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Calendar of Events
August 12-15, 1999
Second International Mars Society convention
The preliminary agenda of the Second
International Mars Society convention has now been
released. The conference, which will last 4 days,
includes over 130 papers as well as numerous panels,
plenary talks, and workshops. The conference will be held
in the University Memorial Center (UMC) of the University
of Colorado at Boulder, August 12-15, 1999. Close to 1000
people are expected to attend, making the convention the
largest gathering of Mars Explorers in history.
Registration costs $180 ($50 for students), and can be
accomplished by clicking here.
July 24, 1999 COLUMBUS
BRANCH MEETING
The first meeting of the Columbus Branch of the Ohio
Chapter Mars Society will be Saturday, 24 July 99, from
11 am to 1 pm at the Worthington Public Library
(telephone (614) 645-2622), at 280 High Street
(intersection of High and Hartford). We will discuss the
status of TransHab, the Mars 2001 Lander, and Mars Global
Surveyor; review some high-resolution photos of Mars
(including the topographical map), and consider some
options for the upcoming Mars Society Conference (e.g.
carpooling, hotel rooms, etc.), as well as meet Columbus
Branch's Head, Tom Lucero. This first meeting should also
be a good opportunity for Columbus-area members to meet
other Mars enthusiasts, swap e-mail addresses, make plans
for attending the Second Annual Mars Society Conference
and discuss plans for the Columbus Branch over the coming
year. Any Dayton members wanting to attend and needing a
ride there and back can call me at (937) 254-5221, or
e-mail me at patttam@erinet.com.
Come share the excitement, and get your appetite whetted
for the Annual Convention
March 19-21, 1999 Mars Society table at Millennicon!
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CINCINNATI INVADES MILLENNICON !
MILLENNICON, Cincinnati's
premier Science Fiction Convention, has
invited the Cincinnati Branch to host an informational
table and Mars
Society presentation at this year's Event.
MILLENNICON will be held the
weekend of March 19-21 (the calm before the March
Storm?), and Guest of
Honor will be none other than Ben Bova!
Current plans call for selling
"The Case for Mars", "Mars Direct"
videotapes, and "Mars or Bust" buttons at the
table, a combination "Who is
the Mars Society" and "What is Mars
Direct" presentation, and possibly
advertising in the Programming Book. If you're
interested in attending
and/or helping with the table, check out the MILLENNICON
website at
http://www.millennicon.org/
, and contact Gavin Whittle, Head of the
Cincinnati Branch.
February 8, 1999 - Meeting
with Senator Voinovich
Our next Representative
scheduled is Caryn Candisky, the Northeast Ohio
Director for Senator Voinovich. This meeting will
be on Monday, 8 Feb 99 at
11:00a.m., at the Senator's office in Cleveland at 1240 E
9th, Suite 2955.
We'll meet at Jeff's house at 10:30 a.m. to plan, then
head downtown. If
you can take an early lunch on the 8th, please join us
either at Jeff
Roche's house (directions at http://www.drfast.net/mars/dirjeff.htm),
or the
Senator's office. Let's make a Future !
January 25, 1999 - NEXT POLITICAL CONTACT
SCHEDULED
Jeff Roche, our webmaster, has gotten the next
Representative meeting scheduled! On Monday January 25,
1999 at 2:30PM, we'll meet with Josh Rubin, who is
Senator DeWine's point man with NASA. With the
Impeachment trial, Senator DeWine's schedule is
uncertain, but Mr. Rubin will pass along our information
and will set up our meeting with the Senator at a later
date.
We will meet with Mr. Rubin in the Downtown Cleveland
Office on the corner of
E 6th and Superior; the address is 600 Superior, Bank One
Building 24th floor, suite 2450. Our thanks to Jeff Roche
for setting this up; let's mark our calendars and hope
for good weather!
Anyone living in Cleveland, please consider taking a
long lunch break to meet with us. If you aren't from the
Cleveland area and would like to attend, please let us
know. We'll be meeting in the home of Jeff Roche (Directions) in Cleveland for 15
minutes or so to discuss how to give the presentation,
then just walking in and talking to the Senators
Representative.
If you would just like to meet us there here is the
location of the Senators Office: Downtown Cleveland
Office on corner of E 6th and Superior;
600 Superior, Bank One Building 24th floor, suite 2450
If you can make it, please e-mail Jeff Roche or Tamarack R. Czarnik
at patttam@erinet.com for the details.
January 22, 1999 - GEOFFREY LANDIS
PRESENTATIONS to the Akron Astronomy Club
Member Geoffrey Landis is scheduled to make two
presentations covering Pathfinder and future missions to
Mars this month, entitled "Return to the Red
Planet". On the evening of Friday, 22 Jan 99 he will
present to the Akron Astronomy Club, and a second
presentation is scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, 29
Jan 99 to the Engineering Department of the University of
Toledo.
