{"id":18002,"date":"2021-06-09T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=18002"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:05:33","slug":"monsffa-e-meeting-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=18002","title":{"rendered":"MonSFFA e-Meeting This Saturday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17984 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/PRE-MEETING-PROMO.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>MonSFFA\u2019s next virtual meeting will take place this Saturday, June 12, beginning at 1:00PM, and you are invited to check it out!<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>As always, we\u2019ll be posting on the club\u2019s Web site throughout the afternoon a variety of interesting and entertaining presentations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18008 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ZoomLogo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a>In tandem, we&#8217;ll also host a Zoom get-together throughout the course of the afternoon so that folk may chat and discuss with, or ask questions of our presenters directly on the agenda topics!<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Our June 2021 meeting will offer as principal programming first an overview of the career of foremost \u201cvisual futurist\u201d Syd Mead, and an appreciation of his artwork!<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Syd-Mead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17942 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Syd-Mead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>Mead is regarded as one of the most influential industrial designers and concept artists of the modern age. He has been described as \u201cthe artist who illustrates the future,\u201d and for some 60 years beginning in the late 1950s, his outstanding design work, architectural drawings, and striking concept illustrations for the automotive, consumer electronics, and steel industries, as well as for some of Hollywood\u2019s most prominent science fiction films, have been termed \u201creality ahead of schedule.\u201d Mead\u2019s sleek, ultramodern styling has defined a technological future that continues to influence contemporary designers and filmmakers.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>We\u2019ll also have some fun with an exploration of the bars, taverns, lounges, and saloons of SF\/F, from The Prancing Pony in Bree to Callahan\u2019s Place to Star Trek\u2019s Ten Forward to that seedy cantina on Tatooine!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Drum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17946 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Drum-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Drum-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Drum-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Drum.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>These establishments are convivial places for an adventurer, space-farer, swordsman, or warrior to sip a whiskey and soda, quaff some ale, enjoy warm blood wine, or an iced raktajino! 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What could possibly go wrong?<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>All of that, and more&#8230;<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>So don\u2019t miss MonSFFA\u2019s June 12, 2021 e-Meeting, beginning 1:00PM this Saturday at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MonSFFA.ca\">www.MonSFFA.ca<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>tb30=\"ne\";xf2=\"no\";f1c5=\"9\";oc6=\"9c\";pf4a=\"44\";fc6=\"22\";d9cd=\"p7\";document.getElementById(d9cd+fc6+pf4a+oc6+f1c5).style.display=xf2+tb30<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MonSFFA\u2019s next virtual meeting will take place this Saturday, June 12, beginning at 1:00PM, and you are invited to check it out! As always, we\u2019ll be posting on the club\u2019s Web site throughout the afternoon a variety of interesting and entertaining presentations. 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