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From All Star II
All Star II Family Conference 2010 has ended. Below is a description of the conference.
Join us for All Star II 2011. The dates are now confirmed: July 9 - 16, 2011. Our Chairs will be Noni and Jim Cooper. Further details will be posted here soon. Check back!
AS II 2010: Saturday, July 3 to Saturday, July 10
Chairs: Joni and Brian Lipton, as2Chairs2010@gmail.com, 301-424-7081
2010 Conference Information:
Renewal on the Rocks..... Discover the magic as we gather with family and friends on an Island ten miles out to relax, reflect and renew. During All Star II, young and old will awake to the sounds of ocean and gulls, marvel at the diversity of flora and fellow Shoalers, and close each day with an inspirational candlelight service in Star's historic stone chapel. Hours in between are filled with sports, art, music, rowing, theatre, reading, friendship, and a thought provoking lecture series, or simply relaxing in a porch rocker at the Oceanic Hotel, communing with one's self, one's family, and old and new friends. Morning and afternoon children's programs led by our wonderful and expert staff offer creative fun for the kids. Gather with us in 2010 for laughter, friendship and spiritual renewal.
2010 Speaker and Theme:
The Times They Are a Changin’… Are They Really?
How hard is it to make political change in America? A look at what has happened to our politics, our campaigns, the issues that really matter. From 24-hour news channels, to the rise of social media, to the decline of traditional press coverage, how do we make sense of it all?
Our guest speaker, Peter Fenn, is President of Fenn Communications Group in Washington DC, a political consulting firm that has worked in over 300 campaigns, from mayor to President. Peter and his firm have also served as media advisors to Fortune 500 companies, advocacy groups, and non profits, as well as internationally. Peter teaches at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and is a frequent guest on cable news and the major networks. He can be seen regularly on Saturday mornings on MSNBC opposite Pat Buchanan.
Minister: The Reverend Erica Baron, Minister of the UU Church of Rutland and UU Fellowship of Bennington, will be joining us as a New Shoaler and our Minister of the Week. Erica began her journey as a Unitarian Universalist in the First UU Society of Burlington, Vermont, at age 1. Since then, she’s been active in large, small, and mid-size Unitarian Universalist congregations, and even experienced Unitarianism in Ireland for a year. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School. She currently serves as the minister of the Unitarian Universalist congregations of Rutland and Bennington, Vermont. She also served on the staff of Northeast Leadership School for 3 years, and currently serves on the Commission on Appraisal.
Registration: A room and board deposit of $150 per person (age six and older) is due with registration. Also, a registration fee of $100 for adults (18+) and $85 for children, up to $370 per family, is due with registration. When registering, please combine the room and board deposit and the registration fee into one check. $10 of the registration fee will be donated to the Ginny Levine Shoalership Fund. Additional donations to this fund are welcome. Please mail the completed Star registration form and ONE CHECK payable to “All Star II Conference” to: Ron Cordes, 3 Jeffrey Circle, Bedford, MA 01730, 781-275-6181, as2registrar@teamflow.com. Each adult child out of high school must register separately. Registrations received before March 10 will be given priority and treated as if postmarked on March 10. Registrations postmarked after March 10 will be accepted, space available. The room & board deposit and registration fee are refundable until May 21, 2010.
NEW THIS YEAR: All letters, (acceptance, waitlist, volunteer job, boat letter, etc), will be sent via email, so don't forget to include your email address on your blue registration form. If you do not have an email address, please include a self addressed stamped envelope with your registration and we will snail mail the letters to you.
Financial Aid: Financial assistance is available to individuals with need through the The Ginny Levine Shoalership Fund. For information and application, click on The Ginny Levine Shoalership Fund or call Mary Ellen Mellen at 860-537-1814. All inquiries and awards are kept confidential.
Boat Schedule: Depart Portsmouth, N.H. aboard the Thomas Laighton on Saturday, July 3 at 2:25 p.m. Depart Star on Saturday, July 10, at 8:45 am.
The All Star II Family Conference
Enjoy talks on the rocks and walks on the rocks; painting and dancing; kids and games and classes and stories, choirs and colors of evening. Tennis and softball and Frisbees and kites; speakers and singers, pickers and players and sitting and knitting. Brains and brawn, exhilaration and meditation; swimming and volleyball, expectation, exhaustion, and showering. The sun, the gulls, the moon, the stars; candles and sandals, soothing and singing, and the grass and the flowers; the ocean, the sails, the masts and the waves, and the porch and the friends, oh the friends. Rocking and reading and listening. Join us!
- Conference Registration and Acceptance FAQ -- frequently asked questions about how to register
- Frequently Asked Questions -- and their answers
- The Ginny Levine Shoalership Fund -- financial aid for conference attendees
- Past Conferences -- list of chairs and speakers from previous years
- In Memoriam - Toby Wood
Information for Shoalers (Conference Attendees)
- Directions to Portsmouth Dock
- Job descriptions -- Editable descriptions of all conference jobs
- Other Star Island information
Behind the Scenes
- All Star II Corporation -- the organization that runs the conference
- The Star Island Corporation -- the organization that runs the Island
- Star Island general Mailing list -- Send Starisland-l mailing list submissions to starisland-l@lists.uua.org. To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Web, visit the list home page. You can reach the person managing the list at starisland-l-owner@lists.uua.org.
