Bob called the May First Friday meeting to order (from Virginia). Sam L. read the minutes. Sam S. said we had $$$ as of May first with a year-over-year: $$$. Currently WSFA has ## dues paying members.

For Capclave present Bill Lawhorn said there will be a meeting this Saturday at 11 am. Capclave has ### paid members which is on track. We are in a holding pattern due to the pandemic. He is reaching out to guests to see if they can come. And things to do this summer.

Click the link for the full text of the May/June 2020 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the May 1st, 15th 2020 / June 5th, 19th 2020 meetings.

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the 1st and 3rd Friday Meetings in May of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Go-To-Meeting.

Both meetings will use the same Go-To-Meeting link.

WSFA May 1st & 3rd Friday Meetings
Fri, May 1, 2020 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM (EDT)
Fri, May 15, 2020 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM (EDT)

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the April meetings (1st Friday and 3rd Friday) of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Go-To-Meeting.

This is the information for the 3rd Friday Meeting.

WSFA April Third Friday Meeting
Fri, Apr 17, 2020 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM (EDT)

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Access Code: 483-249-261

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the April meetings (1st Friday and 3rd Friday) of the Washington Science Fiction Association will be held on-line using Go-To-Meeting.

This is the information for the 1st Friday Meeting. Another post will be forthcoming with a similiar link for 3rd Friday.

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WSFA First Friday Meeting
Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM (EDT)

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Due to concerns regarding the coronavirus–the cause of COVID-19–the 3rd Friday meeting of WSFA has been canceled.

Last In-Person WSFA Meeting: Who’s Supposed to be Responsible?

Full house tonight said Bill. Bob said, “Ladies and Gentlemen, first Friday meeting in March about to begin.” This opened the March 6th, 2020 WSFA meeting. Little did the WSFA members know this would be the last time they would meet in person for many many months.

Sam L read minutes. Sam S. gave us our money talk $$$ year over year $$$ Next month, year over year smaller, because we got World Fantasy in our account. Renewed our trademark for Capclave. Usually $. This year Maryland had a mandatory $ expedite charge plus $ for a physical copy of the document. Sam L turned over insurance forms. Sam S said already paid this.

Bill for Capclave present said one new member in Feb, returning GoH Ken Liu at P&P, programming meeting next Sat. George for Cap Future said “Not to leave the room.” Sam S, said you are in the other room. George is waiting for hard date of Capclave before approaching the person he wants about coming. No point in pushing issue until we have a date.

Click the link for the full text of the March/April 2020 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the March 6th, 20th 2020 / April 3rd, 17th 2020 meetings.

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

WSFA will meet in our Maryland location for 3rd Friday this week (2/21/2020). (Email Secretary @ WSFA dot org for directions.)

The Committee to Discuss SF will discuss the Jan/Feb issue of Uncanny Magazine (issue 32) at https://uncannymagazine.com/

These stories are available for free online. And two of the stories are also available in podcast format. Remember you don’t have to read all the stories. Read those that seem interesting to you and participate in the discussion of those stories and just listen to the rest of the discussion.

First Friday in March we will read the Jan/Feb issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Then Third Friday we will do the March issue of Clarkesworld.

Bob banged the gavel for January First Friday (1/3/20). “Ladies and gentlemen, first Friday meeting in 2020. It’s 9:16. Alright boss, how about you tell us what we did at the last meeting in 2019.”

Sam L. read minutes and email from Sam S with budget. “I will not be at the meeting on Friday, here is my January treasurer’s report. We currently have $$$, which is $$$ more than one year ago. The increase is a combination of three items: the surplus from World Fantasy (approx $$$), the surplus from Capclave (approx $$$), and the surplus from WSFA Press (approx $$$$). In this past year, separate from Capclave, we had $$$$ in income (dues + t-shirt sales) and $$$$ in expenses. About half of the latter was to purchase the tshirts from Offworld Design.”

Click the link for the full text of the January/February 2020 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the January 3rd, 17th 2020 / February 7th, 21st 2020 meetings.

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes

The Third Friday WSFA meeting will take place in our Maryland location this Friday, Nov 15th.

The Committee to Discuss SF will discuss the current issue of Clarkesworld featuring stories by Mathew Kessel, Gregory Feeley, and Elizabeth Bear plus more. At http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/

Remember, you don’t have to read all the stories to participate in the discussion. The stories are free. And one of them is in podcast form so you can listen instead of reading. 

Let’s get started said Prez Bob opening the 11-1-19 meeting. It is the First Friday in November. Last meeting at Capclave we had a quorum and introduced people to WSFA.

Sam S reported the treasury had almost $$$ and said year over year is up relative to this time last year, $$$ because we haven’t yet paid hotel bill from Capclave. Sam S said Collette put it on her credit card and they haven’t finalized the bill yet. They gave her a preliminary bill and then a second final that didn’t match so they are finalizing it.

Sarah read Capclave report from Bill’s email. We have a surplus.

The general response online has been positive. There was one complaint about the sign in the con suite to refrain from discussing politics. We will review and discuss this for next year as we will be less than a month from the general election.

Click the link for the full text of the November/December 2019 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the November 1st, 15th 2019 / December 6th, 20th 2019 meetings.

Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes