Science Fiction Research Association Executive Committee Moves into the Futuristic Present with Skype

Posted byJason W. Ellis

Today, SFRA President Ritch Calvin convened our second executive committee meeting over Skype thanks to Treasurer Patrick B. Sharp obtaining a video conference day pass so that we could all share voice and video with one another. Also in attendance were Secretary Susan George and Vice President Jason W. Ellis (me).

I am very happy with how successful our second executive committee meeting was today. Our first meeting was convened by a conference call, which was as equally productive, but not nearly as interactive and congenial as a four-way video chat.

I am glad to be a part of a the current executive committee of the SFRA, and I am also gratified to say that each of the SFRA’s elected officials are giving the organization their best effort to continue the SFRA’s upward trajectory as a preeminent professional organization for studying, discussing, and teaching speculative genre fiction across media.

Published by Jason W. Ellis

I am an Associate Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY whose teaching includes composition and technical communication, and research focuses on science fiction, neuroscience, and digital technology. Also, I direct the B.S. in Professional and Technical Writing Program and coordinate the City Tech Science Fiction Collection, which holds more than 600 linear feet of magazines, anthologies, novels, and research publications.