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About Us - We want to go to the Moon, to stay!
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Lunar Reclamation Society, Artemis Society International, & The Moon Society
- In October of 1995, Artemis Society International, then headquartered in Huntsville, AL, and the Lunar Reclamation Society, based in Milwaukee, WI, entered into an agreement whereby LRS' monthly newsletter, Moon Miners' Manifesto, would come to all Artemis Society members as a membership benefit. ASI had been having considerable trouble fielding its own newsletter, Pleiades, on a regular basis. By this agreement, the "Pleiades International Report" now became a regular section of MMM. MMM's focus was on the Moon, on enterprise-based outposts and settlements, and this was a perfect match.
- MMM's masthead asserts "Expanding the Human Economy through Off-Planet Resources; the early era of heavy reliance on Lunar materials; earliest use of Mars system and asteroidal resources; and the establishment of the permanent settlements necessary to support such an economy."
- ASI declares "we are dedicated to overcoming the business, financial, and technological challenges necessary to establish a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on the Moon"
- In
July 2000, The
Moon Society, ASI's newly organized sister
organization, took over Member Services and the Chapter
Family from the Artemis Society, which remains (sharing
members) to concentrate on the Artemis Project™.
Pleiades is replaced by the Moon Society Journal as the
centerfold four page section of each issue of
MMM.
- The Moon Society Journal (replacing Pleiades) as a section of MMM, has received only sporadic support from ASI and/or Moon Society headquarters and the balance of the membership in the past. In June 2001, The Moon Society and LRS collaborated to make MMM available by PDF file from a password-accessed webpage. The motivation was to make MMM less expensive for overseas members. But this new product is now available to any Moon Society member when they subscribe or renew by chosing the pdf option.
- Room for improvement: we can ferret out new regular or frequent "feature contributors" for example.
- The bottom line is that The Moon Society Journal must get the message out to MMM readers, that the Artemis Project™ and a human return to the Moon to stay is more than a dream! It is alive, healthy, making progress, and on track? How do we do this? That is Mission One.
- Moon Society Chapters &
Outposts Area
- in fall 2002, a special
area of the Moon Society Journal pages in MMM was set
aside for Chapter/Outpost use. Efforts will be made to
encourage Chapters and Outposts to take advantage of this
free service.
MSMO & the Lunar Reclamation Society
- For seven years, "ASI-Milwaukee" (our name prior to 10/16/02) has been little more than an informal "other hat" worn by the crew that edits, prints, collates, and mails the monthly newsletter.
- Our mission, has been to improve the quality of MMM "to make it better serve as the newsletter of The Moon Society." And we have striven to do so.
- Especially involved in this effort have been Editor Peter Kokh, Business & Circulation Manager Mark Kaehny, and Collating & Mailing Coordinator Charlotte Dupree, with tireless assistance from her mother, Carol Nelson, LRS Vice President & Treasurer Robert Bialecki, and database/mailing label producer Joe Mackowski.
MSMO & The Moon Society
- It is time for the Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost to be more than an informal newsletter team. The service we have been providing first to Artemis Society International and now to the Moon Society (its successor in Member Services) is an important one. But it is time to become "a real all-around Moon Society chapter", and that means recruiting inew members, not necessarily all jointly shared with the venerable Lunar Reclamation Society.
- We are currently shy of full chapter status which requires 3 members, and are operating as "a chapter-in-formation".
- Our
Purposes should
expand to include:
- Recruiting: Finding new members for The Moon Society
- Developing New Display & Outreach Products to be shared with other ASI/Moon Society chapters
- Supporting the Moon Society Mission in whatever new ways we can
- We must stand on our own, and grow to strive for these goals
How to Join the Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost
- Two Levels of
Membership:
- Moon Society Membership: only those MSMO members who are also current dues-paying members of the Moon Society count towards the minimum of five needed to receive a Moon Society Chapter Charter. Less than that and we continue to function as a "chapter in formation" or "Outpost." See below for how to join the Moon Society.
- Local Membership: in the spirirt of the Right of Free Association, we welcome any and all support in our Outpost projects and activities by those who for any reason are unwilling or unable to become members of the Moon Society. Local Members pay no dues, but contributions towards the cost of projects is both voluntary and welcome, at whatever level the individual is comfortable with.
- You can reach
us
in
these ways:
- Email:
- Phone: 1-414-342-0705 (Peter Kokh - photo ). This number is voice mail equipped.
- Email:
- Meetings: for the time being, we will meet conjointly with the Lunar Reclamation Society, but we will begin meeting separately as soon as we have a core group large enough to make it worth while to do so, at a place and time to be discussed.
- Dues:
our
dues are those of
The
Moon Society which
has taken over Member Services from the still existing
Artemis Society
- Free for existing Moon Society members already receiving MMM - Moon Society members can use the Team Director system (at: http://www.moonsociety.org/teamdir) to sign up.
- $35 for brand new members: includes membership in Moon Society with MMM ($35)
- all dues collected will be remitted to the Moon Society
- Make Payable to "The Moon Society" with "Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost" on the memo line
- Mail to:
- "Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost"
- c/o Peter Kokh
- 1630 N. 32nd Street
- Milwaukee, WI 53208-2040
In lieu of local dues: voluntary "donations" are always welcome -- of funds, or of resources and materials, or by picking up bills and tabs, or by contributing man-hours to one or more of our projects.
This is in keeping with the volunteer nature of Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost and its efforts. Our chapter will be what you want it to be.
You may choose to join Online
Please notify us by email if you do!
- IF, however, you join through ASI-Milwaukee, we will send you a bonus pack of a half dozen assorted back issues of Moon Miners' Manifesto (a bonus, half-year subscription)
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