Ken Glander, Director of the Primate Center, asked me to forward this
on to the mailing list.

glander@...  Thu Sep  7 09:19:08 2000 wrote:
>
> Greetings to all lemurcon attendees and potential attendees,
>
> I write as the designated spokes-lemur for the Primate Center and extend
> greetings and welcome to you from all the primates at the Center. We
> look forward to your visit and have interceded with the lemur gods for
> good weather; though that may be asking too much as the weather in
> Durham this year has been unpredictable and unusual.
>
> A question was posed to Vance about the service project this year.
> There are several possibilities (subject to last minute change of
> course) with the addition of sand to NHE 6 enclosures as the highest
> priority right now.
>
> Our new Triplex should be available for a walk-thru. It is
> state-of-the-art in lemur housing. Bring old shoes as it may be muddy
> in the natural habitat enclosures. We will have mosquito spray available.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Ken
>
> --
> Ken Glander, Ph.D.
> Director
> Duke University Primate Center
> 3705 Erwin Rd.
> Durham, NC 27705-5000
> 919 489-3364 ext. 223
> 919 490-5394 Fax
> glander@...
> www.baa.duke.edu/FacPages/glander/html
>
> Visit our Web site at www.duke.edu/web/primate
>
> There are no unsolvable problems, only unfound solutions.  Anon.

A few follow-on comments: it's tough to tell in advance what the
service project will be.  Usually, it's something that really
needs to be done, but nobody has had the time to do yet.  A note
on clothing, please make sure you don't wear a white or off-
white shirt on the tour.  The technicians always wear white when
feeding the lemurs in the natural habitat enclosures.  The idea is
to create an association in the lemurs' minds; human wearing
white=food, human not wearing white=ignore.  That way, people
doing observation aren't pestered by hungry lemurs.

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Hi, this is my first year for the event, and I'm planning to come in on
Friday.
I'm from Austin, Texas...If the Duke is the hotel where we have rooms, then
that's where I'm staying.

--Yvonne

--
Yvonne Beever
96 M "Deacon Blues"
lemur@...

Hi all!  Since this my first time going to this "yearly" event, I
don't already know everyone and just want to say hello, see who/how
many are coming, and where you are from.  Is everyone arriving
Friday, staying at the Duke?

Also, Vance, have you been given any idea of the service project we
will do?

Rebecca

> Vance:
> have any arrangements been made with the Duke Inn for Lemurcon participants?
> whats the deal?
> thanks

I've just gotten enough responses that I think I have a good idea of how
many people are planning to stay there.  I will call them tomorrow and see
what rate they will give us, then let everyone know.  Once that's done,
you'll need to call individually and make reservations (just mention
you're with the group).

Look for answers tomorrow, or Friday at the latest.

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Vance:
have any arrangements been made with the Duke Inn for Lemurcon participants?
whats the deal?
thanks

martha
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Dear Vance,

Please be on the lookout for my registration.  It is on it's way.

thankyou,
R. Mills

[If you get two copies of this, sorry for clogging your mailbox.  I
sent it out to people individually but also wanted to catch the rest
of the people on the mailing list.             Vance]

OK folks, first off, apologies are in order.  It's taken me a couple
weeks longer to get this out than I said it would be.  Things have
been pretty hectic at work.  I hope it hasn't discouraged you from
going to Lemurcon this year.  The interest level so far has been
very high and I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

Anyway, here is the registration form.  Please fill it out and mail
it to me as soon as you've made up your mind to go.  If I don't
receive your form (and more importantly, your check :) by August 31,
it will make setting up all the arrangements more difficult, so
please stick to this deadline if at all possible.

======================================================================
                     L E M U R C O N   2 0 0 0
                         Registration Form
                     September 29 - October 1

Full Name(s) of Attendee(s):________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Place you're coming from:___________________________________________

E-Mail Address:_____________________________________________________
(note: if you don't check e-mail that frequently, also include a
phone number so I can let you know about any last-minute changes)

I will likely be writing up a summary of the event after
the fact.  If for reasons of privacy you do not want to        [   ]
be named in this, please check at right:

The official hotel will be the Carolina Duke Motor Inn at
the intersection of I-85 and Guess Road.  It's a nice clean
place with a pool and very reasonably priced (about $45 for    [   ]
two people?).  If enough people stay there, we'll get a group
rate.  If you plan to stay there, please check at right:

