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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'>I don’t see a problem as long as the reading group is far enough away to avoid the Rocket Propelled Grenades.<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>Chip Hitchcock<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:04 AM<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=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>How much overlap is there between RPG and NESFA-Reads? How much space does each need? I don't think they want to be in the same room, but could one or the other go in a side room, with a little furniture shuffling?<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: Re: [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: Tue, May 30, 2017 10:05 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_1496152898275_5399"><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'>The issue is that the RPG group meets on one of the fridays you listed, Wes. In order to maintain our schedule, Nov. 31st seems to be the best pick, IMO.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496152898275_5694"><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'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;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><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Monday, May 29, 2017 8:13 PM, Wes Brodsky <<a href="mailto:wesbrodsky@comcast.net">wesbrodsky@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div id=yiv5457124495><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><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??</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wes</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div id=yiv5457124495yqt58898><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> reading-group [<a href="mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org">mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org</a>] <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</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>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.</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div id=yiv5457124495AppleMailSignature><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div id=yiv5457124495AppleMailSignature><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>--Gay Ellen <br><br>Sent from my iPad</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>On May 29, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Chip Hitchcock <<a href="mailto:cjhi@newcastle2.com" target="_blank">cjhi@newcastle2.com</a>> wrote:</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><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.</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>/CHip</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></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=yiv5457124495replyBlockquote><div id=yiv5457124495wmQuoteWrapper><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>Cc: M M <<a href="mailto:shakespearsshade@yahoo.com" target="_blank">shakespearsshade@yahoo.com</a>></span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div id="yiv5457124495yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9824"><div><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?</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div id="yiv5457124495yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9859"><div><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'> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div id="yiv5457124495yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1496029641382_9860"><div><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.</span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></font></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><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" target="_blank">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" target="_blank">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a> </span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" target="_blank">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" target="_blank">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a></span></font><font color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div id=yqt42551><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>reading-group mailing list<br><a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" target="_blank">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br><a href="http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" target="_blank">http://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></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></body></html>