MonSFFA meets on the 14th, 13h. Visitors are welcome. The meeting is on Zoom, and the link will be posted on our website at the start of the meeting. The link may also be requested by contacting <president@monsffa.ca>.

AGENDA: JANUARY 14, 2023

1:00PM (Post 1 of 8)—Introduction, ZOOM details, agenda, and predictions for 2023.

1:30PM (Post 2 of 8)—Joe Aspler’s presentation: Where We Store Our Ideas.

2:30PM (Post 3 of 8)—Show-and-Tell (Zoom) and predictions about 22023 from 1923 (Website)

3:00PM—(Post 4 of 8)—Break

3:15PM (Post 5 of 8)—Josée’s presentation (Cameos in SF/F Film and TV).

4:15PM (Post 6 of 8)—Financial and other reports, annual election of club’s executive.

4:30PM (Post 7 of 8)—What Are You Reading/Watching?

5:00PM (Post 8 of 8)—Thank you, next meeting date, wrap-up.

January 14 meeting feature  presentation, by Joe Aspler

This is a brief history of information storage. In some cases, this mean very hard copy. Humans have this need to record our thoughts. This became institutionalized through religion, bureaucracy, graffiti, Shakespeare, and science fiction. We’ve painted on cave walls, carved on stone, used animal skins, plants, and chopped up trees. Now we’re on the least archival of all: computer storage.

Where will our thoughts be a century from now? A millennium from now? Beyond that? Will our digital media fall apart faster than a pulp science fiction magazine in the hot sun?