[pasmembers] Re: looking for input about events for 2013
- From: "Eric Steinberg" <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:03:23 -0400
Hi-
I would definitely do all Black Mtn. star parties. The viewing at the
main campus wasn't so good when I joined last October, and has
deteriorated noticeably since then. Also, last quarter is much better
than first quarter because of the rise/set times - at last quarter the
moon rises around 10:30 pm; at first quarter it rises during the day and
sets midnight or later... In fact, from about three days after full,
until three or four days after the new moon, the viewing is pretty good.
Eric
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Subject: [pasmembers] looking for input about events for 2013
Good morning PAS Members & Jenny,
I am working on the 2012 / 2013 season of events.
Here's my question:
How many Black Mountain Campus star parties do you want to do?
What we usually do for PVCC Main campus is:
1 Indoor / outdoor astro event per semester w/Star Party (fall & spring)
A MOM on every last Thursday of those months
A PAS Meeting every 1st Thursday of those months
Telescope Workshops, where we can fit them w/Star Party
Then, what we did, was move all the "Just" Star Parties from the
Main Campus to Black Mountain. We kept, this year, the rest of
the activities at the Main Campus so we'd have G-147 nearby to use.
So do we want to stick to 1 Black Mountain Campus star party
each semester, or would I have the attendance needed if
I put in 2 of those events, in one semester, if the moon phase
was just right?
And do we want those events on 1st Quarter moon, or do we
prefer to have them at New or 3rd Quarter since we love how
dark it is in that location?
Remember, all events at PVCC Main or Black Mountain Campus are on
Thursdays.
Here's what i have so far:
Spring 2013
January has
1 PAS meeting
1 Telescope Workshop - main campus
1 MOM
Feb has
1 PAS meeting
PVCC Black Mountain star party
1 Telescope Workshop - main campus
1 MOM
That fills all Thursdays' in February
March has
1 PAS Meeting
1 Telescope Workshop - Main Campus
1 Indoor astro event
1 MOM
That fills all Thursdays in March
April has - another Thursday filled month
1 PAS Meeting
1 Telescope Workshop - main Campus
1 PVCC Black Mountain star party
1 MOM
May has
1 PAS Meeting
1 Telescope Workshop - Main Campus
1 Black Mountain Campus
1 MOM
That's 3 Black Mountain star parties in one semester. Do we have
the people who will want to cover this event and do you want it on
which phase of the moon. I can shift these around if necessary.
And i didn't list them in the order I'm putting them in the calendar,
it is random.
When I used to send out the event list, which included all public and
private
events, I"d get back, from the public, that we didn't have many public
events,
and they wanted more events they could attend. So, I quit sending the
public,
the private events as well, and cut their list to just public events.
That solved the
problem for a while. Now I"m being told I need to have events in Tempe
and
Chandler and Mesa. I'm ignoring that request. Anyway, the way to do
public
outreach, is have more public events. And the PVCC Black Mountain star
party
seems to be a big hit! If you don't mind several of them in a semester,
with
the knowledge that bad weather could wipe them out, then I'd like to
have
more of them available for the public. Just my thought.
Plus all Telescope Workshops at PVCC main Campus are star parties, and
the
Indoor Astro events are also Star Parties. That covers just about 1000%
of our
activities with PVCC are public. The MOM"s is public but we don't
usually get that
many public attending, however, that is how we got a few of our members.
Fall Semester 2013
September has
1 PAS meeting
1 Telescope Workshop - main campus
1 Indoor Event
NO MOM
October has
1 PAS meeting
1 Black Mountain star party
1 Telescope workshop
NO MOM
November currently has
1 PAS Meeting
December has
1 PAS Meeting
Your input is requested.
I'm open for suggestions.
Thanks for your input.
Terri, Event Coordinator
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