STARMANET June 2018

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Cachuma Star Fundraiser
by Michele Canterbury Azuddin 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

For those not on Facebook, As part of the 2018 Starman Family-Con we sponsor a horse at the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, California. At each SFC we have an auction to raise funds for our Sponsored horse, Cachuma Star. Even if you can't make it this year, please consider Donating to help pay for our sponsorship for the next two years. Thanks http://link.email.dynect.net/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=I%2BqMhXDuIS2UKp…

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Hotel Room Block is now open Make your reservations
by Michele Canterbury Azuddin 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2018 (SFC’18) OCTOBER 12-14, 2018 15th biennial "Family Reunion" of those who created/appreciate STARMAN including: Reunion Party with Cast/Crew/Staff El Segundo, California *** (1 mile south of LAX) *********** 2018 CON HOTEL INFORMATION: ********************************* We will be back at the Aloft El Segundo Reservations are now open and will be available until September 10, 2018 *A personalized Web site for Starman Family-Con 2018 occurring(October 12, 2018 - October 15, 2018) has been created for you to book your hotel rooms.Guests can access the site to learn more about the event and to book,modify, or cancel a reservation through October 16, 2018.Below you will find the appropriate link(s) for you to access the site:Attendee **Starman Family Con 2018* <https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/STARMAN10> *(OR copy and paste the following link into a web browser)* *https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/STARMAN10* <https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/STARMAN10> Aloft (South Tower of old HH) --- where the Con Suite and Party will be--- at $159/night, for king single or two queen beds. The Aloft does not own any roll away beds so that it not an option. Please also note that The Aloft is holding its 2016 price for our rooms. If you would like to share a room, we can try to match up folks who are looking so please let me know below. If you book at the Fairfield Inn or another hotel, please keep in mind that these bookings will not go toward our room block. This will ultimately result in higher con fees in the future. IF you may be attending, Here's the info I need (as soon as humanly possible). . . Name:_____________________ Number of people in room:_____ Preferences: ___Aloft $159 a night + 12.25% tax ___King bed or ___2 queen beds __Need to have/_____am willing to have roommate(s) Check in day/date:________________ Check out day/date:_______________ IMPORTANT REMINDER! If you're not leaving until MON, 10/10, then that's your check-out day, not 10/9, the last day of SFC. ALSO: under the contract, our rate is good for 3 days before & 3 days after the actual three con days (10/12 10/13.10/14) so . . .(Wed 10/10 thru WED 10/17). _______I'll be staying elsewhere/I'm a local. Let me know if you have urgent questions. Pls include phone number in case answer is complex/uncertain as yet. Feel free to call or text me, *Michele @ 330-389-1173 or email mobody(a)gmail.com <mobody(a)gmail.com> * ALWAYS leave a message if I don’t pick up. If you're new to this STARMAN FAMILY and/or if this'll be your first SFC, please get in touch right away, even if you're live locally. More info to come, Blue Lights Always, Michele °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° Spotlight Starman International: "We're not history yet!" °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°

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SFC 2018
by Michele Canterbury Azuddin 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

' STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2016 (SFC’16) OCTOBER 12-14, 2018 15th biennial "Family Reunion" of those who created/appreciate STARMAN including: Reunion Party with Cast/Crew/Staff El Segundo, California *** (1 mile south of LAX) *********** 2018 CON FEES: ********************************* We have tried hard to keep pricing low over the years but we do have some pre-convention expenses to meet. For that reason we will try to work with a Graduated scale for the convention fees. If you prepay by July 31. you can lock in the 2016 Convention price. *** $130 per person Through July 31, 2018 *** $140 through August 31, 2018, *** $150 after and at the door. *** $220 for two adult family members (^a couple or a parent with a child 18 yr./older or ^other adult relatives) Through July 15, 2018 *** $230 through August 31, 2018, *** $240 after 8/31/18 and at the door. *** “Teen” 13-17 years (with paying adult): $50 *** Kids 12:& under: FREE Fees may be prorated for those attending only a portion of events, but, since our main expenses involve the Party the following fees will apply: ***Reunion Party Only (All day Saturday): $100 per adult; $170 per family pair; $40 per “Teen” (13-17yrs) Through July 31, 2018 $110 ($50 teen) through August 31, 2018, $120 ($60 teen) after and at the door. Unfortunately there will be no financial aid is available through the “In-Your-Pocket” Fund (started by the Hays family in 1993) this year, which allows some people to pay certain expenses at a later date, interest-free (cannot cover hotel or transportation). There are simply no funds to subsidize anyone this year. There are a few people who attended but have not paid for the 2016 convention. Vicki is going to get me a list and I will be contacting them to work out some kind of repayment if they wish to attend this year. In lieu of the IYPF, we will make available a payment plan or credit card payments, via square or paypal or if you wish a check. You can have the option of initiating payments by the July 15th deadline to lock in your earlybird rate and make 3 payments in July, August, and September. I will need an email, method preference and you will be invoiced via paypal or square or given an address to send payments.. Co-organizers: Vicki Werkley (emeritus), Michele Azuddin, Liz Turner, Sandra Ragan Contact Michele mobody(a)gmail.com HOTEL: We will be back at the Aloft El Segundo There are rooms at the Fairfield Inn (main bldg. of old Hacienda Hotel) available at $149/night and the Aloft (South Tower of old HH) ---which is next door and where the Con Suite and Party will be--- at $159/night, for king single or two queen beds. The Aloft does not own any roll away beds so that it not an option. Please also note that The Aloft is holding its 2016 price for our rooms. A word to those who smartly shop around, Certainly, you're free to stay somewhere else, but do compute your travel back-and-forth and your convenience when deciding. Also PLEASE do let me know if you'll be lodging elsewhere, so I block just the number of rooms we need. We'll pay a penalty for not filling all the rooms I save in a block. For these reasons, I'd greatly appreciate a Really Quick Note with the following info. This is NOT a commitment here, but I'm worried I won't block enough rooms. YOU CAN'T MAKE RESERVATIONS YET, so I will keep a running list, which will serve as your Place-holding Pre-Reservation. IF you may be attending, Here's the info I need (as soon as humanly possible). . . Name:_____________________ Number of people in room:_____ Preferences: __Aloft $159 or ___King bed or __Fairfield (if possible) $139 ___2 Queen beds __Need to have/_____am willing to have roommate(s) Check in day/date:________________ Check out day/date:_______________ IMPORTANT REMINDER! If you're not leaving until MON, 10/10, then that's your check-out day, not 10/9, the last day of SFC. ALSO: under the contract, our rate is good for 3 days before & 3 days after the actual three con days (10/13.10/14) so . . .(Wed 10/10 thru WED 10/17). _______I'll be staying elsewhere/I'm a local. Let me know if you have urgent questions. Pls include phone number in case answer is complex/uncertain as yet. Feel free to call or text me, Michele @ 330-389-1173 ALWAYS leave a message if I don’t pick up. If you're new to this STARMAN FAMILY and/or if this'll be your first SFC, please get in touch right away, even if you're live locally. More info to come, Blue Lights Always, Michele °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° Spotlight Starman International: "We're not history yet!" °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°

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Meanwhile... on Mars, you wouldn't get a geology report, you'd get a weather report
by Todd Andrews 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Dusty With a Chance of Dust *Dusty With a Chance of Dust* It's storm season on Mars. <https://links.ifttt.com/wf/click?upn=xNaRbaaygwyhIGRjQSqZ2ZcYnZdmIiBWQNQIXG…> Dusty with a chance of dust is the weather report for Gale crater as a recent planet-scale dust storm rages. On June 10 looking toward <https://links.ifttt.com/wf/click?upn=pIiidYA6H-2FL3PIZ-2BnxGGJ8Yq0898RFog-2…> the east-northeast crater rim, the Curiosity rover's Mastcam captured this image of its local conditions so far. Meanwhile over 2,000 kilometers away, the Opportunity rover ceased science operations as the storm grew thicker at its location on the west rim of Endeavour crater, and has stopped communicating, waiting out the storm for now. <https://links.ifttt.com/wf/click?upn=xNaRbaaygwyhIGRjQSqZ2Qe3cofvOjC4nvk4xB…> Curiosity is powered by <https://links.ifttt.com/wf/click?upn=xNaRbaaygwyhIGRjQSqZ2e6-2F9BMDd38-2Fw3…> a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, but the smaller Opportunity rover uses solar panels to charge its batteries. For Opportunity, the increasingly severe lack of sunlight <https://links.ifttt.com/wf/click?upn=47Ma65zk15Dxq4ShPEq4x2ZFscoiJ1itnQZ-2F…> has caused its batteries to run low. June 16, 2018 via NASA https://ift.tt/2ybKDii

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Family con with corrections
by Michele Azuddin 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

