Hello you've reached the Minn Stf hotline a service of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society a volunteer run, non-profit organization This message was recorded on Sunday, December 30th The next Minn-Stf meeting will be the Minn-Stf New Year's Eve Party on Monday, December 31st starting at 5 pm, at the home of Laura Krentz and Dean Gahlon, 4323 France Avenue South, Minneapolis. Cats present, limited smoking. Note that this replaces the usual first January meeting. For further information call Laura or Dean at (612) ###-#### Monday the 31st of December is the first preregistration deadline for Minicon. Attending memberships are $30 through the 31st and $45 thereafter. For further information email request@minicon.mnstf.oXg Also on Monday, December 31st starting at 9 pm will be the MISFITS New Year's Eve party at the Plaza Theater 1847 East Larpenteur, Maplewood. For further information email info@misfit.oXg Monday December 31st is also the first preregistration deadline for CONvergence. Attending memberships are $25 through the 31st and $35 thereafter. For further information email info@convergence-con.oXg Also Monday the 31st of December is the first preregistration deadline for Diversicon. Attending memberships are $25 through the 31st and $35 thereafter. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Tuesday, January 1st from 3 pm to midnight Larry Sanderson will be hosting his Annual Hair-of-the-Dog Party at his home, 519 West 27th Street, Minneapolis. Not childproofed, smoking on the porch only. For further information contact Larry via email at lsanderson@qwest.nXt or call him at (612) ###-####, Saturday the 5th of January starting at 1 pm there will be a meeting of the Worldbuilding Society at Penn Station, 2205 44th Avenue North Minneapolis This month's topic will be a Poul Anderson memorial discussion For further information contact Dan Goodman via email at dsgood@visi.cXm or call him at (612) ###-####. ############ Saturday, January 5th there will be a Minneapa collation, location yet to be determined. For further information call Dean Gahlon at (612) ###-#### or email him at dean@visi.cXm. Also on Saturday January 5th starting at 2 pm there will be a Stipple-APA collation at the home of Jeanne Mealy and John Stanley, 1595 East Hoyt Avenue, St Paul. Any interested party welcome - even just onlookers. For further information call Jeanne at (651) ###-#### Sunday the 6th of January starting at 2 pm there will be a Minicon Open Meeting at the home of Laura Jean Fish 3637 Bloomington Avenue South Minneapolis. Note that if Progress Report 2 is ready this will also be a work party. For further information call Laura Jean at (612) ###-#### Sunday January 13th starting at 2 pm there will be a Diversicon 10 concom meeting at Dreamhaven Books 912 West Lake Street, Minneapolis. For further information email diversicon@sfminnesota.cXm Monday the 14th of January, starting at 7:30 pm there will be a Minn-StF Board Meeting at the home of Scott and Irene Raun, 3928 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis. For further information contact any board member. ############ Friday January 18th starting at 7 pm MISFITS Read The Book, See The Movie Club will be meeting This months book is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the movie is Apocalypse Now For further information email Tim Wick at odison@aol.cXm or look on the web at www.misfit.oXg/bookmovie/ Friday January 18th and Saturday January 19th are MISFITS Movie Nights at the Oak Street Cinema, 309 Oak Street Southeast, Minneapolis. This months movie is Dark Crystal Tickets are $5 and the shows start at midnight For further information look on the web at www.misfit.oXg/movie.htm Saturday the 19th of January starting at 2 pm there will Minn-StF Meeting at a location yet to be determined. For further information, or to volunteer to host, call Andrew Bertke at (612) ###-#### Sunday, January 20th starting at 1 pm there will be an MarsCon ConCom open meeting at the Airport Hilton Hotel 3800 East 80th Street, Bloomington For further information contact Marscon via email at 2002info@marscon.oXg, via postal mail at MarsCon, P.O. Box 600458, Saint Paul, MN 55106 or look on the web at marscon.oXg Hotline scripts are available on the Internet via anonymous FTP at ftp.visi.cXm in the directory /users/kaustin/hotline ############ Further information about the Minnesota Science Fiction Society can be found on the web at www.mnstf.oXg or you can write to Minnesota Science Fiction Society PO Box 8583, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408 or you can leave a message after the beep and I will get the message to the appropriate person If you would like to have an event listed on the hotline you can send email to hotline@mnstf.oXg or leave a message after the beep. 2015