[nesfa-reading-group] “The King of Elfland’s Daughter”: Reading Group on 2/2/2024

[David G. Grubbs]

I'd like to choose more than three months of voting this Friday, maybe up
to six.

There are 37 people on this mailing list. I don't keep attendance, but I
can't remember the last time 24 of them showed up at a discussion.

Also, I've only kept track of who suggested each book for the past three
years. Only 15 separate people have suggested the 36 books we've read in
three years, one of whom no longer attends and two others are in the gray
area where I'm not sure.

Liz Patton, Shelly Thomas, and I are planning to offer three books to be
voted on next Friday.

If anyone who has not attended in a while wants to bring three book
suggestions to next Friday's meeting, send me an email and plan to show up
on Friday. It would be good if you would plan to show up at least to
discuss your suggested book.

If we don't hear from enough of the "rarely attending" group, then these
regular suggesters are next up to bat. Please pick three books you'd offer
if we need them. If your suggestions are not needed this week, you'll have
them ready for the next batch.

   - Alek Slominski
   - Louis Galvez
   - Chip Hitchcock
   - Tracy Marks



On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 9:05 PM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, as we discussed at the last meeting, three of us will each offer
> three books to be voted on for the next three months:
>
>    - Liz Patton will offer three for April
>    - Shelly Thomas will offer three for May
>    - I (David G. Grubbs) will offer three for June
>
> I'm hoping to be able to Zoom by June. I will be operated on at 5:15AM on
> March 13, with an order not to sit in the front seat of a car for six weeks
> after that. I have no idea what kind of shape I'll be in. I'm planning to
> read the June book (that I suggest and you vote on at our next meeting) in
> the next few weeks.
>
> When I talked to him a few weeks ago, Louis implied that he would be
> there. It is not auspicious that the front-page "News" section of the NESFA
> website still announces that we will next be meeting on December 8th to
> talk about *Sourdough*.
>
> If Louis is not available, I can start the NESFA Zoom server or offer my
> own Zoom server again. That will work for February and March. For April,
> likely for May, and possibly for June, I will talk to the President of
> NESFA about finding a backup to run the Reading Group.
>
> 2024-02-02 (or 2/2/24, or Feb 2, 2024) is our meeting date. It is
> Groundhog Day. In a leap year.  I found 2/2/22 or 2/2/2 (2002-02-02) more
> interesting patterns of numbers.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:52 PM Gloria Lucia Albasi <trebbiana61 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good evening 👋🏻
>>
>> Quick check in:
>>
>> 1) Will we be voting on the April, May, and June reading selections?
>>
>> 2) Will Louis be available to run the group this month?
>>
>> 3) Cool numbers in our meeting date.
>>
>> Gloria
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