MonSFFA’s Holiday ZOOM-Chat is Tomorrow Afternoon!
MonSFFA’s Holiday ZOOM-Chat is this Sunday!
Club’s Holiday ZOOM-Chat Coming This Weekend!
ATTENTION MonSFFA Club Members and Friends!
If you missed the club’s Christmas Luncheon last weekend, join us online this weekend for our 2023 Holiday ZOOM-Chat!
Zines to share!
More zines in the e-post:
From Garth Spencer: ObdurateEye34
From the N3F: Ionisphere202312a
From Heath Row at the LASFS: De Profundis #592 – December 2023
Enjoy!
Just 2 Hours Until MonSFFA’s Christmas Luncheon!
JUST A REMINDER…
MonSFFA’s 2023 CHRISTMAS Luncheon!
The club invites all of its members and friends, and their families, to an in-person, buffet-style Christmas Luncheon this afternoon, Saturday, December 9, from 2:00PM-6:00PM.
Sandwiches, snacks, and refreshments will be provided by MonSFFA!
We will also hold our traditional Christmas Fund-Raising Raffle, proceeds to benefit the club. So bring your loonies and folding money, and may the odds be ever in your favour!
Raffle tickets are $1.00 each; note that Platinum-Level members benefit from a two-for-the-price-of-one special!
Many wrapped gift prizes of cool sci-fi/holiday items will be arrayed under the tree from which winners may chose!
Our ground-floor event venue is the very same as last year’s, located on the West Island. Because this is a private residence which the club is employing by special arrangement, we are curtailing publication of the specific address online for reasons of privacy.
The locale is accessible by car, commuter rail, or bus, and is between a 5- and 15-minute walk from the several public transit stops nearby. Commuter train stops: either Gare Pointe-Claire or Gare Cedar Park; bus: 201, 203, or 211 (check STM route schedules).
All members and special guests have been e-mailed, in advance of the Luncheon date, the means to access the specific address, plus travel directions, public transit routes, and local parking information. By following THIS LINK, you will be directed to those details.
REMINDER: MonSFFA Christmas Luncheon is Tomorrow Afternoon!
Invitation to MonSFFA’s 2023 CHRISTMAS Luncheon!
The club invites all of its members and friends, and their families, to an in-person, buffet-style Christmas Luncheon tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, December 9, from 2:00PM-6:00PM.
(A note of clarification: an initial e-mail distributed to all members and special guests included an erroneous date, Saturday, December 16. The correct date of our Christmas Luncheon is, in fact, this Saturday, December 9; tomorrow!)
Sandwiches, snacks, and refreshments will be provided by MonSFFA!
We will also hold our traditional Christmas Fund-Raising Raffle, proceeds to benefit the club. So bring your loonies and folding money, and may the odds be ever in your favour!
Raffle tickets are $1.00 each; note that Platinum-Level members benefit from a two-for-the-price-of-one special!
Many wrapped gift prizes of cool sci-fi/holiday items will be arrayed under the tree from which winners may chose!
Our ground-floor event venue is the very same as last year’s, located on the West Island. Because this is a private residence which the club is employing by special arrangement, we are curtailing publication of the specific address online for reasons of privacy.
The locale is accessible by car, commuter rail, or bus, and is between a 5- and 15-minute walk from the several public transit stops nearby. Commuter train stops: either Gare Pointe-Claire or Gare Cedar Park; bus: 201, 203, or 211 (check STM route schedules).
All members and special guests have been e-mailed, in advance of the Luncheon date, the means to access the specific address, plus travel directions, public transit routes, and local parking information. By following THIS LINK, you will be directed to those details.
Club members who have not yet received this e-mail may contact president@monsffa.ca to request it.
THEN…
Out-of-town members, and any who couldn’t make it to the Luncheon, will have opportunity to participate in the club’s seasonal celebrations, too! We are hosting an online get-together the following weekend, specifically on Sunday, December 17. 
This casual ZOOM-chat will run from 1:00PM to 4:00PM, allowing everyone the opportunity 
to exchange best wishes for the Holiday Season! So join us for our “Holiday ZOOM-Chat” and enjoy conversation and good cheer with friends!
The club’s Website (www.MonSFFA.ca) will provide, on the day-of, a link allowing folk to join this ZOOM-chat.
Finally, MonSFFA wishes all of its members and friends, and their families, a very Merry Christmas, a Joyful Holiday, and a Happy New Year!
