5) THANK YOU

We thank Danny Sichel, Keith Braithwaite, Joe Aspler, Cathy Palmer-Lister, and Josée Bellemare for their specific contributions today. Thank you, as well, to all of our contributing participants, along with everyone who helped to plan and run today’s e-meeting. We also thank, of course, all of you who joined us here on ZOOM; don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together (www.MonSFFA.ca).

6) NEXT MONTH’S EVENT:

MonSFFen will gather online again via ZOOM on Saturday, February 21, for our next e-meeting, set to unfold from 1:00PM to 5:00PM! Mark your calendars accordingly, and we hope to see you all then!

7) SIGN-OFF

Thank you all for taking part today. We appreciate the enthusiastic involvement of our members, and we hope to see you all again next month! Until then, be careful navigating our slippery streets and sidewalks, and keep warm!

1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to MonSFFA’s first event of the New Year, our January 2026 e-Meeting! We are gathering, this afternoon, exclusively online via ZOOM. Note that MonSFFA’s peak winter meetings take place exclusively online; we return to our downtown meeting hall in March, as winter wanes.

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, and to preview next month’s MonSFFA event! Proceedings will be getting underway shortly.

To join our ZOOM-chat and take part online, see the instructions, below (Item 2).

2) 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. Including call-in numbers for out-of-towners, complete directions can be found here: Complete Directions

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

Meeting ID: 861 7379 0718
Passcode: 754672

3) MEETING THEME FOR JANUARY 2026

As we will be talking vintage sci-fi toys after the mid-meeting break, club members are asked to showcase, live on screen, any cool such toys they may possess!

4) ON THE AGENDA:

Artificial Intelligence: How Prescient Was SF?

We compare SF’s visions of A.I. with the real-world models in development today! Will we regret not taking James Cameron seriously enough; is our future under A.I. likely to be more dystopian than utopian?

Art SIG (Special Interest Group): The Basics of Perspective

A primer on perspective, or, creating the illusion of three dimensions in 2D art!

Executive Reports and Club Elections

The club’s treasurer offers a brief report on our successful 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, held last month.

Classic SF/F Toys of Yesteryear

A fond remembrance of the SF/F toys of our collective childhood!

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