PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER - SPECIAL EDITION Volume 7, Number 44 (October 1, 2013) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Susan Benecchi Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o---------------------------SPECIAL EDITION---------------------------o IMPACT OF US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON DPS CONFERENCE In case the government shutdown continues and civil servants cannot travel to the DPS meeting, we are issuing the following guidelines: - Presenters who are affected may ask a colleague to give their presentations. - We are trying to assess if hotel cancellations will impact our minimum hotel block. If you cancel your reservation at the Sheraton, please email Kim Earle (kim.earle@aas.org) - We cannot refund registration fees. In exceptional cases, where this would cause personal hardship, we will consider the request after the meeting, once we know our financial status. - We will still go ahead with Agency Night, on Tuesday next week from 7:30 to 9:00 pm, re-arranging the program and speakers if needed. We sincerely hope that the US government issues will get resolved in the next few days and that our civil servant colleagues will be able to come to Denver. Rosaly Lopes, DPS Chair [Reprinted from DPS Newsletter] *********************************************************************** * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html, or * send a request to pen_editor at psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor at psi.edu * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. Go to * http://planetarynews.org/submission.html for complete submission * directions. * * PEN is a service provided by the Planetary Science Institute * (http://www.psi.edu) using no NASA funds. All editorial work is * volunteer. **********************************************************************