[nesfa-reading-group] Consider moving Reading Group dates to avoid conventions

[cjhi newcastle2.com]

I have a concert on 13 December, so won't be here if the discussion moves. Have we avoided SMOFcon in years it wasn't being run by Boston fandom? (We certainly didn't move it far in advance last year, when it was run by MCFI; I remember rkov complaining when you announced the date in a NESFA meeting.)

There's nothing on the Readercon website yet, but 11 July 2025 is likely to be their first full day. I'd say they're "marginally connected to 'us' ", but we have time to discuss this. (I'll know the date for sure in 6-7 days as they'll be selling next year's memberships sometime next weekend.) It's possible the best date is 3 July, on the principle that it's still the night before a day off for most of us. Or we could just find out how many people travel any distance to see fireworks (which don't start until 9pm or later) on the 4th. (I don't anymore.)

/CHip
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Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Consider moving Reading Group dates to avoid conventions

Ok, I consider it moved!

 — Assuming all agree?


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On Jul 5, 2024, at 4:01 PM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:


I brushed off the suggestion that we should move our "First Friday" meetings because they collide with the MCFI relaxacon (on October 4th) and the SMOFcon (on December 6th).

We have always stated that we'd move the date a week if the first Friday had something (even marginally) connected to "us" and the following Friday was unencumbered.

For the next year, I see no other scheduled items, though something may show up later.

So I'd like to suggest that we move the October and December meetings to the 11th and 13th, respectively. (I hope I don't hear anything about "Friday the 13th" from this crowd.)

Also, the first Friday in July 2025 is July 4th. We may want to move that to July 11th. That decision can be made now or some months from now.

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