Welcome to the Vision Writers webpage.
We meet on the first Sunday of every month, Feb – Nov.
Venue: The State Library of Queensland
Cultural Centre, Stanley Place
South Bank
Brisbane Qld Australia
The meeting room we use is 2d.
Time:
11:00am – 2:00pm
If you’re thinking of coming along to a meeting, consider joining the VISION Discussion List (Yahoo! Group) to check on meeting times and ask questions.
Meetings have been continuing!
The September meeting is on Sunday, 4 September 2011 at room 2D of the State Library at South Bank from 11 to 2.
The October meeting will be on 2 October 2011, and the November meeting (the last official meeting for the year) is 6 November 2011.
At the November meeting we will vote in the exec for 2012, so please consider nominating!
Welcome to 2011!
We have a different venue for our first meeting on Sunday 6 February 2011. Usually we meet at the State Library but it is closed because of the floods.
Location: For Sunday 6 February 2011 only we are meeting at the Brisbane Square Library in room 1.9. The Brisbane Square Library is in the new BCC buildings at the top of Queen Street Mall opposite the Treasury Casino.
Time: The time is the same as usual: we start at 11am and go until 2pm unless we run out of stories earlier. Then the survivors go for coffee.
Fee: There will be no fee for this first meeting. We will have a small fee of $2 for future meetings to cover admin and opportunities. There is no fee for this meeting because of room hire requirements.
Stories: Stories for critique can be printed and read before the meeting. They are uploaded at the group file page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vision-writers/files/.
Questions? Likely to get lost? If you have any questions about location, or have technical difficulties, or want a phone number in case you get lost, please contact the Vision email list. You will need to be a member to do this (or access the stories). You can apply here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vision-writers/files/
At our last critique session on 7 November 2010, we held our Vision AGM. The new executive are as follows:
End of year picnic: We voted not to have the Christmas party at the old venue as, while pleasant, it was difficult for some people to reach. A more central venue was put forward, and it was decided that the party would be from 11am-2pm, Sunday 5 December 2010, meeting at Roma Street Parklands at the amphitheatre – contact the list in advance for a contact number in case you can’t find us. To bring: Food, and a contribution to the Picnic Challenge.
Picnic challenge: There is a folder on the group site called Story Scraps. Please contribute strange story fragments or ideas you have lying around but haven’t used – if you can’t upload them, give a cry for help on the list and a member of the exec will add them. The challenge for the meeting is to write and bring along a 500 word piece based on/combining at least two of the scraps. There may be prizes.
Meeting fee: We have not been charging a fee for the meetings since we moved to the State Library. At the AGM, we decided to charge $2 per meeting. This will be put towards emergencies, special projects, prizes, gifts for guests, parties or so forth as the need arises. This will also give Tim something more to do at AGMs, although we did audit his report this year by making him shake the pencil case of funds. There is no charge to join the email list.
Free of malware, and in a sexy new format, the Vision Writers site is finally live again!
Hello, and welcome to the new Vision Writers site for 2010!
As well as a touchstone for newcomers to the group, check back here regularly for news and events related to SF, Fantasy, and Spec Fic in Brisbane and Queensland.