SPACING OUT: Eat, Grok, & Be Nerdy! (party at Arisia)

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This party will feature (great) FOOD, (non-alcoholic) DRINK, ... and (mad) SCIENCE! "Crash course" lectures will be given in short bursts periodically throughout the evening on topics relating to HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. A broad range of topics will be covered, with an emphasis on the physics of space flight and spacecraft engineering. The time between talks will be open for discussion and awkward, nerdy socializing. A pamphlet including the Schedule of Geekery will be circulated at Arisia prior to the party.

The party will be in a suite on the closed party floor, but it will be an open party nonetheless. There will also be space mad libs and a space trivia game - with PRIZES!


Preview of Topics:
1. Modeling the Heavens & Conception of Space Flight
2. Propeller, Jet, & Rocket Propulsion
3. Launch, Orbit, & Reentry
4. Control Systems
5. Energy Sources, Storage, & Delivery
6. Space Physiology & Life Support
7. To the Moon!
8. Hazards of Space Flight
9. Navigation Beyond the Moon
10. The Future Soon

Writing Workshops at Arisia

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[time corrected on #1]

This year, we’re delighted to offer two writing workshops, open to all (no writing submission required to attend) but with limited signup. Sign-up before the convention is highly recommended.

Writing workshop #1: Nisi Shawl presents “Writing the Other”. In this workshop, Nisi will present a hands-on writing class featuring exercises and explorations of ways to create believable characters of a different race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability. Participants will be asked to bring some of their own writing to work on, but sharing is not required. Expect to spend three hours learning by doing.

The workshop will take place Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm. There is a limit of 15 people.

You do not need to submit writing to participate in the workshop, nor are you required to share your work, but you should have some writing of your own to bring along to work on. Sign up at using the following form: http://2011.arisia.org/NisiShawlSignup


Writing workshop #2: Kelley Armstrong presents a workshop on writing YA fiction. This workshop will discuss crafting characters, setting, and plot with a particular focus on what makes YA fiction different from other fiction in the genre. For this workshop, we will be giving preference to high school and college students who sign up in advance. If there are still spaces available after January 7th, we will include others on a first come, first serve basis.

You do not need to submit writing to participate in this workshop, nor are you required to share your work, but you should have some writing of your own to bring along. Sign up using the following form: http://2011.arisia.org/KelleyArmstrongSignup

having trouble sending email to innkeeper at arisia.org

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I tried to send a email to innkeeper to day and it came back with the following error message (I changed the email address in the first line)

Who should I report this problem to?

Thanks and Happy New Year.

-Larry-

----- Transcript of session follows -----
xxxxxxxx@yyyyyyyy.net... Deferred: Connection timed out with norton.carpanet.net.
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old





edit: Was just told that this problem has been fixed.