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

[David G. Grubbs]

I suggest Wes talk to the eboard, to see if they have a solid view/agenda
for all three of the proposed moves, then we run a quick vote via this
mailing list or at the August meeting.


On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 8:21 AM cjhi newcastle2.com <cjhi at newcastle2.com>
wrote:

> 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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> *From:* reading-group <reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org> on behalf
> of Stanley Zisk <zisks001 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 6, 2024 12:50 AM
> *To:* NESFA Reading Group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
> *Cc:* reading-group at nesfa.org <reading-group at nesfa.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Consider moving Reading Group dates
> to avoid conventions
>
> Ok, I consider it moved!
>
>  — Assuming all agree?
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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