1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to MonSFFA’s November 2024 meeting! This will be our last regular club meeting of the year. In early December, we’ll be hosting our traditional Christmas/Holiday Dinner Party—we return to a downtown restaurant this year! The dinner will wrap up our activities for 2024!

Today’s proceedings will be getting underway shortly. We are meeting live and in person at our meeting room in Le Nouvel Hotel, downtown! For those joining us online, today, see the instructions, below (at the end of this post), to join in and participate on ZOOM.

Our programming agenda begins at 1:00PM; the meeting will conclude at 5:00PM. This opening post has gone up 30 minutes before the meeting’s start time to allow folk to gather online at their leisure.

A closing post will go up at 5:00PM to officially thank today’s presenters/discussion moderators, and to publish the date of the next MonSFFA event, our Christmas and Holiday Dinner Party.

2) MEETING THEME FOR NOVEMBER

We’ll be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas as to next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025! Your input is welcome and valued!

3) THIS AFTERNOON’S AGENDA

Today’s programming agenda is as follows:

1:00PM – Report on the Return of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale

Our treasurer will present a report on the return of the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, held last month. A major fund-raiser for the club, this annual event was put on hiatus during the pandemic years and finally resumed after a five-year absence.

1:30PM – Get a Wonderful Life: Christmas and the Festive Season in SF&F

We look at some of the many genre stories, in print and on screen, that prominently feature Christmas and the Holidays!

2:30PM – Ho, Ho, Huh?!—Game

A quick game focused on the Festive Season!

3:00PM – Break

Raffle, announcements, brief discussion of club business.

3:15PM – Meeting Programming for 2025

We brainstorm ideas for next year’s meeting programming! Your suggestions as to topics for our discussions, presentations, and workshops are most welcome! Let us know what you’d like to see at a MonSFFA meeting in 2025!

4:45PM – Wrap-Up, Clean-Up!

We close another year of MonSFFA meetings while looking forward to our Christmas celebrations in December, and then, the New Year!

Please Note: 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 for one reason or another, or reschedule planned presentations/discussions. Therefore, please understand that all programming is subject to change!

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

To take part in this afternoon’s meeting online, join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the next few hours. Simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA 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: 862 0441 7457
Passcode: 232651

The sci-fi fun begins at 1:00PM! Thanks for joining us today, and enjoy the meeting!

MonSFFA will hold its last regular meeting of 2024 this afternoon, Saturday, November 23! We will gather in our usual “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel at 1:00PM. The meeting will also be simulcast on ZOOM, for our out-of-towners; watch for the first November-meeting post to go up on this Website at 12:30PM today.

The last club activities of the year, our Christmas and Holiday celebrations, will take place in early December; more on that later.

With the season upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring today are Christmas/Holiday-themed SF in both print and on screen. We also have a fun game prepared, and we’ll be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025! Your input is welcome and valued!

Note: the latest issue of Impulse was distributed electronically earlier this week. However, due to the ongoing nation-wide postal strike, the print version was not mailed out, as usual. Copies will be made available at the soonest possible date (once the strike is settled), we hope in time for our Christmas/Holiday celebrations in early December, or if not, then  simply for those who may be want a physical copy for their collections.

See You All This Afternoon…

The latest issue of MonSFFA’s News Bulletin, Impulse, has been distributed to club members electronically, and is also archived right here on the club’s Web site. Visit the “Impulse” page, or just click here: Impulse, November-December 2024

NOTE: The ongoing postal strike has disrupted our usual mailing of print copies to MonSFFen without Web access; this will be rectified as soon as the strike is over and mail delivery resumes, hopefully in time for our December 7 Christmas/Holiday Dinner Party!

Enjoy the e-version of the November-December 2024 Impulse!

MonSFFA will hold its last regular meeting of 2024 tomorrow, Saturday, November 23! We will gather in our usual “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel at 1:00PM. (The last club activities of the year, our Christmas and Holiday celebrations, will take place in early December.)

With the season upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring are Christmas/Holiday-themed SF in both print and on screen. We’ll also be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025! Your input is welcome and valued!

Note: the latest issue of Impulse was distributed electronically earlier this week. However, due to the ongoing nation-wide postal strike, the print version was not mailed out, as usual. Copies will be made available at the soonest possible date (once the strike is settled), we hope in time for our Christmas/Holiday celebrations in early December, or if not, then  simply for those who may be want a physical copy for their collections.

