UMB Experts humour me here,

I need to email a group of Umbraco Members and access custom properties.

//Get the Users ...OK

string[] roles = new string[n];
string[] users = new string[n];

roles = System.Web.Security.Roles.GetAllRoles();

//Get Users in role
users = Roles.GetUsersInRole(roles[i]); //iterated here because I could select
multiple Roles/Umbraco MemberGroups...

//OK lets get some properties...

Uhhh... this is where I'm in outer-world darkness I cannot convert an Umbraco Member to an System.Web.Security.MembershipUser
I can't use theses...
-GetMemberFromLoginName(name)... Obsolete, returns empty collection
-GetMemberFromEmail(email); Obsolete, returns empty collection

so how would one iterate through the users array, convert the names into Umbraco Members, and then access the custom member properties?