5) THANK YOU

We thank our presenters, Josée Bellemare, Danny Sichel, and René Walling, as well as club treasurer Joe Aspler, for their respective contributions to this afternoon’s programming. A tip of the hat, also, to all who helped to plan and run this November meeting. And last but not least, thanks to all of you who attended, both in-person and virtually; we hope you enjoyed your afternoon! Don’t forget to comment on today’s get-together (www.MonSFFA.ca).

6) NEXT MONTH’S EVENTS:

Next month, MonSFFA celebrates the season!

Christmas Dinner/Party

This year’s Christmas Dinner/Party will be held at the Baton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar (Décarie), located at 5385 Rue des Jockeys, which is only a hop over from Rue Jean-Talon Ouest. The restaurant is just a short walk across the Décarie Expressway trench from the Namur Metro Station, and is part of a shopping and dining “village” near the old Blue Bonnets/Hippodrome site.

With our best wishes of the festive season extended to all, MonSFFA has invited its members, their families, and the club’s friends to our 2026 Christmas Dinner/Party.

We will gather at 6:00PM on Saturday evening, December 5, at the aforementioned Bâton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar (Décarie). Free parking is available in front of and around the restaurant.

In keeping with our tradition, we will celebrate the season over dinner and drinks, and hold our traditional fund-raising Christmas-gift raffle—tickets are only $1.00 each, so buy a handful, and the gift-wrapped prizes are plentiful, as always!

Do join us for an evening of camaraderie and good cheer!

Virtual Holiday Get-Together

We will also celebrate the season online, via our familiar ZOOM-chat! If you’re out of town or otherwise unable to attend the dinner/party, we would be pleased to welcome you to our Virtual Holiday Get-Together the following weekend, on Saturday afternoon, December 12, from 1:00PM-4:00PM.

We’ll gather virtually on ZOOM to simply exchange season’s greetings, raise a glass in celebration, enjoy each other’s company, and the good cheer engendered by this particular time of year!

Check in periodically here at MonSFFA.ca for updates.

7) SIGN-OFF

Thank you all for taking part in our November 2026 meeting. As always, we appreciate the enthusiastic involvement of our members, and we look forward to seeing you again next month as the club celebrates the festive season! Until then, have a good evening, and be prepared, for winter is coming!

1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to MonSFFA’s November 2026 meeting! We are gathering, today, in-person downtown, and online via ZOOM, to share our passion for sci-fi! This meeting will be our last of 2026; the club will host its traditional holiday celebrations in December!

Those who cannot be here in person today are invited to join our ZOOM-chat and take part from the comfort of home!

ATTENTION PLEASE!

Usually, the information required to join our ZOOM-chat is also and separately distributed to all members via e-mail in advance of the meeting. However, due to the major worldwide Microsoft server outages currently ongoing, those e-mails may not be accessible to some of our members, arrive late, or fail to get through at all! This is, of course, an issue that is out of our hands, and we suspect, one that would stymie even the combined efforts of Spock and Scotty! If you haven’t received said e-mail, please note that the information you need is contained in this post (below).

 

The meeting 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 one hour 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 our presenters, and to preview next month’s MonSFFA events!

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

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

November 2026 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. Or, find other Canadian and International dial-in numbers here:

Find Dial-In Numbers

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

Meeting ID: 891 9606 8249
Passcode: 694660 

3) NOVEMBER MEETING’S THEME:

The meeting’s theme focuses on Remembrance Day, just past, and we ask MonSFFen to simply place their Remembrance Day poppies on our display table in honour of this nation’s fallen.

4) AGENDA:

1:00PM – Star People!

We review the “Ancient Aliens” concept, and how such speculation has influenced the science fiction genre!

2:00PM – These Are Not Your Father’s Vampires!

We examine non-traditional but nevertheless fearful vampires!

3:00PM – Break

Treasurer’s report on October’s Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, brief discussion of club business, other announcements, and raffle.

3:30PM – By the Cover (Game)!

Given a SF/F painting or illustration, can you identify the foreign-edition book for which it served as the cover art?

4:30PM – Final Thoughts 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 topics 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!