[sac-board] Re: SAC Meeting Minutes: 2010/04/30
- From: Gene A Lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 06:11:09 -0700
Good job, Paul, and prompt, too!
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At the risk of regurgitating a somewhat "commercial" site, but one
filled with lots of neat info... here is the scoop on Tom Clark and his
big scopes:
http://www.tomclarkbooks.com/tomclarkbooks.com/About_the_Author.html
Not mentioned by Randy Peterson.... there is a wealth of information
available on the IOTA main web pages:
http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm
Cheers,
Gene Lucas
(17250)
Paul Dickson wrote:
> [I arrived at 1935]
>
> SAC Board Meeting Minutes: 2010/04/30
>
> SAC voted on changes to the club's constitution regarding board vacancies.
>
> Rick Tejera reminded everyone of the surplus t-shirts from the Messier
> marathon. Jack Jones had also brought previous shirts to be sold.
>
> Rick suggest that, to remember David Fredericksen, we rename 5-mile Meadow as
> Fredericksen's Meadow for our uses. This motion was voted on and approved by
> the membership.
>
> Rick gave out observing awards for club members accomplishments. He started
> with the award for the SAC 110 Best of the NGC, which was awarded to Steve
> and Rosie Dodder. He then gave out the awards for the Messier marathon to
> our SAC members. The marathon had a total of 48 participants, with 16
> getting first place of 109 objects.
>
> Dick Harshaw continued the meeting and announced the constitution change had
> passed and Mitch Prause was nominated to the position of treasurer.
> Nominations were then closed and Mitch being the only one still being
> nominated, was voted into the position.
>
> Steve Coe then introduced Tom Clark who talked about making an observatory in
> your backyard. He built a domed observatory for his 42" telescope.
>
> Steve Dodder reminded us of the 50/50 raffle and the Novice Group services.
> He invited new members to visit him down in Maricopa and several people had
> already taken him up on the offer. As for the north rim of the Grand Canyon
> Star Party, he let us know that there was only 2 free night left for the room
> at the Kaibab Lodge (Saturday and Wednesday).
>
> There was a break at 2032 until 2048. Tom Polakis then introduced Randy
> Peterson who spoke on Asteroid Occultations. He covered what it is, how to
> do them, and equipment needed. He is available for more information at
> rgpeterson@xxxxxxxx
>
> There was a lively question and answer period at the end of the period with a
> lot of info regarding equipment. Some internet sites provided by Randy were:
>
> http://asteroidoccultation.com
> http://poyntsource.com/New/
>
> The OccultWatcher program:
> http://hristopavlov.net/OccultWatcher/publish.htm
>
> The meeting adjourned at 2141. There were 44 people attending.
>
> -Paul Dickson
>
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