July 6th, 2019 at 12:01 am
Fiyah, Zambia, and Other Made-Up Words
Alright folks said President Bob. This is the post-fourth of July (7/5/19) WSFA meeting. Yawn.
Sam L. summed up minutes. Treasurer up $$$.
Capclave Present. Bill said, We got the contract for Capclave 2020 and submitted it to the hotel, so now we have a hotel and date. I will let Collette know that George is interested in same weekend third weekend after Columbus Day. For Capclave 19 the Dodos have started tweeting fun facts about our guests. Martha Wells’ first sf convention was Armadillo four when she was still in high school. Rob Sawyer went to university with Tanya Huff. Membership is up to 143 members, about where we should be. Drum up more business. Table at Shore Leave. Martha Wells will be in Dublin for Worldcon so we will do a photo with her. Program is progressing. The survey is out and ## people responded. Catherine Asaro is moving to NY in September so will not be able to come. People need to take bookmarks and rack cards. Hand them out. Both Rob and Martha are interested and excited. Sam S will be getting flight information from Rob soon. He wants to know which airport is best. We are still on track to hit our publishing deadline with the understanding that things can change. We brought up the idea of using big foyer area for mass signing. It depends on if it is available. So won’t know where put the AV equipment until a month out. If you haven’t got your room please get it. If we get 110% of room block $$$.
Click the link for the full text of the July/August 2019 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the July 5th, 19th 2019 / August 2nd, 16th 2019 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
July 5th, 2019 at 8:58 am
As has been readily apparent, wsfa.org has been off-line for a considerable amount of time, and there’s no point beating around the bush. We got hacked. We got hacked bad. It has taken all this time to methodically go through every directory and file on the site and clean out the mess.
But we are back, security has been greatly increased, and we hope to stay on-line for the future.
The site has been mostly restored, but there are some older manual html files that are still being cleansed, and those will take a little longer. If a link is broken, it will be one of these older files.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
May 3rd, 2019 at 12:01 am
WSFA’s Officers Acclaimed
Bob banged the gavel to start the 5/3/19 May First Friday with a “Hear ye, hear ye, it’s meeting time. Let’s go guys. Alright folks. We’re going to forgo the minutes from the last meeting since we didn’t do any business. There is a fifth Friday this month and Eva Whitley volunteered. Sam S said we have an election tonight, if anyone wants to legally vote see me after the meeting. Treasurers report. We still have lots of money. $$$. Year over year $$$$.
Capclaves: Bill said we’re on target for 2019. You can register online since the site is up Sam S. said or I can take your credit card. Need people for the table at Balticon and the Gaithersburg book festival, see Cathy.
Other news. Bill gave current list of people coming. Connie Willis confirmed. Stan Robinson and I connected. His wife is retiring so he is a maybe. Due to health, Harry Turtledove declined. Paolo and Holly have conflicting events. George has responded. Not taking any new conventions until the book is out. Kaaron Warren, a GoH from World Fantasy is here and brought the notebook WFC gave her for people here to sign.
Click the link for the full text of the May/June 2019 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the May 3rd, 17th 2019 / June 7th, 21st 2019 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
March 19th, 2019 at 9:50 pm
Eva Whitley is hosting a Fifth Friday party. March 29th from 8 to 11 PM at her home. Check the WSFA Event Calendar for more detail.
If you intend to come to 5th Friday, please bring your a chair to sit on.
Fifth Fridays no business is done, just the fun stuff.
March 1st, 2019 at 12:01 am
John Carter (of Mars) Lives!
Prez Bob said, “Let’s have a meeting. It’s 9:15 on March the First. 2019 is really moving.” Sam L read minutes from last meeting. Sam S said they discovered a unit far far out. Bob said talked to Joe Siclari who said he had WSFA Journals we don’t have on the website. He does Fanac stuff. He offered to scan them for our website.
Treasurer Sam said: $$ does not include the WFC stuff. Year over year $$$
Capclave present. Bill said, Reg is ###, picked up ##, typical for the year. On the piano are rack cards and bookmarks to distribute. I need to talk to Kim and Sam and Cathy. Things are progressing. Will accelerate soon. We have Balticon coming soon which is a big convention to pick up members.
