[sac-forum] Re: [sac-board] Fw: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal

Would there/could there be any damage done by simply posting a link to our SAC site?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:58 AM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: [sac-board] Fw: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal
My old club in Kansas City is all a-buzz about this thing since the IYA 2009 
is all about public outreach, which they are into more than observing.  It
is a vigorous outreach project and the web-cam idea supports that, but like 
AJ, that's not my cup of tea.  If you are really excited about outreach,
though, you may want to check this out. The Astronomical League is pushing 
it like meth at a carnival.


Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ


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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:40 AM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: [sac-board] Fw: Invitation to join the Cosmos
Portal
As Jennifer indicates, I too, got the Cosmos Portal e-mail and did a little 
piking around.  So far my computer still works as it did before, so there
doesn't seem to be any sinister plot afoot here.  With the little looking
around that was done it appears they are looking for folks to use web
cameras attached to telescopes to dynamically post on the web for the entire 

planet to see. Since this isn't my interest I quit looking.  Perhaps there
is more, but didn't see any obvious place to submit observations.

AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Polakis" <m24@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [sac-board] Fw: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal


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
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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
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