138: A Tedious Number of Questions About What It’s Like to Run a Games Shop

03/07/2025 1h 5min Episodio 138
138: A Tedious Number of Questions About What It’s Like to Run a Games Shop

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Episode Synopsis

John chaired, Alison is off on holiday, and Liz has the agenda.
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Worldcon 2027: Montreal bid

Terry Fong has stepped down
There has been some news since, but we’ll discuss it next episode…


Worldcon 2025: Seattle

The results of the consultative votes
The Business Meeting agenda
Instructions on how to attend the virtual Business Meeting
Kate Secor’s annotated Business Meeting agenda


Picks

John: All the Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
Alison: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Liz: Old Soul by Susan Barker


Credits

Cover art: “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time” by Alison Scott

Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 138” and “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time!”.


Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)