Click the link for the full text of the March/April 2019 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the March 1st, 15th 2019 / April 5th, 19th 2019 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
January 8th, 2019 at 4:12 pm
The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce that the submission period for the 2019 WSFA Small Press Award is now open and will close on April 7, 2019.
The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2018). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.
The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction Association and presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held on October 18-20, 2019.
Submissions should be sent to admin@wsfasmallpressaward.org
See our webpage http://wsfasmallpressaward.org/The_Rules.php for details.
January 4th, 2019 at 12:01 am
No, Paul is the Walrus, Not the Eggman
The 1/4/19 meeting began with “This is first Friday meeting of 2019,” said Prez Bob to the club’s cheers. Happy new year one and all. Started at 9:15. Cathy said no one emailed asking to be in the holiday list. 3 people said they emailed. Bob thanked everyone for their work in 2018 and happy new year in 2019.
Sam S. said that dues are payable. Please after the meeting, 20 bucks. As of Jan 1, $$$ a few days later a big XX paid from WSFA Press. This does not include XX from World Fantasy, still finishing the books. Year over year is XXX but due to last year’s XXX bill not paid until Feb. We’re doing okay.
Click the link for the full text of the January/February 2019 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the January 4th, 18th 2019 / February 1st, 15th 2019 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
November 16th, 2018 at 12:01 am
Super-Earth Detected around Barnard’s Star
Minutes for WSFA Third Friday Meeting, November 16, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. Recorded by acting secretary Kim Hargan
The meeting was called to order at 9:15 pm by Bob MacIntosh
It was noted that there was no First Friday meeting in November, as the majority of WSFA officers and members were at World Fantasy (which we co-ran with BSFS), and only five members showed up at the Maryland gathering.
Financial report: As of November 1 WSFA has $$$$ in its accounts, after having paid the hotel bill for Capclave. Capclave ended up XXX. Year over year comparison at this point would be a bit funky because of the timing of the bill payments last year. January 1 will be better for a finalized year over year comparison, which Sam S. predicts will show us ahead over last year.
Click the link for the full text of the November/December 2018 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the November 16th 2018 / December 7th, 21st 2018 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
September 17th, 2018 at 1:56 pm
It’s fall and weddings and conventions are in the air. This will require some changing locations of WSFA meetings.
The September WSFA Meetings will meet in their regular locations.
October First Friday (10/5) will be at the home of Mark Roth (4109 Tulare Dr. Silver Spring, MD 20906, (301-933-5696)
October Third Friday (10/19) will be at the home of Judy and Sam Scheiner (our usual first Friday location)
November First Friday (11/2) for those of you not going to World Fantasy will be at the home of Candy Madigan (our usual third Friday location)
November Third Friday (11/16) will be at the home of Judy and Sam Scheiner.
December will revert back to our usual schedule.
September 7th, 2018 at 12:01 am
The 9/7/18 First Friday in September began with an Alright gang,” went Prez Bob. “It’s that time. Alright. Bill, we just had a meeting now we’ll have a real one.” Cathy said 63% voted on the small press award, not enough to earn fudge. Treasurer reported not quite $$$ with a year-over-year difference of about $$$. So we’re doing fine. $$$$ with year to year $$$.
Capclave present: Cathy said most of you were here for the Capclave mega meeting. We ran through stuff. Will need volunteers especially load in and out, registration, con suite, Courtni said she would remind people. September 28th-30. Take flyers, bookmarks, put them up at work and everywhere. We need a publicity push. Bulk of program sent to Paul. Seven of the authors/publishers of the small press finalists are coming. That’s a pretty good showing. Paul has ordered the trophy which has arrived. Tell your friends to come to Capclave. It’s awesome.
Capclave Future: Cathy said Robert Sawyer will be GoH. It will be held in October.
Capclave 2020: Bill is waiting for at least bare bones contract before he can invite guests.
Click the link for the full text of the September/October 2018 WSFA Journal, including the Minutes of the September 7th, 21st 2018 / October 5th, 19th 2018 meetings.
Note: Publication date is set to the date of the Journal, rather than the date posted, for indexing purposes
