2) INTRODUCTION

Welcome everyone, both those present here in our meeting hall and those participating from home via ZOOM, to MonSFFA’s November 2023 meeting! This will be our last such gathering of the calendar year—next month will see the club host both a Christmas Luncheon on December 9, and a Holiday ZOOM-Chat on December 17! More about both of these events in our closing post at 4:30PM.

This afternoon we have a busy agenda which will include a talk on superpowers—the kind you don’t want!—a continuing examination of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, focusing on its adaptations in other media, and a presentation/gallery on air shows and aviation museums, aviation often being a parallel interest of SF fans!

So, let’s get right to it…

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: 811 9458 0956
Passcode: 226371

4) TODAY’S AGENDA

Please note that, while we strive to keep on schedule, we do, sometimes, fall behind a little, or find ourselves having to reshuffle the order of items on the agenda. Please also note that all programming is subject to change!

This afternoon’s e-meeting is a continuing experiment. If the local technology is performing properly and all has gone well, you are viewing a live-stream of this MonSFFA meeting, now underway. Those joining us online may follow along, and participate, by way of our ZOOM-chat.

Are you able to clearly see and hear today’s meeting? We are testing our technical set-ups to ascertain which delivers the best results for our online participants. 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 aim to live-stream future club meetings, thereby creating hybrid events in which participation may take place both in-person and virtually.