Reminder Pricing Changes for February

[Anthony Cooper]

First, I hate cross posting but I've seen that there are only 293 members in the Announce list and 428 members in the General list so I'm going to break my rules about cross posting. This time! If you want to join one or the other lists here are the instructions for joining.  http://lunar.org/docs/lists/lists.shtml 

There are only two days until the pricing changes. If you wish to renew for multiple years, that is OK.

Hello LUNAR’tics

As you probably know, LUNAR was founded with the charter of providing safe and legal launch services for educational purposes. Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, we have provided these services to educational groups at no cost for decades. However, the surge in the ARC contest popularity, combined with our hosting of increasingly high-power flights, has strained our finances. We have not changed our fees for over 2 decades.

Here is the full version so you can understand our plight. Snow Ranch costs us $1,000/year plus $500 for portable toilets per launch. The website costs us $30/month. The storage locker costs us $60/month. Hollister costs us $175/launch. Then there is equipment maintenance, and the government takes a small filing fee from us. Over the last 8 years, we have covered 55% of our expenses. Money earned during the Maker Faire days supported us for those years. We have nearly depleted that surplus. At the board meeting on December 18, the board decided to raise the walk-on fee to $20/launch/family and our membership fees to $50/year/family, starting February 1, 2026. Youth groups such as Scouts and ARC will remain free.

We hope you understand our needs and we all wish you a joyous holiday season. Perhaps you can ask Santa for a LUNAR donation?

To renew your membership before the price increase, use this link. https://paypal.com/ncp/payment/WVB3STS26K7QS If you are not a current member, fill out this application http://lunar.org/membership.shtml and send it to membe...@lunar.org noting that you paid via PayPal. 

To renew at the new rate, use this link. https://paypal.com/ncp/payment/AMQ98QMQM7V86 If you are not a current member, fill out this application http://lunar.org/membership.shtml and send it to  membe...@lunar.org noting that you paid via PayPal. 

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Anthony M. Cooper
31120 Chicoine Ave.
Hayward, CA 94544-7432
VP and Membership for lunar.org
Cell: 510-589-5292

[Conner Kuhns]

And Tony, if you're already currently up to date on your membership and want to just donate, what's the link to that? Or can you just send money via paypal to the email address, membe...@lunar.org?

Thanks!

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[William Kellermann]

If your company uses Benevity for charitable donation matching, that’s the best way to go.  Double’s the gift. 

William Kellermann 

wt...@me.com

On Jan 30, 2026, at 9:56 AM, Conner Kuhns <conner...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Anthony Cooper]

We do use Benevity.

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Anthony M. Cooper
31120 Chicoine Ave.
Hayward, CA 94544-7432

VP for http://lunar.org

Cell: 510-589-5292

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[Sheryl Cooper]

If your membership is current, you can extend your membership at the old rate of $25 per family through 1/31/26. Starting 2/1/26 membership goes to $50 per year/per family.

To renew your membership before the price increase, use this link. https://paypal.com/ncp/payment/WVB3STS26K7QS If you are not a current member, fill out this application http://lunar.org/membership.shtml and send it to membe...@lunar.org noting that you paid via PayPal. 

Otherwise if you wish to donate instead, here is the link.  https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WKQ2X6R89E4ML

Sheryl

LUNAR Treasurer

trea...@lunar.org