The Family Meeting of 2012

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

I've been re-reading some Heinlein, and it occurred to me that perhaps there should be a RAH event at the next Arisia: the Family Meeting of 2012. I'm not sure exactly what kind of an event it would be, but Heinlein never made that very clear anyway. A panel, perhaps, or a dance, or something else. Maybe more than one. Any thoughts?

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[deguspice.livejournal.com]

A quick search of Google turned up a timeline which kindly has cite for the meeting. It's not very informative. Are there any other references to the meeting?

Time Enough For Love: Page 21

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Ira: "I was saying that you memoirs are incomplete. Even if you are determined to go through with dying, won't you consider granting me and your other descendants the rest of you memoirs? Simply talk, tell us what you've seen and done. Careful analysis might teach us quite a lot. For example, what did happen at the Families Meeting in 2012? The minutes don't tell much."

LL: "Who cares now, Ira? They're all dead. It would be my version without giving them a chance to answer back. Let sleeping dogs bury their own dead. [...]"

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[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

It's in the original Lazarus Long story, "Methuselah's Children".