Registration Fees:
    Participation Fee - $40 x [    ] people = $_________
    (100% of this goes to DUPC)
    Saturday's Lunch  - $10 x [    ] people = $_________

    T-Shirt (S - XL)  - $12 x [    ] shirts = $_________
    (indicate sizes wanted, children's available)
    T-Shirt (XXL)     - $13 x [    ] shirts = $_________
    (sorry, these cost more to get made)      ===========

    TOTAL                                     $_________

The participation fee is required, all others are optional, though
it's probably a good idea to spring for the lunch (DUPC is a little
out of the way).  Be sure to let me know if you have any special
dietary requirements, e.g. vegetarian.

Make checks payable to Vance Kochenderfer.  If you are nervous
that I might run off with all the loot, you can make out two
checks; one to DUPC for the participation fee, and one to me
for the t-shirts and food (DUPC isn't involved in setting that
part up).  Any checks written to DUPC won't be cashed right away;
I'll take them along with me to Lemurcon, so don't let your account
balance run low in the meantime!

Send everything to: Vance Kochenderfer
                     819 Tydings Road
                     Havre de Grace, MD 21078
======================================================================

The following is a *tentative* schedule.  Start and end times for each
day are pretty solid, but all the ones in between are no more than
guesses at this point.  The order of tours, etc. will be rearranged
as well.  But it's a start.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
5:00 PM - Dinner at Bullock's Bar-B-Q or other local cuisine

7:00 PM - Go to DUPC for tour of natural habitat enclosures.

8:30 PM - Presentation, e.g. slide show (???)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
9:30 AM - Gather at DUPC.

10:00 AM - Morning tours (NHE's, outdoor cages, triplex?)

Noon - Lunch

1:00 PM - Chance for people in Adopt-a-Lemur to visit their
           adoptees.

1:30 PM - Afternoon Tours (Nocturnal Building, indoor cages)

3:00 PM - Volunteer service project for those not yet
           conquered by the North Carolina heat.

4:30/5 PM - Return to hotel to refresh.

6:30/7 PM - Dinner at local restaurant

Later - Whatever people feel like doing (bowling, tea party?)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
9:30/10 AM - End-of-con breakfast at Honey's Restaurant.

11:00 AM - Local sightseeing/relaxing by pool/whatever with
            whomever is remaining.

3/4 PM - Last remaining people filter away.  FIN.

E-mail is probably the best way to get in touch with me.  I'll be
out of town a lot between July 14 - 29, but will be home pretty
much continuously after that.

Again, sorry about the delay.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

In a message dated 6/21/00 12:57:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
vkochend@... writes:

<< Unless these results change significantly by Sunday, I'm setting the
  date as the 29th.   >>

That sounds great!  Thankyou
R. mills

> If you're interested in attending, head on down to
> <http://www.nyx.net/~vkochend/lc2kdate.html> and let me know which
> dates are acceptable.

So far, this is what it looks like (note that the "Yes" column also
includes "Preferred" responses):

                 No  Yes  Prefer  Total
    Sept 15-17:   5   17     5      22
Sept 29-Oct 1:   2   20     8      22

Unless these results change significantly by Sunday, I'm setting the
date as the 29th.  Next week, I'll put together information on
registration, hotel, etc. and contact everyone individually by e-mail
(as well as posting it here and on alt.fan.lemurs).

Vance Kochenderfer   | "It's not *you* that is the problem, it's all
vkochend@...     |  the other people on the net."  - Peter da Silva

In a message dated 6/12/00 11:54:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
vkochend@... writes:

<< the weekend of September 29,
  30, and October 1.
   >>

This would be my first choice as the other weekend includes Parent's Day at
our oldst dd'd college.

Rebecca

i think i missed something about the voullenter thing or something?

kortni

> Thanks for asking the question about the children!  From what I have read
> about the other events, it has not included children.  OK guys...what do you
> think?  I am homeschooling my youngest one, who is also a Lemur fan.  We have
> a little stuffed ring-tail on top of our computer at this very minute!  Might
> we include the younger generation?  Especially in the service project?

If memory serves me right, in 1995 we had at least one kid along.  They
are certainly welcome, although you need to keep the following
considerations in mind:

-You'll have to supervise them.  Neither the Primate Center nor the
  Lemurcon "staff" (i.e., me and anyone else who's helping) will be
  able to provide any form of babysitting.

