<div dir="ltr">I don't know you (and I'm a silent, lurking member of NESFA), but I'm writing to wish you a complete and speedy recovery.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Melody Friedenthal</div><div>Worcester, MA</div><div>Reference Librarian (SF book club leader and SF collection manager)</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 2:40 AM David G. Grubbs <<a href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I apologize to the group.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">My recovery from heart surgery has not gone exactly as I had hoped. There's nothing measurably wrong, but I'm told that three months (as of a few days ago) is when I can *start* trying to get back to normal, not the end of the recovery process.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">My energy, tolerance for stress, and general equanimity have all suffered.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">For now, it would help if someone (Wes has volunteered) officially took on the lead role in running the reading group.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I can assist (by playing with calendars and website changes that I can still do easily) and I plan to attend meetings. (I've read the next two books.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sorry for the noise.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:49 PM David G. Grubbs <<a href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com" target="_blank">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I no longer intend to manage or attend reading group meetings. That includes calendar and website maintenance.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Someone currently in this group should talk to Rick Kovalcik about becoming the leader of the group, with access (or a procedure for updating by sending email to someone) to the mailing list, and website files.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div>
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