Happy Greetings to all and whatever else you might like.

I hope everyone has had a good break, I have recovered from moving
house, the horrors of Xmas and starting a new job.

So now it's time to get back to the serious side of life - SFFiG. We
now have TRIVIA2 ready to go, just a bit of a snag though (and no
it's not a half-eaten sausage), Gaming Knights has changed management
once again since our last meet there and our new friends have a new
way of doing things.

Apparently they are able to set up the room to suit us better, new
furniture, etc. but will be charging $10 per person (this is charged
as you come in the door so we don't have to confirm numbers prior to
the day). This then gives you a $10 voucher to get drinks and snacks
from the desk on the 2nd floor.

Being very different from our normal fee of $0 I was hoping to get
some opinions first. Does this affect your likelyness to attend any
given SFFiG night held there?
Personally for me I would say yes, if I wasn't the [expletive
deleted] organising it all.

So, the next question is does anybody have other ideas for venues we
could use that are either free, or cheap. The fact that we would like
to register the group in order to get insurance in order to do bigger
and better things does mean we will one day be having a membership
fee, so therefore we want to keep any potential venue costs low.

End Waffle.
~Ben

 
 

Culture Shock (Melbourne + Sydney)

When: May, 2008

Where: The Astor Theatre, Melbourne or Hayden Orpheum Cremorne

Theme: 2001: A Space Odyssey 40^th anniversary

Guests: Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood

Tickets: VIP $250, Movie & Q+A $26, Movie Q&A + autographed book $50

Bookings: online or call 1300 553 237

Webpage: h ttp://cultureshockexpo.com
 

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The link I used no longer works. you just have to go to the photo
section manually. (there should be a nice shiny link in this message
saying New Photos. :) )

I was rather antisocial at the dw convention, as I am generally :)

see you all there... in the lobby or outside i assume. anyone want to
bring a sign?

Renee

--- In SFFiG@..., "Ben Hughes" <grombek@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Renee,
> I can't seem to view your files, says 'Unable to retrieve album'...
not sure
> what that's about. Any ideas?
>
> I can offer you a lift as it would now be on my way back home
anyway, should
> you deem me worthy first of course :-)
> Actually it's possible we have met - at the Discworld Convention earlier
> this year. I was part of the committee and so remember your name as an
> attendee, but you know how it is, we all met so many people and it's
> difficult to remember over 300 faces!
>
> I'm about to notify the bigger list about Sunday's movie (Beowulf),
now set
> to 9:10pm Sunday @ Reading Cinemas, Waurn Ponds. That's right you get it
> exclusively 5 minutes earlier for being on the yahoo group.
>
> ~Ben
>
> On 11/12/2007, Renee <renee_be@...> wrote:
> >
> >   Hi.
> > I've not introduced myself yet, I'm Renee, aka treasure.
> >
> > I had a go at some logos you can view here -
> > http://au.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFiG/photos/browse/69ec. I can go
> > back and edit them if anyone has any ideas.
> >
> > Also, I was wondering if/when we go to the cinema (I am pretty sure I
> > can make it on the 16th) would anyone be available to give me a lift
> > home to Herne Hill? I am not sure if I trust someone I've never met
> > but hopefully I'll meet you first, and I can walk home if I need to :)
> >
> > ta
> > Renee
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Ben Hughes
> Programme Manager
> Nullus Anxietas 2: The Australian Discworld Convention
> www.ausdwcon.org
>

Hi.
I've not introduced myself yet, I'm Renee, aka treasure.

I had a go at some logos you can view here -
http://au.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFiG/photos/browse/69ec. I can go
back and edit them if anyone has any ideas.

Also, I was wondering if/when we go to the cinema (I am pretty sure I
can make it on the 16th) would anyone be available to give me a lift
home to Herne Hill? I am not sure if I trust someone I've never met
but hopefully I'll meet you first, and I can walk home if I need to :)

ta
Renee

http://www.shoutfile.com/v/KUxbeADG/Gravity_Explained

16th is better for me, & would prefer Beowulf if Golden Compass isn't possible.

