Called to order at 20:00
Total of 5/6 in attendance
Officer Reports:
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1874 were accepted as: ‘documenting the War of the Words’
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 $166.84 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
[proxy report]he is in transit & next week he will try to set up a Zoom session from WorldCon in Anaheim. As most of us who show up in person will be down there, I have notified the staff here (at Parktown) that we will not be here on the 31st.’
President
Nothing fannish to report.
Committees:
None.
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Yochanan
GalaxyCon 2026 & WorldCon 2026 are both this up-coming weekend & Kennita announced that Burning Man will also start this weekend
Kennita
Burning Man will also start this weekend
Reviews
Yochanan
The End of Oak Street is a scifi survival time travel movie as an enjoyable popcorn movie that is set in 1982 for reasons he could not determine. The feathery dinosaurs were disconcerting & frequently took him out of immersion in the film. He found it a ‘meh’ movie, worth matinee
The Last House a scifi film badly rated [22%] on Rotten Tomatoes with a poor ending & worth ‘maybe matinee’. ‘It was a movie’ he commented.
The Santa Clara County Fair, just ended, as only 5-days long. He found it very different from other fairs, with not many animals & little ‘fair food’ but he had a very good time. He found it very poorly advertised, worth full price & recommends going there next year. Rick recommends checking out all county fairs & finds them to be wonderful. Gayle finds county fairs to be educational – in this case the displays on table settings were fascinating.
Lisa
Catching up on ‘Star Trek, Strange New Worlds‘ episodes & did not like the ending of the ‘puppet’ episode just aired. She found it a ‘dumb, stupid, light episode’.
- Yochanan found the episode to be funny & the puppets were very ‘Muppet-like’. He commented that he finds the last 5 episodes to be ‘gimmick’ episodes & not impressive.
- Rick stated that ‘the writers are bored’.
- Lisa opined that the last few episodes will not be considered among her favorites.
Rick
‘The Ark‘ as ‘if one set one’s expectations lower, one can be pleasantly surprised’ & while watching the 3 seasons of the show he was reminded of an earlier Syfy series called ‘The Outpost‘. He found what he watched to be pretty unoriginal, worth matinee & not really worth a second viewing.
- Yochanan really loves the series & recommends it as it keeps him entertained.
Rumor of the Week
Am I a Man, or am I a Muppet?
Adjourned at: 20:33
There was no auction…
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