<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Taking Chip's suggestion, here is draft3.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If this elicits no more requests for modification, Liz, please send this out on the NESFA Meetup.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">======================================</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">NESFA sponsors a reading group that usually meets at 7PM on the first Friday of each month. Check the calendar at <a href="http://nesfa.org/" target="_blank">nesfa.org</a> for the dates, times, and book selections for scheduled meetings.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Regular attendees bring a wide range of SF-reading experiences and literary opinions, so the discussion is always lively.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Reading choices are offered by members and voted on.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We meet in a Zoom session. The link is posted on Meetup each month. Come join us!</div><div></div><div class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Recent books discussed:</div><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez</li><li style="margin-left:15px">2054 by Elliot Ackerman</li></ul><div>Upcoming books to be discussed:</div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki</li><li style="margin-left:15px">The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway</li></ul><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 8:41 PM 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="auto">If I understood Liz’s plan, this message is a one shot to all the people signed up to the NESFA meet up. If I misunderstood, I’d like to hear about it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Each month someone also sends out an announcement of the upcoming meeting, presumably mentioning the book title and author.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’ll send another draft with your suggestion about the calendar. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 20:36 cjhi <a href="http://newcastle2.com" target="_blank">newcastle2.com</a> <<a href="mailto:cjhi@newcastle2.com" target="_blank">cjhi@newcastle2.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">
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The reference to the NESFA calendar should also say that that's where to look to find out what book is being discussed when.</div>
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NB: I'm assuming from the discussion that a Meetup notice is ongoing in effect, rather than being like a blog that needs to be updated frequently to avoid looking stale. If the latter, something smaller and more focused ("We're discussing Xxx on Yyy") should
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<div id="m_8569404871409278848m_753231606217420570divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</b> reading-group <<a href="mailto:reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">reading-group-bounces@lists.nesfa.org</a>> on behalf of David G. Grubbs <<a href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Saturday, August 10, 2024 1:04 PM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> <a href="mailto:reading-group@nesfa.org" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">reading-group@nesfa.org</a> <<a href="mailto:reading-group@nesfa.org" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">reading-group@nesfa.org</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Subject:</b> Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Something to post to meetup</font>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">NESFA sponsors a reading group that usually meets at 7PM on the first Friday of each month. Check the calendar at
<a href="http://nesfa.org" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">nesfa.org</a> for scheduled meetings.</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Regular attendees bring a wide range of SF-reading experiences and literary opinions, so the discussion is always lively.</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Reading choices are offered by members and voted on.</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">We meet in a Zoom session. The link is posted on Meetup each month. Come join us!</div>
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Recent books discussed:</div>
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<li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal</li><li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez</li><li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">2054 by Elliot Ackerman</li></ul>
<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Upcoming books to be discussed:</div>
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<li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki</li><li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip</li><li style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway</li></ul>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM Liz Patton <<a href="mailto:mongoliz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mongoliz@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Thanks David for drafting something to post to meet up promoting the book group. It looks good to me.
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One thing that might be nice to mention two or three of the books from last year as representative examples to show the range of things that we read.<br>
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Recurring Meeting; Generally the first Friday of every month at 7 PM<br>
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Meeting ID: 944 6001 4978<br>
Passcode: 244476<br>
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Recurring Meeting; Generally the first Friday of every month at 7 PM<br>
See <a href="https://www.nesfa.org/events/nesfa-reading-group/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nesfa.org/events/nesfa-reading-group/</a> for group info.<br>
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