-We will be walking around in the 10+ acre Natural Habitat Enclosures.
  It's not too strenuous, but very small children will need to be
  carried (hope you're in shape!) or kept back at the main building
  with an adult while the rest of the group tours the NHEs.

-Even people like me without children know that some are better
  behaved than others.  If yours are likely to be disruptive, the
  rest of the Lemurcon attendees will thank you if they stay at home.

So I'll leave it to you to consider these factors when deciding.
I hope it doesn't sound like I'm discouraging people from bringing
children, as I think most of them (especially if they are interested
in animals) will have a good time and learn a great deal.

As for the volunteer project, it usually involves manual labor,
but I'm sure they'll be able to participate in some way.

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Hello everybody!

The date for Lemurcon 2000 has been narrowed down to two choices:
the weekend of September 15, 16, 17 or the weekend of September 29,
30, and October 1.

If you're interested in attending, head on down to
<http://www.nyx.net/~vkochend/lc2kdate.html> and let me know which
dates are acceptable.  Once I have a good idea of when everyone is
available, I'll nail down some of the details and put out an
official announcement of the date, cost, and tentative schedule
of events.

E-mail me if you have trouble with the form.

Vance Kochenderfer     |   "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."
vkochend@...       |                     - Crow T. Robot

In a message dated 6/2/00 9:53:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
linda@... writes:

<< Hello!  We are rather new lemur fans.  We have never been to a Lemurcon,
but
  might like to try it out this fall.  Do you have an approximate registration
  cost or other fee information?  What kind of service project would we work
  on?  Do attendees bring their children?  Thanks for the info!

  Linda
  http://mamamanatee.com
  Mama Manatee: wildlife unit studies, toys, art and books.
   >>
Linda,
Thanks for asking the question about the children!  From what I have read
about the other events, it has not included children.  OK guys...what do you
think?  I am homeschooling my youngest one, who is also a Lemur fan.  We have
a little stuffed ring-tail on top of our computer at this very minute!  Might
we include the younger generation?  Especially in the service project?

Rebecca

On Wed, 31 May 2000, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:

> > What about the last weekend in Sept---the 29th and 30th? I think the

I have commitments for that weekend, unfortunately.

> This seems to be popular with a lot of people, and the weather should
> be good.  The question is whether Dr. Glander (DUPC's director) will
> be in the country then.  I'm getting in touch with him.

If he doesn't get back to you immediately, it's because he's leaving the
country either today or over the weekend, and will be gone (at a guess, I
don't remember exactly) 2-3 weeks.
--
----------------------------------------------------------------
Steve Burnett    Admin, webslingerZ     sburnett@...
              http://www.webslingerz.com/sburnett

Hi all...

I'm behind on email, what's new? I had almost forgotten I subscribed to the
LemurCon list since I hadn't heard anything in forever! I haven't been to
one, yet, but I would love to attend LemurCon 2000!

for dates, my bday is 25 Aug, so I think having Lemurcon the last weekend
in August would be a memorable birthday present *grin* but if late
September is the general consensus and works for the most people, it's fine
by me...just let me know dates, and any other weekend stuff will get
planned around it ;-)

Vance - thanks for offering to coordinate...I've coordinated events before,
I know it can be a bit of an undertaking...let me know if I can help with
any of the smaller tasks :-)

oh, and I don't read the alt.fan.lemurs newsgroup, so please send any
lemurcon updates to the mailing list or to me directly, thanks :-)

