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

Sat Jul 6 10:53:41 EDT 2024

There are three dates in question. I might want to try to attend the MCFI
or Smofcon meetings, but I'm not sure. I think someone else said they
might. But that is a minority.

I brought up July 4th, 2025 because I noticed it in the calendar. As Chip
said, the following week (July 11, 2025) is not yet reserved, but is the
usual date for Readercon.

So, my votes are to leave all three on their normal dates.

I have other scheduled events on the MCFI and Smofcon weekends that I don't
want to miss.

And if people can't make July 4th, 2025, we can ask if they can make July
3rd or July 11th, but I'd bet there will be some people who can't make each
date.

What do others say?

On Sat, Jul 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

> I do not see the necessity of checking with the eboard.
> As far as I know, this group has always been able to change dates, with
> reasons.
> Any of the proposed dates is good with me.
> Chip has a conflict with 13 December.
>
> What are the inputs of others?
>
> -Wes
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> David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com>
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> avoid conventions
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> 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<http://newcastle2.com>
> <cjhi at newcastle2.com<mailto: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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> reading-group-bounces at lists.nesfa.org>> on behalf of Stanley Zisk <
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> reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>>
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> reading-group at nesfa.org<mailto: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<mailto:
> 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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