in theatres) Third (and earliest) minions prequel, set in 1920s Hollywood. Love letter to Hollywood, Keaton & Chaplin homages, the advent of sound. Funnier than it has any right to be. The best of the three prequels. Full price.
The Golden Grove by Nancy Kress. Not a fan of fantasy, but a big fan of Kress – she is his second-favorite author (after Connie Willis). 1984. Characters spring to life. Bit dense at first, but picks up steam. Worth full price, and glad he read it.
Defiance (Prime) older sci-fi from 2013-15. 3x 13 seasons. Set in 2046, in the town of Defiance, where humans and aliens coexist. Has a wild-west feel. Great performances, especially Tony Curran as an alien crime boss. Amazing world building, but there was a lack of explanations. The conclusion was acceptable. Worth matinee.
Moana (live, in theatres, PG) Follows the original story closely. OK. Way too much CGI (so much, that it’s barely live action!) and full of seams (as opposed to seamless)! Dwayne Johnson just acted and looked like The Rock in a wig! Some pretty scenes. Matinee at best.
Rick
Silo & House of the Dragon (appleTV, HBO). Both were moving pieces into place for future episodes, and were only mildly interesting. Rhys Ifans made a tour de force appearance in House…
Gayle
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (part of a trilogy) Parents gen-mod their kids so they don’t need to sleep, and the non-mods are considered inferior.
- Yochanan: Highly recommends.
Rumor of the Week
The Rumor of the Week has been cancelled.
Adjourned at: 20:36
There was no auction
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