cheers,
-rori



>Newsgroups: alt.fan.lemurs
>Subject: Lemurcon (was: Duke University Primate Center)
>From: vkochend@... (Vance Kochenderfer)
>Message-ID: <958451456.85064@...>
>
>If memory serves me right, in article <3920B5A0.30E901CE@...>,
>Jay Furr  <jfurr@...> wrote:
>>Incidentally, now that I'm trying to be a little more active here, I'd
>>just like to say that the Duke University Primate Center is still the #1
>>place to see lemurs, help lemurs, and keep lemurs from going extinct.
>
>This is also a good time to bring up the subject of Lemurcon.  For
>those of you who don't know, Lemurcon is an annual (usually) gathering
>of alt.fan.lemurs readers and anyone else interested.  It is held over
>a weekend in the Spring or Autumn at the Primate Center.
>
>Lemurcon includes the following:
>   - A *very* extensive tour of the center
>   - One or more presentations on some aspect of lemur study
>   - A service project to benefit the center
>   - Fellowship with other lemur fanatics and the chance to eat
>     some damn fine barbecue
>
>When does Lemurcon take place?  Well, there's the rub.  Because it
>is loosely organized, there is no predefined date.  It depends on
>a number of factors, including the weather, availability of Primate
>Center staff, and generally when people feel like going.
>
>So I'm asking - who is interested in going this year, and when are
>you available?  I think that it's too late to plan something before
>the summer heat arrives, so late August or September is our best
>bet.  I am willing to coordinate.
>
>Please post here in alt.fan.lemurs and e-mail me if you are
>interested.
>
>Vance Kochenderfer     | "It's a family place.  It's a place for
>vkochend@...       |  perverts.  It's everything rolled into
>                       |  one."  - Glee Willis, describing the Internet
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com:
>http://click.egroups.com/1/4052/9/_/83157/_/958686685/
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

Hello!  We are rather new lemur fans.  We have never been to a Lemurcon, but
might like to try it out this fall.  Do you have an approximate registration
cost or other fee information?  What kind of service project would we work
on?  Do attendees bring their children?  Thanks for the info!

Linda
http://mamamanatee.com
Mama Manatee: wildlife unit studies, toys, art and books.

In a message dated 5/31/00 11:35:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
marmstr@... writes:

<< What about the last weekend in Sept---the 29th and 30th? I think the
  weather is still dependable then....Is it too late to plan T-shirts? >>

I wrote a week or so ago but I guess did something wrong...i don't think it
went through.  Anyway, I would also like to be included in Lemurcon plans.
I've never been, but wanted to.  This date sounds good to me at this time.  I
first came to love lemurs 3 years ago with my first trip to the center with
my daughter's scout troop.

Rebecca

Do include me in the Lemurcon plans this year!
REbecca

> I think September is a great idea, since it won't be swelteringly hot,

> What about the last weekend in Sept---the 29th and 30th? I think the

This seems to be popular with a lot of people, and the weather should
be good.  The question is whether Dr. Glander (DUPC's director) will
be in the country then.  I'm getting in touch with him.

> Is it too late to plan T-shirts?

I don't think so.  Renee Bosler did them a couple years ago, perhaps
she could be persuaded again?

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Cool! Can I take the Gimp icon at the bottom of the page that you're running
Linux? :-)  (If not, I'm
just ignorant.) :-)

Vance Kochenderfer wrote:

> Just a note to all of you collectively (I'll respond to everyone who
> is interested this year individually when I get a chance) that I have
> set up a web page at <http://www.nyx.net/~vkochend/lcon2000.html> that
> will house the plans for this year's event.  Right now there's not much
> to see.

Yvonne

--
"Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words
   of Socrates, when he said, "I drank what?" --Chris Knight

Just a note to all of you collectively (I'll respond to everyone who
is interested this year individually when I get a chance) that I have
set up a web page at <http://www.nyx.net/~vkochend/lcon2000.html> that
will house the plans for this year's event.  Right now there's not much
to see.

Notices will also go to this list and alt.fan.lemurs when there are
developments, so hopefully everybody will be kept informed.  The main
thing for me to do right now is contact DUPC and try to coordinate
with them.

If you have any suggestions for fun things to do this year, post here
or on alt.fan.lemurs.  Sorry, Jay, but public nudity won't be an
option (except for the lemurs).

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend@...          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger

Hey everyone....
I think September is a great idea, since it won't be swelteringly hot,
as I recall from LC '95--mosquitos the size of cargo transports.
What about the last weekend in Sept---the 29th and 30th? I think the
weather is still dependable then....Is it too late to plan T-shirts?
Votes? Ideas?

Martha Spalding Mozingo
LC '95

Anytime other than weekends of Sept. 9-10 and Sept. 23-24 is good for
me. Haven't been yet, always have wanted to go!!

--
Yvonne
96 M "Deacon Blues"
lemur@...

"Let the wild rumpus start"

Hello?  What's up with Lemurcon?

I went back in 1995 and would be interested in coming again in
September.

