Celesticon wanders about the SF Bay Area, and is in Fremont this year. Frank was at last year's as well. His seminar about Striker was recorded and is around here somewhere...
http://www.celesticon.com/
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> James--
>
> Yes, you definitely should, I think he would appreciate that. And make
> sure he knows it is also in tribute to him, as well as to the actual
> absent friends that you will all be remembering. I know there are several
> that Frank will think of. Winston Hamilton, Bill and Andy Keith, Gary
> Gygax....
>
> Where is Celesticon?
>
> Loren was working on them at GDW. My understanding was that shortly after
> the Traveller license went back to Marc that was supposed to be a
> non-starter, as Marc didn't want to pursue TNE concepts, but since then I
> think it is a possibility again. However, Loren's health issues complicate
> that, and there are other projects he is trying to work on as well.
>
> Much of Loren's deckplans (he would show them to me at GDW, we were
> next-door neighbors on the back hallway) were of all of the individual
> modules. And of course, he would just barely get started on one module
> when that would make him think of another one, and another, and another,
> which would cause him/us to go back to FF&S to design them.
>
> Dave
>
> > We shall have to make sure we hold our roughly annual Toast to Absent
> > Friends at Celesticon this year, then, since Frank is scheduled to be
> > there.
> >
> > I know Loren was working on deckplans for the Clipper at one point. He
> > made it sound like a matter of pride to complete. Not sure how far he's
> > gotten, but my attempt stopped (well before hearing of his) when I did the
> > tonnage breakdown for the Clipper and realized just how much of the bare
> > Clipper is behind the Engineering firewall.
>