The Akron Astronomy Club presentation on Friday will be
open to anybody. The meeting is at the Portage Lakes
Kiwanis Center, and starts at 8 PM this Friday. Mr Landis
received the following response when he asked if Mars
Society members could attend:
Hi Geoffrey,
Yes, the meeting is open and we would welcome the Mars
Society members. If you would like them to come to dinner
that would be great. Of course, we are treating you to
dinner but the food at the Waterloo is tasty so the
members might like to be there with you. The arrangements
are that we will meet you at 6:30 PM and after the meal
go to the Portage Lakes Kiwanis Center. The meeting
starts at 8 PM and we will have you talk first. I will
give you directions to both the restaurant and the
Kiwanis Center:
To the Waterloo Restaurant
77 South to Canton
77 South(Canton) to 277 Barberton Exit at Main Street
At end of Main Street ramp make a left turn (there is a
light at the end of ramp)
After turning left, get into the right hand lane
At next traffic light, turn right on Waterloo Road
Go about 1/2 mile or so and the Waterloo will be on left
side-there's a big sign and a traffic light before the
restaurant
To Portage Lakes Kiwanis Center
77 South to Canton
77 South (Canton) to 277 Barberton Exit at Manchester
Road(Route 93)
At end of Manchester Rd ramp, make a left hand turn.
Go about less than a mile to Portage Lakes Drive--there
will be a left-hand turn (and there will be a Mr. Hero's
and a Honeymoon Donut shop on left hand side of road)
Turn left on Portage Lakes Drive and go less than a mile
to the Kiwanis Center
There will be a curvy sign on right side of road which is
directly across from the entrance of the Kiwanis Center
which also has a fence If you drive by a restaurant on
right of road you have gone too far.
Mr. Landis designed one of the experiments carried on
the Pathfinder, and two further experiments on the Mars
2001 Lander. Some of his work on solar energy and in-situ
resource utilization with the Ohio Aerospace Institute
can be seen at http://powerweb.lerc.nasa.gov/pvsee/publications/wcpec2/DART.html
January
16, 1999 - Presentation of the Mars Direct plan to the
Cleveland UFOlogy Project
Brian Miller will give a presentation of the Mars
Direct plan to the Cleveland UFOlogy Project on Saturday,
16 Jan 99 at 8:30 p.m. It will be held in the St. Charles
Church on 2nd Street, south of Snow Road, in Parma, Ohio
off State Route 3 (that's just South of Cleveland).
Thanks go to Richard Lee for setting this one up! Those
who've heard Brian speak know his enthusiasm and drive;
I'm hoping to attend this Saturday presentation myself.
Hope to see you there!
January 13, 1999 - Informational table
in the Student Union of the University of Toledo
(Bancroft Campus) to welcome the returning students.
On Wednesday, 13 Jan 99, Ohio Chapter will host an
informational table in the Student Union of the
University of Toledo (Bancroft Campus) to welcome the
returning students. I'll be there from 9 a.m. until 7
p.m., and our sole (9-year old) Toledo member will join
me as classes allow. If anyone else can make it for any
part of the time, I'd appreciate the help; please e-mail
me at my 'Net address of patttam@erinet.com, or call me
at (937) 254-5221 to let me know.
November 23, 1998 -
Meeting with Congressman Dennis Kucinich
The Ohio Chapter is Scheduled to meet
with District 10 Congressman Dennis Kucinich in his Lakewood Office Monday November 23 at 11:15am. Read the Chapter Alert
for Details.
December 5, 1998 - Brian Miller
presents "Mars: What's in it for us, and how
do we get there ?" at Oberlin College
Brian Miller, head of the Cleveland Branch, will
present "Mars: What's in
it for us, and how do we get there ?" on Saturday, 5
Dec '98 at 8:00pm, in
the Wright Physics Building, Room 103 at Oberlin College
in Oberlin, Ohio.
October 3, 1998 -
Midwest Space Development Conference
The Ohio Chapter
will be running an information table at the Midwest Space
Development conference being held at the Holiday Inn
Richfield, Ohio the weekend of October 3, 1998. Dr.
Zubrin's "Mars Direct" videotape will be
availible for viewing, and a large copy of the Founding
Declaration will be availible for signing.
The conference will
consist of the following events:
- On Friday,
October 2 will be early registration, a model
rocket workshop, a pizza party, and the movie
"Contact" followed by a star party.
- Saturday
October 3 starts with Registration from 8 to
11. Programming
starts at 9AM, and has the following schedule
- Don
Palac, "Mars Exploration from Early
Missions to the Present"
- Stanley
Borowski, "Nuclear Propulsion"
- Tom
Burns, luncheon speaker "A Nickel
Tour of the Universe"
- Lynn
Bondurant, "Reach for the
Stars"
- Don
Palac, "Galileo"
- Dan
Gauthier, "Mir"
- John
Camp, "Space communities"
- Geoffrey
Landis, "Pathfinder Mission to
Mars"
- Paul
Swift, "Mars Rover"
- forum,
"Threats and Solutions"
Registration
is $50.00. There is a special $20.00 per person
rate for Mars Society - Ohio Chapter members. Meals are
extra. Room rates are $69.00 plus tax per night.
Checks and registration to:
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October 2,
1998 - First Meeting of the Mars Society - Ohio Chapter
The first meeting
of the Ohio Chapter of the Mars Society will be at member
Richard Lee's home in Cuyahoga Falls, just north of
Akron, Ohio, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, 2 Oct.
98.
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