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.