Hi All, I received this "Special Invitation" for SAC to join the "Cosmos Portal" and feel a bit obligated to pass in on to see what you think. Maybe a few of our techno-geeks can look into for us--I tried but couldn't really decipher if I should give it the SPAM of the year award or if it's a legitimate effort by concerned scientists to bring the astro world together in a more productive manner. Help! Thanks, Jennifer Polakis, VP, SAC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Haisch" <bernard.haisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <M24@xxxxxxx>; <treasurer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <acrayon@xxxxxxx>; <properties@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>; <newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <publicevents@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <atmgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <bernard.haisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:53 PM Subject: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal > Dear Officers of the Saguaro Astronomy Club, > > This is an invitation to your organization and its members to help build > the Cosmos Portal. > > The 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations has designated 2009 as the > International Year of Astronomy. The non-profit Digital Universe > Foundation is gearing up to act as a major source of astronomy news and > information for the public via its free Cosmos Portal being developed by > astronomers and space scientists (http://beta.manyone.net/cosmos), > > In parallel we intend to bring hundreds of active amateur astronomy > organizations and thousands of amateur astronomers and telescope makers > together in a community of websites. This will allow vibrant online > collaboration and information sharing. See the Astrochannels Portal for > example (http://beta.manyone.net/astrochannels). > > To join, simply go to http://beta.manyone.net/cosmos and select > "Communities" at the top of the left-hand set of tabs. On the page that > then appears select the green JOIN MANYONE TODAY on the right. This > service is free with ads or $8/month without ads. > > Once you complete the short sign-up form you will get an email > registration confirmation. Use that to log in. A "My Dashboard" page will > then appear. Select "Create a Portal." This opens an edit page. You can > either fill this with all sorts of content -- articles, news, blogs, > events, astrophotography galleries -- or link to your existing website. > > To make your portal part of the Cosmos Community go to the bottom of the > edit page and click on the + sign next to Science & Technology. Then click > on the square box next to Cosmos. This connects your portal to the Cosmos > Community. Click Submit to finish. > > Hope you decide to participate in the Cosmos Portal. Send me an email if > you have any questions. > > Bernard Haisch > -- > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Dr. Bernard Haisch > 519 Cringle Drive > Redwood Shores, CA 94065 > ------------------- > phone: 650-593-8581, fax: 650-595-4466 > email: <haisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >