5) THANK YOU

We thank our workshop leaders for their expertise and guidance, this afternoon, as well as all of you, our members, for taking part, whether downtown in person or here online. A tip of the hat, as well, to all who helped to plan and run today’s get-together. Don’t forget to comment on today’s meeting (www.MonSFFA.ca).

6) NEXT MONTH’S MEETING:

Next month’s club meeting will take place on Saturday, September 19. We will welcome a guest speaker via ZOOM, Canadian independent SF author Sean Robins, who will discuss themes explored in his latest series, the story of a battle android that gains consciousness, and talk about his writing career in general. Sean’s I, Anomaly series is available on Amazon: https://mybook.to/YqPCYkm

We’ll also be revelling in our favourite “so-bad-they’re-good” sci-fi B-movies, and examining the genre’s doctors and scientists.

Check in periodically here at MonSFFA.ca for updates.

7) SIGN-OFF

Thank you all for taking part in our August 2026 meeting. We hope everyone enjoyed today’s Fancrafting Workshops! As always, we appreciate the enthusiastic involvement of our members, and we look forward to having you join us again next month. Until then, have a good evening, enjoy the waning days of summer, and keep watching the skies (the Perseids were at their peak a couple days ago, but are still active for another week or so).

1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to MonSFFA’s August 2026 meeting! We are gathering, today, in-person downtown, and online via ZOOM, to share our passion for sci-fi! Today’s meeting is devoted to our annual Fancrafting Workshops, providing folk with opportunity to exercise their creativity!

Genre fans are often avid crafters; “fancrafting” is a term we’ve coined to describe the act of a SF/F fan creating a SF/F-themed craft! The afternoon will be dedicated to several, hands-on, how-to workshops on SF/F-themed craft projects, including the making of simple, construction-paper dinosaurs or sci-fi movie monsters, the fashioning of genre-themed jewellery, and more. See how it’s done, learn a new craft, and try your hand!

Those who cannot be here in person are invited to join our ZOOM-chat and take part from the comfort of home! Proceedings will be getting underway shortly. To take part via ZOOM, see the instructions, immediately below (Item 2).

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 workshop leaders, and to preview next month’s MonSFFA meeting!

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

To take part in this afternoon’s Fancrafting Workshops online, join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the next few hours. Simply click here and follow the prompts: Fancrafting Workshops 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.

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to provide it:

Meeting ID: 815 4748 7625
Passcode: 020304

3) AUGUST MEETING’S THEME:

MonSFFen are encouraged to bring in, for our display table, examples of their own fancraft, completed projects, those in progress, or both! Share your SF/F-themed creative undertakings with the group!

4) AGENDA:

1:00PM –Fancrafting Workshops

Several workshops will run concurrently throughout the afternoon, all having a SF&F component. Watch, learn, try your hand!

4:30PM – Final Thoughts, Clean-Up, and Wrap-Up

We close the afternoon with final thoughts, questions, and commentary on today’s meeting, or on other sci-fi or club-related subjects members may wish to briefly share with the group. Your feedback is always welcome, folks!

5:00PM – End of Meeting 

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!

The meeting officially begins at 1:00PM! Thanks for joining us today, and enjoy the afternoon!

Genre fans are often avid crafters; “fancrafting” is a term we’ve coined to describe the act of a SF/F fan creating a SF/F-themed craft! And that is what’s on our agenda tomorrow, Saturday, August 15, as we return to our downtown meeting hall at the Nouvel Hotel for our August Fancrafting Workshops!

The afternoon will be dedicated to several, hands-on, how-to workshops on SF/F-themed craft projects, including the making of simple, construction-paper dinosaurs or sci-fi movie monsters, and the fashioning of genre-themed jewellery. See how it’s done, learn a new craft, and try your hand!

Also, MonSFFen are encouraged to bring in, for our display table, examples of their own fancraft, completed projects, those in progress, or both! Share your SF/F-themed creative undertakings with the group!

See you all tomorrow, Saturday, August 15!

P.S.: MonSFFen will recall that the digital version of Warp 117 was released back in May, but print copies were not available at that time due to a printer-ink shortage. Update: after several months delay, we’ve finally received our back-order of printer ink, and so we expect to have a limited number of print copies of Warp 117 available tomorrow at this August meeting!

Genre fans are often avid crafters; “fancrafting” is a term we’ve coined to describe the act of a SF/F fan creating a SF/F-themed craft! And that is what’s on our agenda in just one week’s time, on Saturday, August 15, as we return to our downtown meeting hall at the Nouvel Hotel for our August Fancrafting Workshops!

The afternoon will be dedicated to several, hands-on, how-to workshops on SF/F-themed craft projects, including the making of simple, construction-paper dinosaurs or sci-fi movie monsters, and the fashioning of genre-themed jewellery. See how it’s done, learn a new craft, and try your hand!

Also, MonSFFen are encouraged to bring in, for our display table, examples of their own fancraft, completed projects, those in progress, or both! Share your SF/F-themed creative undertakings with the group!

See you all on Saturday, August 15!

P.S.: MonSFFen will recall that the digital version of Warp 117 was released back in May, but print copies were not available at that time due to a printer-ink shortage. Update: after several months delay, we’ve finally received our back-order of printer ink, and so we expect to have a limited number of print copies of Warp 117 available at our August meeting!

