9) THANK YOU

We thank for their contributions to this afternoon’s meeting Joe Aspler, Carly Terreault, Keith Braithwaite, Cathy Palmer-Lister, as well as all of our contributing participants. And, we thank you who attended, both here online, and physically in the meeting hall; don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together.

10) NEXT e-MEETING

MonSFFA meets again on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Make a note in your calendars; we hope to see you all again on that date.

11) SIGN-OFF

Until next time, then, safe travels, and keep watching the skies!

8) RECENT SF/F FILM AND TELEVISION

Barbie, Oppenheimer, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Season Two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season Three of The Witcher, and other sci-fi screen adventures—which have you been watching and enjoying lately? The floor is open to your quick reviews and comments! We also have a few trailers to screen, undoubtedly of interest to our membership.

This afternoon’s e-meeting is something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, now underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings? Please take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

7) BREAK!

It’s time for a break, during which we’ll conduct a little club business and hold our raffle. We’ll resume the programming schedule in 30 minutes with a group discussion of recent SF/F film and television offerings.

This afternoon’s e-meeting is something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, now underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings? Please take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

6) DISCUSSION: MADELEINE L’ENGLE’S A WRINKLE IN TIME

For the next hour, we’ll be discussing author Madeleine L’Engle’s youth-oriented novel A Wrinkle in Time. Classed as a science/fantasy story, L’Engle’s work has been favourably compared to that of C. S. Lewis, who penned the Narnia books.

This afternoon’s e-meeting is something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, now underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings? Please take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

5) PRESENTATION: GENUINE HUMOUR FROM GENUINE SCIENTISTS

We open the afternoon’s programming with “Genuine Humour from Genuine Scientists,” a presentation on the wit, clever in-jokes, and spoofs of scientists, a group generally not associated with things comedic.

This afternoon’s e-meeting is something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, now underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat. (Note: the slides that our in-person audience will see during this particular presentation have been uploaded to this Website and are viewable below, if you wish a closer look.)

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings? Please take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

2) INTRODUCTION

Welcome all, to MonSFFA’s August 2023 meeting. This event marks our return to a regular, in-person meeting schedule—it’s been too long—and if the warp core doesn’t explode, will also mark our first live-streaming of an actual, physical club meeting. Everything, everywhere, all at once! Both in-person attendees, and technology allowing, virtual participants will be able to take part!

Today’s e-meeting departs from the usual in that it is something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, now underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings? Please take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

3) JOIN THIS AFTERNOON’S VIDEO-CHAT ON ZOOM!

To join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the next few hours, simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA e-Meeting on ZOOM

If you’re not fully equipped to ZOOM, you can also take part by phone (voice only); in the Montreal area, the toll-free number to call is: 1-438-809-7799. From out of town? No problem; find your ZOOM call-in number here: Call-In Numbers

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to enter it:

Meeting ID: 820 4750 6798
Passcode: 974535

4) TODAY’S AGENDA

1) PRE-MEETING TESTING OF WIFI QUALITY FOR LIVE-STREAMING

This afternoon’s e-meeting will be something of an experiment. If the technology is performing properly and all goes well, you will be viewing a live-stream of MonSFFA’s first actual, physical, in-person meeting in over three years, about to get underway. Follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

We’re starting the e-meeting a little earlier than usual, today, at 12:30PM rather than the usual 1:00PM. For the next half hour, we’ll be setting up and fine-tuning the live-stream and testing WiFi capacities. The meeting will officially open at 1:00PM.

We want to know if you are able to clearly see and hear today’s proceedings. Please tell us how things are coming across at your end, or take a moment to leave a comment as to how well this live-stream/ZOOM-chat is working from your perspective. It is our hope to be able to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.

MonSFFA will hold its first actual, live, in-person club meeting in over three years tomorrow afternoon, August 12! We encourage all club members, current and former, to attend, and we look forward to seeing everyone again, face to face! It’s been too long!

At the same time, we’ll be hosting on ZOOM a parallel e-meeting for the benefit of those out-of-towners among our ranks. This online get-together will serve as a test of the local wifi available to us in our new meeting hall. We hope to enable ZOOMers to join in the fun and ultimately, we hope to establish hybrid MonSFFA meetings, allowing both in-person and virtual participation.

Everything, everywhere, all at once!

Click here to view or download a PDF version of the August 2023 issue of Impulse, the club’s news bulletin, which outlines everything you’ll need to know about this Saturday’s meeting, whether you plan on physically attending, or taking part virtually:

August 2023 Impulse

Note that we’re starting the e-meeting a little earlier than usual, at 12:30PM rather than 1:00PM.

This is to accommodate a trial run of our ZOOM-chat on the local WiFi; we’ll use that extra 30 minutes to run a few tests. Our aim is to successfully live-stream this, and future MonSFFA meetings for the benefit of our out-of-towners, and those locals who, on occasion, may not be able to make it to the meeting hall for one reason or another.

Your feedback will help us gauge the quality of the system, and if need be, fine-tune the set-up for optimum performance.

The meeting will officially open at 1:00PM, with the commencement of scheduled programming.