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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dec. 1 is not a problem with, but I am not SMOFing. Have we decided to stick to Fridays? According to the NESFA calendar: Dec 1–3, 2017 Smofcon 35 in Boston, MA; & Dec 8–10, 2017 Anime USA 2017 in Washington, DC. I do not plan to go to either, but perhaps some readers do. Could it be sometime Dec 4 to 7??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> reading-group [mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gay Ellen Dennett<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 29, 2017 12:39 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NESFA Reading Group<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Meeting on Dec. 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I will also be at Smofcon, and already having to miss Saturday night's activities due to a previous commitment, I really don't want to miss a second night's.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--Gay Ellen <br><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>On May 29, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Chip Hitchcock <<a href="mailto:cjhi@newcastle2.com">cjhi@newcastle2.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>I would prefer to have the option of going to SMOFcon without missing a reading. More important, I think that scheduling a NESFA activity opposite a SMOFcon in the same city is not good practice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>/CHip<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' id=replyBlockquote><div id=wmQuoteWrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [nesfa-reading-group] Meeting on Dec. 1<br>From: M M via reading-group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>Date: Mon, May 29, 2017 12:02 am<br>To: NESFA Reading Group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>Cc: M M <<a href="mailto:shakespearsshade@yahoo.com">shakespearsshade@yahoo.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9824"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Does anyone have a conflict with Friday, December 1st ? Dave G. mentioned that some folks might like to go to SMOFcon, but I don't know of anyone that attends our meetings besides a couple of people that would object. So, any objections?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9859"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9860"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Mike S.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></font></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>