Saturday, May 8, 2021

Minutes - May 6, 2021

Upstate SinC Meeting 5/6/21 Minutes:

ZOOM meeting began informally at 6:30 with greetings, intros of new faces, and any news reports from our members and friends. Aprox 20 people attended.

At 7:00 Chapter President Sally Handley called the meeting to order.

                Old Business—nothing

                New Business—Sally reminded us of our Mystery Book Club meeting this coming Wednesday at noon. It’s a ZOOM meeting, we’re reading Dog On It by Spencer Quinn, and Cindy Blackburn is leading the discussion this month. If you care to join us, contact Sally for the ZOOM invitation.

Other new business—our chapter will be ZOOMing in again on May 19th for an informal discussion concerning the new Amazon platform Vella. Be on the lookout for an e-mail from Sally with more details!

Linda Lovely then introduced our guest speaker—Harriet Sackler. Ms. Sackler discussed and explained her publishing company—Level Best Books. She also her explained her involvement in the mystery conference Malice Domestic and what to expect this year, as the conference will be virtual. Many questions about both Level Best and Malice Domestic were asked and answered, with Linda Lovely taking the lead in keeping the questions and discussion flowing. (Linda has a contract with Level Best!) Thank you, Linda. And big thanks to Ms. Sackler!! The video recording of the presentation is available at this websight.

Sally adjourned our meeting at about 8:00.

Respecfully Submitted,

Cindy Blackburn,

Chapter Secretary


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