Zine roundup
We have zines to share!
From the N3F:
Space Cowboy’s Accretion #3 Nov 2023
Just added at https://efanzines.com are:
New section for TAFF 2024-25 and Sandra Bond’s first newsletter, Taffluorescence #1
Heath Row’s The Stf Amateur, December 2023 (apazine bundle)
Alan White’s Pixel Dreams #2
Ray Palm’s The Ray X X-rayer #174
Opuntia #561, edited by Dale Speirs
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Bill
CLUB’S HOLIDAY EVENTS; CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON IS THIS SATURDAY!
Invitation to MonSFFA’s 2023 CHRISTMAS Luncheon!
The club invites all of its members and friends, and their families, to an in-person, buffet-style Christmas Luncheon on Saturday afternoon, December 9, from 2:00PM-6:00PM.
(A note of clarification: an initial e-mail distributed to all members and special guests included an erroneous date, Saturday, December 16. The correct date of our Christmas Luncheon is, in fact, this Saturday, December 9!)
Sandwiches, snacks, and refreshments will be provided by MonSFFA!
We will also hold our traditional Christmas Fund-Raising Raffle, proceeds to benefit the club. So bring your loonies and folding money, and may the odds be ever in your favour!
Raffle tickets are $1.00 each; note that Platinum-Level members benefit from a two-for-the-price-of-one special!
Many wrapped gift prizes of cool sci-fi/holiday items will be arrayed under the tree from which winners may chose!
Our ground-floor event venue is the very same as last year’s, located on the West Island. Because this is a private residence which the club is employing by special arrangement, we are curtailing publication of the specific address online for reasons of privacy.
The locale is accessible by car, commuter rail, or bus, and is between a 5- and 15-minute walk from the several public transit stops nearby. Commuter train stops: either Gare Pointe-Claire or Gare Cedar Park; bus: 201, 203, or 211 (check STM route schedules).
All members and special guests have been e-mailed, in advance of the Luncheon date, the means to access the specific address, plus travel directions, public transit routes, and local parking information. By following THIS LINK, you will be directed to those details.
Club members who have not yet received this e-mail may contact president@monsffa.ca to request it.
THEN…
Out-of-town members, and any who couldn’t make it to the Luncheon, will have opportunity to participate in the club’s seasonal celebrations, too! We are hosting an online get-together the following weekend, specifically on Sunday, December 17. This casual ZOOM-chat will run from 1:00PM to 4:00PM, allowing everyone the opportunity to exchange best wishes for the Holiday Season! So join us for our “Holiday ZOOM-Chat” and enjoy conversation and good cheer with friends!
The club’s Website (www.MonSFFA.ca) will provide, on the day-of, a link allowing folk to join this ZOOM-chat.
Finally, MonSFFA wishes all of its members and friends, and their families, a very Merry Christmas, a Joyful Holiday, and a Happy New Year!
The 2024 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund
The 2024 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund race has been announced today!
It will bring a North American fan to next year’s Worldcon in Glasgow.
TAFF, whose roots date back to 1952, is one of fandom’s oldest and arguably greatest creations — it’s crowdfunding, from long before crowdfunding was a word.
Full details of the nomination and voting procedure, and all relevant dates, may be found in the news bulletin, Taffluorescence! which is online at TAFF’s website: taff.org.uk
A round up of zines to share
Quite a few zines have arrived in our mailbox, enjoy!
From the N3F:
From Garth:
From Guy Lillian:
From Nic Farey:
Updates from Bill at https://efanzines.com
Added page for Dan Harper’s Deities
Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – Nov 2023
Opuntia #560, edited by Dale Speirs
Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #41
Bruce Gillespie’s SF Commentary #114
Archive of Mats Dannewitz Linder’s Swedish language fanzines – coming soon!
New page for Marcin “Alqua” Klak’s A~Zyn #7
WOOF #48 (2023), Donald E. Eastlake III, Official Editor
archive of Mats Dannewitz Linder’s Swedish language fanzines
WOOF #44 (2019), Kees van Toorn, Official Collator
John D. Berry’s Ellipsis
Guy H. Lillian III’s Spartacus #69
Ethel the Aardvark #222 and archive issues 20, 178
Christina Lake’s Nowhere Fan #7
Nic Farey’s This Here…#70
Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #60
Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #38
Octothorpe #97, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
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Bill