{"id":33628,"date":"2025-11-05T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33628"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:20:33","slug":"next-club-meeting-set-for-this-saturday-november-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33628","title":{"rendered":"NEXT CLUB MEETING SET FOR THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NOVEMBER2025MeetingPromo1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>MonSFFA<\/strong>\u2019s next meeting is scheduled to take place this <strong>Saturday, November 8<\/strong>, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM! This will be our last regular meeting of 2025; next month, we celebrate the Holiday Season with our traditional dinner\/party.<\/p>\n<p>We will gather at <strong>our downtown meeting locale<\/strong>, <strong>Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Ouest<\/strong> (corner St-Mathieu); find us in the \u201cFaubourg\u201d conference room.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-towners, as always, may <strong>join our ZOOM-chat<\/strong> and take part in the meeting from the comfort of home!<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>On the Agenda:<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>The Brief Life and Lasting Legacy of Matt Baker, \u201cGood Girl Artist\u201d Supreme!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A primer on the career of <strong>Golden Age comic book artist<\/strong> Matt Baker, celebrated as a master of <strong>\u201cGood Girl Art.\u201d<\/strong> His talent for drawing beautiful women as dynamic, expressive characters made him an in-demand artist in the romance, adventure, crime\/detective, \u201cJungle Girl,\u201d and of course, <strong>sci-fi and superhero<\/strong> genres, securing his place among the comic industry\u2019s top-ranked artists during the Golden, or any other age!<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sci-Fi Balderdash! (Game)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We always like to include a fun and challenging game in our programming of the last meeting of the year, so\u2026given only the title of an <em>actual<\/em> <strong>SF\/F story<\/strong>, can you come up with a brief, two-sentence <strong>fake story synopsis<\/strong> for that title? Convincing enough to fool your fellow players? And, can you <strong>pick out<\/strong> the <strong>real synopsis from<\/strong> among the <strong>fakes<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Report on the 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The club\u2019s treasurer offers a brief report on our successful 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, held last month.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Plans for Next Year!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We look forward to the coming year and kick around ideas for meeting programming and club activities in 2026! Your input, club members, is encouraged and welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>M<\/strong><strong>eeting Theme: <\/strong><strong>What SF\/F topics interest you? Have on hand a few suggestions for next year\u2019s programming!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>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!<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>We\u2019re looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our downtown meeting hall for this November 2025 meeting! Bring a friend! See you all there on Saturday, November 8, 1:00PM-5:00PM!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MonSFFA\u2019s next meeting is scheduled to take place this Saturday, November 8, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM! This will be our last regular meeting of 2025; next month, we celebrate the Holiday Season with our traditional dinner\/party. 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