{"id":33647,"date":"2025-11-08T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33647"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:11:42","slug":"november-8-2025-club-meeting-post-1-of-2-1230pm-introduction-and-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33647","title":{"rendered":"NOVEMBER 8, 2025 CLUB MEETING; Post 1 of 2, 12:30PM \u2013 Introduction and Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>1) INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Welcome to MonSFFA\u2019s November 2025 meeting! We are gathering, today, in the \u201cFaubourg\u201d room of our downtown meeting locale<\/strong>, Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Ouest<\/strong> (corner St-Mathieu).<\/p>\n

But out-of-towners, as always, may join our ZOOM-chat<\/strong> and take part in the meeting from home!<\/p>\n

Proceedings will be getting underway shortly.<\/p>\n

To join our ZOOM-chat and take part online this afternoon, see the instructions, immediately below (Item 2).<\/p>\n

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\u2019s start time to allow folk to gather online at their leisure. A closing post will go up at 5:00PM to officially thank today\u2019s presenters, and to preview next month\u2019s MonSFFA event!<\/p>\n

2) JOIN THIS AFTERNOON\u2019S VIDEO-CHAT ON ZOOM!\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

To take part in this afternoon\u2019s meeting online, join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the next few hours. Simply click here and follow the prompts:\u00a0This Afternoon\u2019s MonSFFA Meeting on ZOOM<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re 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:\u00a01-438-809-7799<\/strong>. From out of town? No problem; find your ZOOM call-in number here:\u00a0Call-In Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to provide it:<\/p>\n

Meeting ID:\u00a0861 7379 0718<\/strong>
\nPasscode:\u00a0754672<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) MEETING THEME FOR NOVEMBER 2025<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

What SF\/F topics interest you? Have on hand a few suggestions for next year\u2019s programming!<\/p>\n

4) ON THE AGENDA:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Brief Life and Lasting Legacy of Matt Baker, \u201cGood Girl Artist\u201d Supreme!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

A primer on the career of Golden Age comic book artist<\/strong> Matt Baker, celebrated as a master of \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, 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

Sci-Fi Balderdash! (Game)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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 actual<\/em> SF\/F story<\/strong>, can you come up with a brief, two-sentence fake story synopsis<\/strong> for that title? Convincing enough to fool your fellow players? And, can you pick out<\/strong> the real synopsis from<\/strong> among the fakes<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Report on the 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The club\u2019s treasurer offers a brief report on our successful 2025 Super Sci-Fi Book Sale, held last month.<\/p>\n

Plans for Next Year!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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

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

The meeting officially begins at 1:00PM! Thanks for joining us today, and enjoy the afternoon!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) INTRODUCTION Welcome to MonSFFA\u2019s November 2025 meeting! We are gathering, today, in the \u201cFaubourg\u201d room of our downtown meeting locale, Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Ouest (corner St-Mathieu). But out-of-towners, as always, may join our ZOOM-chat and take part in the meeting from home! Proceedings will be getting underway shortly. To join our ZOOM-chat … Continue reading NOVEMBER 8, 2025 CLUB MEETING; Post 1 of 2, 12:30PM \u2013 Introduction and Agenda<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33647","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\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33652,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33647\/revisions\/33652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}