See You All Tomorrow…

MonSFFA will hold its last regular meeting of 2024 this Saturday, November 23! We will gather in our usual “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel at 1:00PM. (The last club activities of the year, our Christmas and Holiday celebrations, will take place in early December.)

With the season upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring are Christmas/Holiday-themed SF in both print and on screen. We’ll also be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025! Your input is welcome and valued!

Note: the latest issue of Impulse will be distributed electronically tomorrow. However, due to the ongoing nation-wide postal strike, the print version will not be mailed out, as usual. Copies will be made available at the soonest possible date, for those who may be collecting the news bulletin.

See You All This Saturday…

Just a quick reminder to all that this month, November, the club will be meeting a little later in the month than usual. We are scheduled to gather in our familiar “Salle Maisonneuve” meeting room at the Nouvel Hotel on Saturday, November 23, at 1:00PM.

With the season soon upon us, among the topics we’ll be exploring is Christmas/Holiday-themed SF&F. We’ll also be tapping the membership for suggestions and ideas for next year’s meeting programming. So, members are encouraged to come to the meeting with a few ideas as to SF&F topics they’d like us to explore in 2025!

See You All on the 23rd!

Greetings fellow sci-fi fans!

As the final paperwork on our recent Super Sci-Fi Book Sale is completed, I wanted to take a moment to express my personal gratitude, as well as that of the club, to all MonSFFA members, and friends of the club, who answered the call and volunteered to help with the sale. On the eve of the event Friday night, on the Saturday morning of the sale, and late-afternoon/evening, post sale, folk stepped up to help us unload and cart boxes of books, set-up our sales tables, and then pack it all up at day’s end. This is a monumental task, and we greatly appreciate your efforts on behalf of MonSFFA; our book sale simply could not happen without the help of volunteers, so again, thank you!

We are also very appreciative of the many donations of books—in some cases whole carloads!—that we received. So a “Thank You” is in order, as well, to all who donated to the cause. This annual book sale is a major fund-raising event for our club; know that all proceeds are directed to MonSFFA’s operating budget.

Our treasurer will report on the sale during the upcoming November 23rd regular club meeting, but I can tell you that this 2024 installment of the Super Sci-Fi Book Sale was quite well attended and added north of $800 to the club’s coffers. It had been some five years since we had held the sale, the yearly event having been scuttled during the pandemic and post-pandemic period, and frankly, we were unsure of the number of people who might return after such a prolonged hiatus, given lingering post-pandemic anxieties. We were very pleased to see a good turnout, resulting in one of our more lucrative results! So, a final thank you is proffered to all who attended and availed themselves of the fantastic bargains we had on offer!

Happy reading, everyone, and we’ll see you at next year’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale!

Follow the club at www.MonSFFA.ca, and drop in to one of our regular meetings to see what we’re all about!

Keith Braithwaite, President, MonSFFA

It’s Back! Tomorrow Will See…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 19, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Don’t Walk, Run to Le Nouvel Hotel on René-Lévesque Ouest for this Super Sci-Fi Event! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

It’s Almost Here! Just Days To Go Until…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just three days, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!

Coming Soon…

THE RETURN OF THE SUPER SCI-FI BOOK SALE!

Attention all SF&F readers! MonSFFA is pleased to remind you of the post-pandemic re-launch of our popular, fund-raising SF&F used book sale!

In just one week, the club’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale will return! Mark Saturday, October 19 in your calendars! The sale opens to the public from 12:00PM to 3:30PM!

Tell All of Your Friends!

Amazing prices on thousands of amazing stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Asimov to Zelazny!

We’ve got plenty of inventory left over from past sales, plus lots of fresh stock, including items from the legacy of our late friend, collector, and club member Sylvain St-Pierre! And we’re clearing it all at our astonishingly low prices!

Piles of Paperbacks! Boxes of Books! An Astounding Assortment Available, Including…

Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers! Anthologies and Specialty Books! Magazines and Comics! Plus DVDs! UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVEABLE, UNBEATABLE BARGAINS!

Publications en Français Aussi!

The Lowest Prices In the Galaxy! Bulk Book Bargains; the More you Buy, the More you Save!

Bring Your Cash and Folding Money! Bring Lots of Shopping Bags! Bring Your Family! Bring a Friend!

EVERYTHING! MUST! GO!