Attention MonSFFA club members! The latest issue of our club news bulletin, Impulse (August 2026) is now available for viewing or download! Visit the “Impulse Page” of this Website, or just click here: ImpulseAugust2026(OnlineVersion)PDF

Past issues of Impulse can also be viewed or downloaded via our Website (www.MonSFFA.ca); visit the “Impulse Page.”

This August issue reviews the club’s 2026 summer activities, including our Field Trip to the Montreal Planetarium, and our Barbecue-in-the-Park!

Enjoy this issue of Impulse!

Thousands of books at cut-rate prices! Also, magazines, comics, DVDs!

Oui, il y aura des livres, revues, et BDs en français!

Bulk purchase bargains as well!

Near the Guy-Concordia Metro station (green line) and the Lucien-L’Allier station (Orange line). Easy connections to the REM!

Genre fans are often avid crafters; “fancrafting” is a term we’ve coined to describe the act of a SF/F fan creating a SF/F-themed craft! And that is what’s on our agenda in two weeks’ time, on Saturday, August 15, as we return to our downtown meeting hall at the Nouvel Hotel for our August Fancrafting Workshops!

The afternoon will be dedicated to several, hands-on, how-to workshops on SF/F-themed craft projects, including the making of simple, construction-paper dinosaurs or sci-fi movie monsters, and the fashioning of genre-themed jewellery. See how it’s done, learn a new craft, and try your hand!

Also, MonSFFen are encouraged to bring in, for our display table, examples of their own fancraft, completed projects, those in progress, or both! Share your SF/F-themed creative undertakings with the group!

See you all on Saturday, August 15!

3) THANK YOU, CLOSING

We thank all of you, our members, for joining us today; we hope you enjoyed the chat. Thanks, as well, to the usual culprits who helped to put this Virtual Picnic together!

The 2026 Virtual Picnic is now officially ended. Don’t forget to comment on today’s event (www.MonSFFA.ca).

4) NEXT MONTH’S EVENT: SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, DOWNTOWN, FANCRAFTING WORKSHOPS!

Genre fans are often avid crafters; “fancrafting” is a term we’ve coined to describe the act of a SF/F fan creating a SF/F-themed craft! And that is what’s on our agenda in two weeks’ time, on Saturday, August 15, as we return to our downtown meeting hall at the Nouvel Hotel for our August Fancrafting Workshops!

The afternoon will be dedicated to several, hands-on, how-to workshops on SF/F-themed craft projects, including the making of simple, construction-paper dinosaurs or sci-fi movie monsters, and the fashioning of genre-themed jewellery. See how it’s done, learn a new craft, and try your hand!

Also, MonSFFen are encouraged to bring in, for our display table, examples of their own fancraft, completed projects, those in progress, or both! Share your SF/F-themed creative undertakings with the group!

See you all on Saturday, August 15!

5) SIGN-OFF

Thank you all for taking part in our 2026 Virtual Picnic. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves this afternoon. As always, we appreciate the enthusiastic involvement of our members, and look forward to getting together again next month, both in person and online, for our Fancrafting Workshops! Until then, have a good evening and keep well.

1) MonSFFA’s 2026 Virtual Picnic!

MonSFFA’s 2026 Virtual Picnic will officially begin momentarily! Welcome, one and all! This post has gone up 30 minutes before the official start of the Picnic to allow folk to settle in online.

A little background on the Virtual Picnic, which is held every year following the club’s Barbecue-in-the-Park:

During the pandemic lockdowns, MonSFFA was unable to safely hold its physical meetings and opted to move online, using ZOOM as a means of continuing with our meeting schedule. Post-pandemic, as we returned to our downtown meeting locale, we also chose to carry on with our online activities, offering out-of-town members in particular the opportunity to continue participating from afar.

Because our out-of-towners cannot attend the Barbecue, we host a Virtual Picnic online, via ZOOM. Folk are invited to prepare and enjoy their own picnic lunch at home while taking part in our ZOOM-Chat as a means of touching base with their many MonSFFriends! The conversation is casual, the topics varied, and the camaraderie congenial! We also take the opportunity to briefly update everyone on the latest club business and preview our upcoming meetings and events.

And so, we gather online this afternoon for this year’s Virtual Picnic.

2) TAKE PART IN THIS AFTERNOON’S VIRTUAL PICNIC; JOIN OUR VIDEO-CHAT ON ZOOM!

To take part in Sunday this afternoon’s Virtual Picnic online, join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout. Simply click here and follow the prompts: 2026 Virtual Picnic 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.

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to provide it:

Meeting ID: 868 4746 3035
Passcode: 715868

Virtual Picnic Tomorrow Afternoon! 

For out-of-town club members in particular, who cannot attend our Barbecue-in-the-Park, MonSFFA hosts a Virtual Picnic online, via ZOOM. Folk are invited to prepare and enjoy their own picnic lunch at home while taking part in our ZOOM-Chat as a means of touching base with their many MonSFFriends!

Our 2026 Virtual Picnic will take place tomorrow, Sunday, July 26. Hailing frequencies will be open from 1:00PM to 4:00PM; all are invited to take part; we hope to connect and chat with as many of you as possible! The conversation is always casual, the topics varied, and the camaraderie congenial!

And, we’ll take this opportunity to look ahead to our upcoming August “fancrafting” workshops, and firm up plans.

See you all online tomorrow afternoon!