[sac-board] Re: Herschel II Award

A J,

Here's a suggestion:

As a award have SAC pay for an individual membership-at-large for Joe in the 
AL. Then Joe could get the award from AL. SAC could recognize the 
acheivement with a letter of recognition ( or something like it).

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
To: "SAC Bored" <SAC-Board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:56 AM
Subject: [sac-board] Herschel II Award


> As a few of you know Joe Goss has completed this observing program and I'm 
> trying to determine what should the Deep Sky Group Chairman, along with 
> agreement of the Board, present as an award.
> I've spoke with the Herschel II program managers and they indicate that to 
> get this award one, or their club, must be a member of the Astronomical 
> League.  Emphasis here is on the word must as there isn't any other way 
> they will support this award.  Let me say right now, up front, I'm not 
> interested in SAC becoming a member of the AL just to present this award 
> to Joe or any of the others that have indicated to me they will start this 
> program shortly.  The only AL observing award that is presented to people 
> that aren't a member is the Herschel 400.
>
> Now, with that background, it seem awarding just the telescope plate for 
> the HII program is a step down from the H400.  As a reminder the H400 has 
> the SAC plate plus a pin and certificate from the AL.
>
> So the question is, what should we present as an award for completing the 
> Herschel II observing program?
>
> AJ Crayon
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
>

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