Andy Holman

I am interested but Labor Day weekend is bad but anytime before or after is
good.

gene



At 10:54 PM 05/15/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I posted the following message to alt.fan.lemurs - I'm sending it to
>the list in case some of you don't subscribe to the newsgroup.
>
>==========
>
>Newsgroups: alt.fan.lemurs
>Subject: Lemurcon (was: Duke University Primate Center)
>From: vkochend@... (Vance Kochenderfer)
>Message-ID: <958451456.85064@...>
>
>If memory serves me right, in article <3920B5A0.30E901CE@...>,
>Jay Furr  <jfurr@...> wrote:
>>Incidentally, now that I'm trying to be a little more active here, I'd
>>just like to say that the Duke University Primate Center is still the #1
>>place to see lemurs, help lemurs, and keep lemurs from going extinct.
>
>This is also a good time to bring up the subject of Lemurcon.  For
>those of you who don't know, Lemurcon is an annual (usually) gathering
>of alt.fan.lemurs readers and anyone else interested.  It is held over
>a weekend in the Spring or Autumn at the Primate Center.
>
>Lemurcon includes the following:
>   - A *very* extensive tour of the center
>   - One or more presentations on some aspect of lemur study
>   - A service project to benefit the center
>   - Fellowship with other lemur fanatics and the chance to eat
>     some damn fine barbecue
>
>When does Lemurcon take place?  Well, there's the rub.  Because it
>is loosely organized, there is no predefined date.  It depends on
>a number of factors, including the weather, availability of Primate
>Center staff, and generally when people feel like going.
>
>So I'm asking - who is interested in going this year, and when are
>you available?  I think that it's too late to plan something before
>the summer heat arrives, so late August or September is our best
>bet.  I am willing to coordinate.
>
>Please post here in alt.fan.lemurs and e-mail me if you are
>interested.
>
>Vance Kochenderfer     | "It's a family place.  It's a place for
>vkochend@...       |  perverts.  It's everything rolled into
>                       |  one."  - Glee Willis, describing the Internet
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com:
>http://click.egroups.com/1/4052/9/_/83157/_/958686685/
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

Vance:
i was at Lemurcon '95 and would like to attend this year with my new
husband who also loves lemurs.
fall is good.
keep me on the email list, but change my email to the following:

minx1020@...

thanks
martha spalding

I posted the following message to alt.fan.lemurs - I'm sending it to
the list in case some of you don't subscribe to the newsgroup.

==========

Newsgroups: alt.fan.lemurs
Subject: Lemurcon (was: Duke University Primate Center)
From: vkochend@... (Vance Kochenderfer)
Message-ID: <958451456.85064@...>

If memory serves me right, in article <3920B5A0.30E901CE@...>,
Jay Furr  <jfurr@...> wrote:
>Incidentally, now that I'm trying to be a little more active here, I'd
>just like to say that the Duke University Primate Center is still the #1
>place to see lemurs, help lemurs, and keep lemurs from going extinct.

This is also a good time to bring up the subject of Lemurcon.  For
those of you who don't know, Lemurcon is an annual (usually) gathering
of alt.fan.lemurs readers and anyone else interested.  It is held over
a weekend in the Spring or Autumn at the Primate Center.

Lemurcon includes the following:
    - A *very* extensive tour of the center
    - One or more presentations on some aspect of lemur study
    - A service project to benefit the center
    - Fellowship with other lemur fanatics and the chance to eat
      some damn fine barbecue

When does Lemurcon take place?  Well, there's the rub.  Because it
is loosely organized, there is no predefined date.  It depends on
a number of factors, including the weather, availability of Primate
Center staff, and generally when people feel like going.

So I'm asking - who is interested in going this year, and when are
you available?  I think that it's too late to plan something before
the summer heat arrives, so late August or September is our best
bet.  I am willing to coordinate.

Please post here in alt.fan.lemurs and e-mail me if you are
interested.

Vance Kochenderfer     | "It's a family place.  It's a place for
vkochend@...       |  perverts.  It's everything rolled into
                        |  one."  - Glee Willis, describing the Internet

Yearly conference and get together for the participants of the USENET newsgroup
alt.fan.lemurs, and anyone else interested in lemurs.

Lemurcon takes place at the Duke University Primate Center - The world's
foremost institution for lemur research and conservation.

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