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!