A Time-Sensitive Message related to STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2014 and/or The WILD HORSE SANCTUARY (WHS)
Originally posted by Vicki Werkley for Liz Turner and the rest of the Con Crew on SEPT 07, 2014 around 9:09 pm PDT

Apologies if you receive this more than once.

<>NOTE: If you want to REPLY to just Vicki about this message,
        please do so OFF-LIST at <starwerk@gmail.com>.
If you just hit REPLY, your message may post to all of STARMANET.
 
<> STARMAN FAMILY-CON (SFC) -- a biennial (in even-numbered
       years) “Family Reunion” of  those who created/appreciate
       STARMAN -- is an international convention of STARMAN’s cast/
       crew/staff/fans, hosted by Spotlight Starman International (SSI).
<>(NCA) (SCA) = U.S. States are abbreviated to show members’ residence
              These two differentiate between Northern & Southern CA (California)

Greetings, All!

This message was ready to go out at 3:30pm today, but I found my Internet and landline were down (a very frequent occurrence these days). They came back on sometime around 7:30pm, at which time I learned STARMANET had been down. I had a lot of mail resulting from #T-1 message and had to process that before sending this out. Sorry for yet another delay.

Again, Please WAIT for post #T-3 before pledging or ordering, but here’s the info you need to make decisions about. . .

********************STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2014 COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRTS
Shirts must be PLEDGED by TUESDAY Sept. 9 (reaching Vicki via email or phone* by 9am Pacific) to ensure getting your preferred size/style/color(s). After that, no guarantees except there WILL be extra shirts, though maybe not the size or color you'd most like. So, if you miss the deadline, go ahead and order to put yourself on the first-come-first-served waiting list.
*(BTW: if you call me and get a machine, PLEASE ALWAYS leave a message.
Sometimes I can’t get to the phone before the recording starts. And if the landline’s down, there’s a backup voicemail service I can check for messages.)

You may order shirts whether or not you attend. They need not be paid for until later.  A pledge is NOT a promise to buy (see How Pledging Works below).
 
FABRIC & DESIGN
These super-soft Bella+Canvas brand shirts are 100% combed & ringspun cotton jersey (the 2 heathered colors = 52% Cotton; 48% Poly) and available in up to 9 colors, depending on sleeve length and size. The design (printed in full color) will, as always, be revealed for the first time on the Friday of the Con, but we can tell you it'll be in keeping with our 2014 themes:
The design also includes a cameo appearance of the El Segundo Blue Butterfly. (This endangered species is the longtime symbol for the city itself and is now designated as the "Official STARMAN insect.")
 Sandra Ragan (SCA) and Vicki Werkley (NCA) are creating this very special souvenir,
       consulting with Bruce Jividen (OR) and with Liz Turner (NCA) -- who is also
   VW’s partner in ordering, acquiring and distributing the finished shirts.

How PLEDGING works:
On TUES 9/9 we must place our completed order of how many shirts, in what sizes, styles (short or long sleeves) and colors, we‘re purchasing. We always order extras, but not generally the more expensive shirts (larger sizes, long sleeves); most extras are Large or XL. It's VERY important---especially if you wear 2X-4XL to PLEDGE IMMEDIATELY. Since you can't see the design before ordering, you’re not obligated to take the shirt if you change your mind.  Remember, a PLEDGE means "I plan to / hope to" NOT "I promise to …buy.")
If you’re only attending on Saturday and wish to wear your new shirt during the Con, feel free to change into it in the nearby restrooms.
 
You need not pay for shirts beforehand, especially if you're not attending (that way, after SFC you can see an image of the design and just cancel with no lost postage for us if you decide against it). But if you ARE attending, it may be more convenient for both you and Vicki if you include shirt cost in your enrollment check. Then, if you change your mind, the money will be refunded at the event.

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Since we’re celebrating horses, it might be fun to refer to our colors in reference to actual horse coat colors. Cachuma Star is a Sorrel: a reddish golden (orange). The blue we picked is our old friend Royal, but there’s a twist: it’s heathered with tiny white flecks. Horses who have lighter hairs mixed with the darker body coat are called Roans.

So our official SFC 2014 “Year of the Horse” Con Colors are Sorrel & Blue Roan.
  But there’re also SIX other colors to choose from for Short-Sleeve T-shirts!

<>The SFC 2014 T-shirt Colors . . .
    <> What we’re calling them
           [in brackets: What the manufacturer named them]
             ~ a few words describing the shirt’s fabric color

<> Sorrel [Burnt Orange] ~ a soft, pumpkin orange. Some Sorrel horses are darker (redder) in the winter and lighter in the summer. The term Sorrel, used more in the American West, is interchangeable with Chestnut for many red and light red horses.
<> Blue Roan [Heather True Royal] ~ a misty medium blue. Blue Roans’ light hairs mixed with black or grey, can give a smoky blue color.
<> Frosted Brown [Heather Brown] ~ a misty, medium, maybe-mocha, brown. Frost / frosted is a form of roaning and may be seen primarily along a horse’s topline.
<> Palomino [Gold] ~ a soft, bright golden. Palomino horses come in a wide range of golden; most have a white (or lighter than body color) mane & tail.
<> Cremello [Rich Cream] ~ a Cremello horse is a very pale palomino or other “cream” color, usually with a white mane & tail.
<> Smoky Grey [Asphalt] ~ a luscious dark grey (not Heathered, as so many grey tees/sweats are) but with a hint of brown. Horses designated as “greys” can range from black to pure white, depending on their ages and genetics. They may have dappling, brindling or other variegation in coat patterning. Other horse colors can also be labeled “smoky” when black hairs mix in, darkening parts of the body coat.
<> Grulla Blue [Steel Blue] ~ the Spanish word grulla (and often grullo for males; pronounced groo-ya) refers to horses that, like roans, have quite various mixtures of light and dark hairs. Just as there are Red Roans, there’re also Red Grullas.
<> [Leaf] ~ a soft, medium green unlike any SFC has used before. No, there aren’t any green horses I could find, but this Chinese Year of the Horse 2014 is also represented by the color GREEN and the element WOOD.
 
The Long-Sleeve shirts come in very few colors, and the only two of the above are the Asphalt Grey and Heather Brown. But we can add the familiar Royal Blue (not Heathered), making three colors for Long-Sleeves.
 
BTW, I know the idea of an Orange T-shirt can be pretty scary, but this certainly is not a Safety Orange or even a classic Halloween Orange. The closest I can come is to say: Go to the Paint Dept. of a Walmart. Find the sample card labeled WM028. The color at the top is October Pumpkin #10281; that’s the orange of our Sorrel.
 
Decided yet what color you’d like best? Feel free to pledge as many as you’re tempted to. ;-) You’re not obligated to buy any. But I bet you won’t be able to resist. And just wait’ll you see them!

Here are the prices. NOTE: These have only increased $2 or less per item over 2012 prices.

ssssss Short Sleeve (Unisex):
 S(mall), M, L, XL = $24  ALL 8 colors above
       2XL thru 4XL = $26  ALL 8 colors above
lslslsls Long Sleeve (Men’s):
  S(mall) thru 2XL = $28  Grey, Brown, Royal Blue

Keep watching your INBOX for the Handy Order Form (#T-3).
 
Thanks for your interest,
Vicki & the Crew
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     STARMAN FAMILY-CON 2014  (SFC’14)
                   SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2014
            13th biennial "Family Reunion" of
      those who created/appreciate STARMAN
  including: Reunion Party with Cast/Crew/Staff
El Segundo, California *** (1 mile south of LAX)    
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  Co-organizers: Vicki Werkley & Liz Turner
     Contact Vicki:     starwerk@gmail.com
         or  STARMAN.Family@gmail.com
16563 Ellen Springs Rd / Lower Lake CA 95457-9477
     707-995-1228 (any day: 7am-10pm Pacific)
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           Official 2014 Con Crew Members (so far):
       Vicki Werkley (NCA)  ***  Liz Turner (now NCA)
       Jean Ensling (CT) *** Sandra Ragan (now SCA)
              Diane Roe (SCA) *** Jean Laidig (NJ)
            Sharon Herden, Auction Coordinator (IL)
                                   T-shirt / Arts Team:
     Sandra Ragan, Vicki Werkley, Bruce Jividen (OR)
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                         Spotlight Starman International:
                                "We're not history yet!"
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