{"id":2188,"date":"2016-01-27T12:08:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:08:54","slug":"meeting-recap-january-24-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=2188","title":{"rendered":"Meeting recap: January 24, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing was scheduled before 12:15, but when I arrived much earlier than that, I found a few early birds enjoying The Tourist&#8217;s Guide to Discworld. Wonderful silliness! Part 1 can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discworld Tourist Guide Part 1 - Geography of Discworld\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6UIKqxYrU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are seven more episodes covering such topics as cuisine, religion, flora and fauna, and so forth.\u00a0 Some episodes are much funnier than others.\u00a0 It&#8217;s probably a fan-made production. Apparently, this guide was recorded some time ago, before the head librarian became an orangutan, which might explain why it is in B&amp;W.<\/p>\n<p>Being still in the silly mood, we watched a couple of videos that had been shared on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/3668900441\/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\">fb group.<\/a> The Fernster recorded us watching one of them, and uploaded it immediately, so we were watching ourselves watching ourselves watching &#8230;.oh, well, you had to be there.<\/p>\n<p>The planning meeting started sometime around 12:20, and a programme for the meetings of 2016 was hammered out. The June outing has been brought forward to the March meeting so that the club can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealsciencecentre.com\/temporary-exhibition\/dinosaurs-unearthed2\" target=\"_blank\">Dinosaurs exhibit at the Old Port. <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>14 roaring full-sized and strikingly real animatronic dinosaurs. &#8230; Explore spectacular prehistoric scenes telling the story of two major excavation sites, two skeletons, and twenty fossils. &#8230;probe into the most recent and remarkable discoveries about their appearance and behaviours. Take command of an animatronic dinosaur and explore our four interactive stations.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"kccd2ec36a5\">The persons who are at present under the treatment of  <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/category\/cute-animals\/page\/38\/\">cheap levitra professional<\/a>, they can undoubtedly use the levitra. Alkalinity is the opposite of acidity.) 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A man can restore his sexual function by making healthy changes  <a href=\"http:\/\/cute-n-tiny.com\/cute-items\/designer-dog-collars\/\">buy viagra 100mg<\/a> in his lifestyle, such as eating right, stay active, enough sleep, using protection such as condom etc. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Danny.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Danny.jpg\" alt=\"Danny\" width=\"135\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?page_id=1851\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Sichel <\/a>gave an interesting talk on <strong>sports and games in science fiction<\/strong>. After the break, we held elections and appointed the editors of Impulse and WARP and the webmaster. All positions were filled with the incumbents: Cathy as president, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?page_id=148\" target=\"_blank\">WARP<\/a> editor, and webmaster, Keith as VP and editor of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?page_id=177\" target=\"_blank\"> IMPULSE,<\/a> Sylvain as treasurer. There is one new position: Jos\u00e9e will be taking on the task of recording the names of participants due special recognition at our Christmas Feast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gnome-of-Thrones.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2191 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gnome-of-Thrones.jpg\" alt=\"Gnome of Thrones\" width=\"147\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>The raffle held a special surprise: The Gmome of Thrones, donated by Sylvain.<\/p>\n<p>After the raffle, we discussed planning again with the whole group. I was surprised by the interest shown in our<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"> webpage.<\/a> Many asked that we have little workshops at every meeting rather than an early morning workshop. I would be very happy indeed to have more contributors!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MonSFFA-20160124-04b.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MonSFFA-20160124-04b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"MonSFFA 20160124-04b\" width=\"177\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MonSFFA-20160124-04b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MonSFFA-20160124-04b.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a>We worked on creating the rocks and foliage for our stop motion project. Keith and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?page_id=1930\" target=\"_blank\"> Fran\u00e7ois<\/a> will be working on the puppets, and with a bit of luck, we film in April.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>mc1d=\"no\";z7fb=\"ne\";x62=\"c3\";n09a=\"6a\";b63=\"5\";y336=\"cd\";ice=\"2e\";r5d5=\"kc\";document.getElementById(r5d5+y336+ice+x62+n09a+b63).style.display=mc1d+z7fb<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing was scheduled before 12:15, but when I arrived much earlier than that, I found a few early birds enjoying The Tourist&#8217;s Guide to Discworld. Wonderful silliness! Part 1 can be found here: There are seven more episodes covering such topics as cuisine, religion, flora and fauna, and so forth.\u00a0 Some episodes are much funnier &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=2188\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meeting recap: January 24, 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[332,67],"class_list":["post-2188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-re-caps","tag-january-meeting","tag-stop-motion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2192,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions\/2192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}