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