This is Post 7 of 8.
On ZOOM at this moment, we’re asking “What are You Reading, or Watching?” Give us your quick book report, or your brief review of a film or TV show you’ve recently enjoyed!
For those not participating in our ZOOM chat, today, you may still contribute by submitting your concise book reports or movie and television-series reviews via this post’s “Leave a Comment” option. We welcome your input.
This is Post 6 of 8.
For those participating on ZOOM, today, we open the floor to any club members who have “fancraft” undertakings to showcase—sci-fi scale models, sculpture, SF/F woodworking or needlecraft, whatever genre-themed, hands-on project it may be that you are working on at present, or have recently completed. Tell us all about your endeavour, and share any photos you may have snapped of your work-in-progress, or of the finished piece.
Those not able to join our ZOOM chat for the show-and-tell may contribute nonetheless by using this post’s “Leave a Comment” feature to type in a quick description of any such project of theirs.
This is Post 5 of 8 today.
We take this opportunity to present a report on the recent Chicon convention, which was this year’s Worldcon, and on next year’s NASFiC, which will be hosted by Winnipeg. This will mark the first time the NASFiC has been held outside of the U.S. A NASFiC is held whenever the Worldcon takes place in a locale other than North America; next year’s Worldcon is to be hosted by Chengdu, China.
Join our ZOOM chat to hear the latest! Simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA e-Meeting on ZOOM!
Get your Bheer & Chips!
BBQ in Maisonneuve Park: Sadly only 5 of us turned up to enjoy the really nice weather. The park was lovely, even if lacking a pond, and the washrooms in the chalet were clean. Keith brought the new propane BBQ. It was fast and efficient.
In Memoriam: We are grateful to Danny Sichel who arranged to have Maureen Whitelaw and Marc Durocher included in the ceremony at Chicon. Thanks also to Joe for sending the screen shots to our fb group.
Have you paid your dues? Please check with Joe! A lot of memberships are overdue!
Brian Knapp sends us photos of Jiro Horikoshi’s bird plane which appears in the beginning of Hayao Miyazaki’ s anime “The Wind Rises”, also some screenshots from the film and the Paul Valery quote. Watch the YouTube clip.
https://youtu.be/RVsN5H4g5Qw
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Keith Braithwaite has sent us the photos of the preliminary work on a new stop motion project.
“The images show, first, the animation armature, then the creature sculpt over the armature, the creature itself, and finally, the creature textured, using aluminium foil, which I expect will reflect the light during the stop-motion process and create an interesting shining, crystaline or energy monster! Next step is to build the animation model, and try some photographic tests to see how it looks on screen.
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This is Post 3 of 8.
Join our ZOOM chat as we look at deleted scenes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror films and television!
eBay For Fun and Profit and Other Internet Sales OpportunitiesThis panel discussion gives an introduction to sales on eBay, including the trials and tribulations of finding material, how to price it, how to ship it, and how to deal with feedback. Yes, and the taxman may cometh as well.
eBay started as an auction site, but today, most sales are by fixed price. Why the change, and what is the advantage of one over the other.
Others are invited to contribute their experiences on eBay, on other internet sales sites, or on their own web sites.
1) INTRODUCTIONWelcome to MonSFFA’s September 2022 e-Meeting!
Settle into your most comfortable chair, tasty snacks at hand, along with a cool, refreshing drink, and join us for an afternoon of sci-fi fun and conversation. Today, we’ll be looking at online commerce for the sci-fi fan, exploring deleted scenes in SF/F film and television, and, we’ll hear convention reports on the recent Chicon, and next year’s NASFiC, which will be hosted by Winnipeg, the first time the NASFiC will take place outside of the U.S.
One of the new, anti-Omicron vaccines is now approved and available in Canada, so hopefully, this fall and coming winter won’t be like those of the past couple years!
Today’s agenda is a busy one, so let’s get right to it!
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 join in by phone (voice only); in the Montreal area, the toll-free number to call is: 1-438-809-7799.
Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to enter it:
Meeting ID: 814 8916 9887
Passcode: 031429
Here is the agenda for this afternoon’s get-together:
ZOOM with us this afternoon beginning at 1:00PM as we enjoy the club’s September 2022 e-Meeting!To take part in this afternoon’s ZOOM Meeting/Chat at 1:00PM: Join September 2022 MonSFFA e-Meeting
Join by phone (Voice Only): 438-809-7799 in the Montreal area
Also, have the following information at hand as you may be asked to provide it:
Meeting ID: 814 8916 9887Passcode: 031429
ZOOM with us for this month’s MonSFFA e-meeting, tomorrow, Saturday, September 10, beginning at 1:00PM!(visit MonSFFA.ca tomorrow at the appointed hour for details of how to join our ZOOM chat for the afternoon.)
SPARTACUS 58 by Guy Lillian
Guy H. Lillian III’s Spartacus #58
Archive issues of Heath Row’s Telegraphs & Tar Pits #28-30 and Snow Poster Township #6
Octothorpe #65, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #34
Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #19
David Grigg’s Through the Biblioscope #29
Opuntia #533, edited by Dale Speirs
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Bill