--- carmel reid <sleepygal@...> wrote:

>
> Oh my, blush, blush. I just saw the way I spelt Beowulf in my first reply.
Shame on me.
>
> The 16th is better for us, as we are booked on the 23rd.
> I say, (shrinking flower that I am who never puts her two bobs worth in) "You
choose the movie
> and tell us what we are watching. Polls just end up dragging things out and
making things more
> complicated than necassery this close to the Christmas season of silliness."
> Ciao
>
> Carmel
>
>
> To: SFFiG@...: grombek@...: Mon, 3 Dec 2007
12:05:28 +0000Subject:
> [SFFiG] Re: Pre-Christmas movie meet
>
>
>
>
> Greetings all,Getting to this before I forget - I'm not going to be around a
lot for the next
> couple of weeks to to moving house. I will try to stop in and add comments
where I can to
> organise our movie night but the brain won't be operational at all times
:-).Current prospects
> for our Christmas movie times as shown on the polls at the moment favour
Friday evening and
> Sunday evening.Since there are also a few votes for Sunday daytime I'd lean
towards a Sunday
> evening.So unless this changes drastically in the next week or so we're
probably looking at
> Sundays the 16th or 23rd - any strong preferences either way?As far as movies
go Carmel
> suggested Beowulf and 1480, at our recent meeting we also had Golden Compass
suggested.Any other
> suggestions before I set up a poll? Do we need a poll?~Ben--- In
SFFiG@...,
> carmel reid <sleepygal@...> wrote:>> > HI,> It is prob too early to choose a
film, cause the
> ones I know of may be over by two weeks before Christmas, but my two
possibles, (if they're
> still showing, duh) are Boewulf and 1480 (I think that's correct. ) Ciao> >
Carmel> > > To:
> SFFiG@...: grombek@...: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:06:22 +0000Subject: [SFFiG]
Pre-Christmas movie
> meet> > > > > We discussed having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before
Christmas where we go to
> see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go somewhere for coffee, etc.
afterwards.I've
> created a poll for working out days/times for this, we just need to work out
movies as well.So
> please suggest some movies you'd like to see, within the next week I'd like to
put up another
> poll for the movie so we can decide what we'll be going to see.~Ben > > > > >
> >
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I would agree.  The 23rd is far too close to Christmas for most
people.  I too am booked on that day.

I also agree about Polls - by the time you got the poll organised,
then waited for people to respond, it would be Christmas 2008.  This
is not meant to be a criticism on our members, it's just that not
everyone is able to check their e-mails on a regular basis

Set the 16th, pick a movie, pick a time and let us know when and where.

I vote Beowulf, on the 16th, sometime in the afternoon.

--- In SFFiG@..., carmel reid <sleepygal@...> wrote:
>
>
> Oh my, blush, blush. I just saw the way I spelt Beowulf in my first
reply. Shame on me.
>
> The 16th is better for us, as we are booked on the 23rd.
> I say, (shrinking flower that I am who never puts her two bobs worth
in) "You choose the movie and tell us what we are watching. Polls just
end up dragging things out and making things more complicated than
necassery this close to the Christmas season of silliness."
> Ciao
>
> Carmel
>
>
> To: SFFiG@...: grombek@...: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:05:28 +0000Subject:
[SFFiG] Re: Pre-Christmas movie meet
>
>
>
>
> Greetings all,Getting to this before I forget - I'm not going to be
around a lot for the next couple of weeks to to moving house. I will
try to stop in and add comments where I can to organise our movie
night but the brain won't be operational at all times :-).Current
prospects for our Christmas movie times as shown on the polls at the
moment favour Friday evening and Sunday evening.Since there are also a
few votes for Sunday daytime I'd lean towards a Sunday evening.So
unless this changes drastically in the next week or so we're probably
looking at Sundays the 16th or 23rd - any strong preferences either
way?As far as movies go Carmel suggested Beowulf and 1480, at our
recent meeting we also had Golden Compass suggested.Any other
suggestions before I set up a poll? Do we need a poll?~Ben--- In
SFFiG@..., carmel reid <sleepygal@> wrote:>> > HI,> It
is prob too early to choose a film, cause the ones I know of may be
over by two weeks before Christmas, but my two possibles, (if they're
still showing, duh) are Boewulf and 1480 (I think that's correct. )
Ciao> > Carmel> > > To: SFFiG@: grombek@: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:06:22
+0000Subject: [SFFiG] Pre-Christmas movie meet> > > > > We discussed
having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before Christmas where we go to
see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go somewhere for coffee,
etc. afterwards.I've created a poll for working out days/times for
this, we just need to work out movies as well.So please suggest some
movies you'd like to see, within the next week I'd like to put up
another poll for the movie so we can decide what we'll be going to
see.~Ben > > > > > > >
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To: SFFiG@...
From: grombek@...
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:05:28 +0000
Subject: [SFFiG] Re: Pre-Christmas movie meet

