Saturday February 10th starting at 1:00 pm there will be a Minicon 36 concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books, 912 West Lake Street, Mpls. For further information David Dyer-Bennet via email at dd-b@dd-b.nXt or call him at 612-###-#### Sunday February 11th starting at 12:30 pm the annual meeting for the Minnesota Fan Alliance will take place at the Southdale Public Library, 701 York Ave. Edina, MN. For further information contact Wayne Mcloud via email at mccloud9@usa.nXt Monday February 12th at 7:30 pm there will be a MinnStf Board of Directors Meeting at Irene and Scott Raun's, 3928 11th Ave. S., Mpls. There will be dogs present, and smoking is only allowed on the porch. For further information contact any board member Wednesday February 14th the preregistration rate for Diversicon increases from $20 for adults and $15 for children to $30 for adults and $20 for children. For further information contact Diversicon via email at diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm or via postal mail at Diversicon 9, PO Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408 Friday February 16th MISFITS Read the Book/See the movie club will be meeting. This months book/movie is Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. For further information contact Tim Wick via email at odison@aol.cXm. Friday February 16th and Saturday February 17th are MISFITS movie nights at the Plaza Theater, 1847 East Larpenteur, Maplewood. The movie is Forbidden Planet. Tickets are $4 and the shows start at 11:30 pm. For further information contact the theater at 651-###-#### Saturday February 17th at 2:00 pm there will be a MinnStf Meeting at the home of Linda Lounsbury, 3832 1st Ave. S., Mpls. There will be cats present, and there is no smoking. This meeting is also the first board of directors nomination meeting. For further information contact Linda at 612-###-#### Also on Saturday the 17th there will be a meeting of the Worldbuilding Society at Arone's 500 Central Ave. SE, Mpls. with the topic of "Prediction Perils: How to keep your fictional futures from being unintentionally funny". For further information contact Dan Goodman via email at dsgood@visi.cXm or call him at 612-###-#### Sunday February 25th from 2 to 5 pm there will be a meeting of the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society at Alexa Kelley's, 6541 Golden Valley Road #203, Golden Valley. No pets, no kids, no smoking. All sorts of fiber arts are welcome; sewing, spinning, crochet etc. For further information contact Alexa at 763-###-#### Further information about the Minnesota Science Fiction Society can be found on the web at www.mnstf.oXg or by writing to Minnesota Science Fiction Society PO Box 8583, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408