[sac-forum] Re: Curious

Yes, Tom, a member-at-large can get the awards and bling pins ( I have ten of 
them).  Nice little "merit badges", but some of the programs are, IMHO, a joke. 
 As an AL master observer, I have expressed that opinion to the League with 
mixed results (as you might expect).

The only other AL benefit is access to liability insurance that covers star 
parties.  It is not a killer policy, but it would help in the case of a law 
suit.


Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ


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---- Tim Jones <timj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> So, if the club becomes a society member, it will cost the club  
> $10.00.  It can then be left up to each member to decide if they want  
> to pay the additional $7.50 (or $5.00 if more than 95% join).


I always had the notion that AL membership was expensive, but Tim's summary 
cleared things up for me.  A $10 annual club fee, and the individual option of 
joining, seems reasonable, and a trivial expense for SAC.

For the record, I have no interest in joining the AL, but I'd support club 
membership.  As I understand it, those who are working on observing programs 
would be entitled to some nice observing club bling with AL membership.

http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/AlphabeticObservingClubs.html

Does the AL administer these pins to non-AL clubs?  The Reflector and AL 
meetings likely have no value to SAC, but are there other benefits worth 
discussing?

Tom
(just wanted to be the first on this list to use the word "bling")

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