Greetings all,

Getting to this before I forget - I'm not going to be around a lot
for the next couple of weeks to to moving house. I will try to stop
in and add comments where I can to organise our movie night but the
brain won't be operational at all times :-).

Current prospects for our Christmas movie times as shown on the polls
at the moment favour Friday evening and Sunday evening.
Since there are also a few votes for Sunday daytime I'd lean towards
a Sunday evening.
So unless this changes drastically in the next week or so we're
probably looking at Sundays the 16th or 23rd - any strong preferences
either way?

As far as movies go Carmel suggested Beowulf and 1480, at our recent
meeting we also had Golden Compass suggested.
Any other suggestions before I set up a poll? Do we need a poll?

~Ben

--- In SFFiG@yahoogroups.com.au, carmel reid <sleepygal@...> wrote:
>
>
> HI,
> It is prob too early to choose a film, cause the ones I know of may
be over by two weeks before Christmas, but my two possibles, (if
they're still showing, duh) are Boewulf and 1480 (I think that's
correct. ) Ciao
>
> Carmel
>
>
> To: SFFiG@...: grombek@...: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:06:22 +0000Subject:
[SFFiG] Pre-Christmas movie meet
>
>
>
>
> We discussed having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before Christmas
where we go to see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go
somewhere for coffee, etc. afterwards.I've created a poll for working
out days/times for this, we just need to work out movies as well.So
please suggest some movies you'd like to see, within the next week
I'd like to put up another poll for the movie so we can decide what
we'll be going to see.~Ben
>
>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________________
> New music from the Rogue Traders - listen now!
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>

Greetings all,

Getting to this before I forget - I'm not going to be around a lot
for the next couple of weeks to to moving house. I will try to stop
in and add comments where I can to organise our movie night but the
brain won't be operational at all times :-).

Current prospects for our Christmas movie times as shown on the polls
at the moment favour Friday evening and Sunday evening.
Since there are also a few votes for Sunday daytime I'd lean towards
a Sunday evening.
So unless this changes drastically in the next week or so we're
probably looking at Sundays the 16th or 23rd - any strong preferences
either way?

As far as movies go Carmel suggested Beowulf and 1480, at our recent
meeting we also had Golden Compass suggested.
Any other suggestions before I set up a poll? Do we need a poll?

~Ben


--- In SFFiG@..., carmel reid <sleepygal@...> wrote:
>
>
> HI,
> It is prob too early to choose a film, cause the ones I know of may
be over by two weeks before Christmas, but my two possibles, (if
they're still showing, duh) are Boewulf and 1480 (I think that's
correct. ) Ciao
>
> Carmel
>
>
> To: SFFiG@...: grombek@...: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:06:22 +0000Subject:
[SFFiG] Pre-Christmas movie meet
>
>
>
>
> We discussed having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before Christmas
where we go to see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go
somewhere for coffee, etc. afterwards.I've created a poll for working
out days/times for this, we just need to work out movies as well.So
please suggest some movies you'd like to see, within the next week
I'd like to put up another poll for the movie so we can decide what
we'll be going to see.~Ben
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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---

To: SFFiG@...
From: grombek@...
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:06:22 +0000
Subject: [SFFiG] Pre-Christmas movie meet

We discussed having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before Christmas
where we go to see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go
somewhere for coffee, etc. afterwards.

I've created a poll for working out days/times for this, we just need
to work out movies as well.
So please suggest some movies you'd like to see, within the next week
I'd like to put up another poll for the movie so we can decide what
we'll be going to see.

