We had a good meeting tonight, discussing the contributions of many late great authors, what we enjoyed and didn't enjoy about their works, and how they fit into the overall direction of spec fic.
For 2009, this is our meeting line-up so far. We have dates open still. There were lots of suggestions at the meetings tonight from people that knew potential speakers, so hopefully the rest of the slots will fill soon. I think it would be good to keep one date open toward the end of the year just in case some new hot topic demands our attention. Jan 6 – Writing Communities and Contacts – Classes, Odyssey and Clarion, SFWA, RACWI, Online critique groups, Second Life – Who do you find at these groups? What do you get from each? What do you bring to each? Feb 3 – Bioterrorism in the Future with Dr. Martin Zand of the Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling Mar 3 – 2034: Writing Rochester's Futures - A discussion of R-SPEC's first anthology Apr 7 – Our own Nebula Vote. We'll discuss the nominees and take our own vote. Nebula Weekend is Apr 24-26 in Los Angeles, CA. May 5 - Jun 2 - July 7 – Our own Hugo Vote. Held well before WorldCon to accomodate travellers. WorldCon is in Montreal Aug 6 to Aug 10, we should try to get there as a group. Aug 4 - Sept 1 Oct 6 Nov 3 Dec 1 – No Meeting (at Barnes and Noble's request) Alicia --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