Seems like no matter how many times you read something... hope I found em all. Its On. STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2018 (SFC’ 18) OCTOBER 12-14, 2018 15th biennial "Family Reunion" of those who created/appreciate STARMAN including: Reunion Party with Cast/Crew/Staff El Segundo, California *** (1 mile south of LAX) *********** 2018 CON FEES: ********************************* We have tried hard to keep pricing low over the years but we do have some pre-convention expenses to meet. For that reason we will try to work with a Graduated scale for the convention fees. If you prepay by July 31. you can lock in the 2016 Convention price. *** $130 per person Through July 31, 2018 *** $140 through August 31, 2018, *** $150 after and at the door. *** $220 for two adult family members (^a couple or a parent with a child 18 yr./older or ^other adult relatives) Through July 15, 2018 *** $230 through August 31, 2018, *** $240 after 8/31/18 and at the door. *** “Teen” 13-17 years (with paying adult): $50 *** Kids 12:& under: FREE Fees may be prorated for those attending only a portion of events, but, since our main expenses involve the Party the following fees will apply: ***Reunion Party Only (All day Saturday): $100 per adult; $170 per family pair; $40 per “Teen” (13-17yrs) Through July 31, 2018 $110 ($50 teen) through August 31, 2018, $120 ($60 teen) after and at the door. Unfortunately there will be no financial aid available through the “In-Your-Pocket” Fund (started by the Hays family in 1993) this year, which allows some people to pay certain expenses at a later date, interest-free (cannot cover hotel or transportation). There are simply no funds to subsidize anyone this year. There are a few people who attended but have not paid for the 2016 convention. Vicki is going to get me a list and I will be contacting them to work out some kind of repayment if they wish to attend this year. In lieu of the IYPF, we will make available a payment plan or credit card payments, via square or paypal or if you wish a check. You can have the option of initiating payments by the July 15th deadline to lock in your earlybird rate and make 3 payments in July, August, and September. I will need an email, method preference and you will be invoiced via paypal or square or given an address to send payments.. Co-organizers: Vicki Werkley (emeritus), Michele Azuddin, Liz Turner, Sandra Ragan Contact Michele mobody(a)gmail.com HOTEL: We will be back at the Aloft El Segundo There are rooms at the Fairfield Inn (main bldg. of old Hacienda Hotel) available at $149/night and the Aloft (South Tower of old HH) ---which is next door and where the Con Suite and Party will be--- at $159/night, for king single or two queen beds. The Aloft does not own any roll away beds so that it not an option. Please also note that The Aloft is holding its 2016 price for our rooms. A word to those who smartly shop around, Certainly, you're free to stay somewhere else, but do compute your travel back-and-forth and your convenience when deciding. Also PLEASE do let me know if you'll be lodging elsewhere, so I block just the number of rooms we need. We'll pay a penalty for not filling all the rooms I save in a block. For these reasons, I'd greatly appreciate a Really Quick Note with the following info. This is NOT a commitment here, but I'm worried I won't block enough rooms. YOU CAN'T MAKE RESERVATIONS YET, so I will keep a running list, which will serve as your Place-holding Pre-Reservation. IF you may be attending, Here's the info I need (as soon as humanly possible). . . Name:_____________________ Number of people in room:_____ Preferences: __Aloft $159 or ___Fairfield $149 ____King bed or ____2 Queen beds __Need to have/_____am willing to have roommate(s) Check in day/date:________________ Check out day/date:_______________ IMPORTANT REMINDER! If you're not leaving until MON, 10/15 then that's your check-out day, not 10/14 the last day of SFC. ALSO: under the contract, our rate is good for 3 days before & 3 days after the actual three con days (10/13.10/14) so . . .(Wed 10/10 thru WED 10/17). _______I'll be staying elsewhere/I'm a local. Let me know if you have urgent questions. Pls include phone number in case answer is complex/uncertain as yet. Feel free to call or text me, Michele @ 330-389-1173 ALWAYS leave a message if I don’t pick up. If you're new to this STARMAN FAMILY and/or if this'll be your first SFC, please get in touch right away, even if you're live locally. More info to come, Blue Lights Always, Michele °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° Spotlight Starman International: "We're not history yet!" °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°* °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°

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It looks like my address book was hacked. Please don't open anything from a charter.net account with my name. Sorry everyone.
by carol Kruchowski 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

t looks like my address book was hacked. Please don't open anything from a charter.net account with my name. Sorry everyone. Carol K.

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Among the Stars: Lisa Alison Wiser
by Todd Andrews 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Lisa Wiser's nephew Andrew "Drew" Powers contacted SSI about some photos he came across in his late aunt's belongings. Lisa passed away peacefully on May 27, 2018 in the family home in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was 66. I didn't know Lisa personally and didn't have any contact with her, but I remember reading in BLUE LIGHTS that she was fairly active in SSI in the early days. You can read the online obituary by going to: http://tinyurl.com/y9xv48p6

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