~Ben

G'day all,

Just mucking around, I have developed two possible contenders for the
club's logo.  Posted under the Photo's section.

Thanks
Duggan

--- In SFFiG@..., mark fielding <qonos2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys
> Sorry, I have not been around lately. To much on, not enough time. I
actually airbrush and would love to do something for the club with it.
  I get into Biomechanoids I find them very easy and enjoyable to do,
if you want to go that way. Somebody else suggested a bit of nostalgia
something like a 50's motif.
http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p61/DeepLord/
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ben Hughes <grombek@...>
> To: SFFiG@...
> Sent: Saturday, 17 November, 2007 11:34:36 PM
> Subject: [SFFiG] SciFi Club Meeting results
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm pleased to announce this will be the last email with the subject
starting 'SciFi Club'! I never really liked doing it that way but at
least you knew I wasn't some wierdo stranger, just the normal kind of
weirdo...
>
>
>
> Anyways, emails will now have the title: SFFiG, due to this being
the club's new name. That's Science Fiction & Fantasy in Geelong.
>
>
>
> SFFIG ONLINE:
>
> Our Yahoo Group has also been renamed to reflect this.
http://au.groups. yahoo.com/ group/SFFiG/
>  Join now - there will be some discussions and polls beginning
regarding a movie christmas get-together event... details once we have
them - but you can have your say on what movie and when, just log in
to yahoo groups and vote.
>
>
> Also, we now also have a Facebook Group - just search for 'SFFiG' in
groups.
>
>
>
> Other points we covered today - Memberships is something we would
like to get started. This will involve a small fee and in return you
will get a newsletter, cheaper admission on special events, and
hopefully a few other perks we are yet to work out.
>
>
> However, before we start taking money from anyone we must have a
bank accounts, and before we can do that we must be an Incorporated
Body, which means having a committee.
>
> So the Committee is Step 1. For now though, due to my own busy
schedule, and I imagine many other peoples' at this time of year, we
are leaving this until January.
>
> CONCLUSION: SFFiG will remain completely free for at least another
ccouple of months, then will include a small membership fee, with some
goodies in return.
>
>
>
> I'd also like to hear from anyone that may have skills they'd like
to donate for a club logo incorporating our 'SFFiG' acronym.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Ben
>
> (presiding Ambivalent Overlord)
>
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We discussed having a get-together roughly 2 weeks before Christmas
where we go to see a current movie at a cinema, then perhaps go
somewhere for coffee, etc. afterwards.

I've created a poll for working out days/times for this, we just need
to work out movies as well.
So please suggest some movies you'd like to see, within the next week
I'd like to put up another poll for the movie so we can decide what
we'll be going to see.

~Ben

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
SFFiG group:

Pre-Christmas movie meet - about 2 weeks before Christmas - what times/days are
best for you?

   o Friday evening
   o Saturday midday
   o Saturday afternoon
   o Satruday evening
   o Sunday midday
   o Sunday afternoon
   o Sunday evening
   o Other Weekday evenings


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFiG/surveys?id=12676842

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo!7 Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

Hello,

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for the group, you should update them, as the old addresses will no
longer work.

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To: GeelongSFClub@...
From: grombek@...
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:42:09 +1000
Subject: [GeelongSFClub] Bolkien Advertising

Greetings people,

Mark and I have been plastering parts of Geelong with advertising for Martin Pearson's show, but we'd like your help too, where you can. Martin is coming to Geelong the day he gets back from the Phillipines, and before that he will have been to Brisbane and Darwin, so we want to make this worth his coming.

Having said that, I do know Martin and he is a truly wonderful and enjoyable man just to know. No matter how many people turn up I'd guaruntee a good time.

 

So I'm attaching the .doc files of the flyers and posters we're using, it your workplace / school / other club or organisation, etc. will be willing to display them then please do. Otherwise we've done the majority of Geelong city and Pakington street, if you are willing to approach bookshops, cafes, etc. then that would be muchly appreciated!

 

See you all there, and please remember to contact me privately if you'd like to pay early for a $5 discount :-)

 

~Ben

Just a thought for another name. Which is totally left field from what
have been coming up with. Hopefully not in use yet. "The Off Worlders"
Thoughts? comments?