[telescoperos] Fwd: News from Sidewalk Astronomers
- From: "Carlos Contreras" <clubcientifico@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: telescoperos <telescoperos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:22:14 -0400
La pobre Donna está algo atareada y John tuvo un leve infarto. Pide que solo
envíen los datos de la actividad del 12, yo la haré el 13.
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From: Donna Smith <sidewalkastronomynight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/4/6
Subject: News from Sidewalk Astronomers
To: clubcientifico@xxxxxxxxx
Sidewalk Astronomers
ISAN and other news
* Worldwide Activities -
Help us stay connected!
*
We are lucky to be involved in an activity that connects us to others around
the world, but that also means that it is increasingly hard to keep up with
all the events. Someone recently said "it's hard enough keeping up with what
is happening locally, let alone globally."
If you've visited the
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website lately, you've noticed that I've taken the calendars down. I wasn't
happy with the Google calendar that I was using and I am looking for a
calendar or code to post a page where you can post your own activities. If
anyone has an idea or can help with that, please contact me.
Share
Your Ideas IYA EVENTS
S
I am sure that many of you are involved in planning IYA activities for next
year. We'd like to hear what all of you are organizing and what kind of
activities you plan on holding. Also, if you have hand out materials that
you'd like to share, we'd be happy to post them on the website so that
others can copy or download them.
We've noticed that events vary in different geographic areas and some of the
best events we've had here in the Los Angeles area were ones where we
incorporated ideas from clubs around the world.
Address Form - *ONLY* if you don't have email.
Name: ________________________
Street Address: ________________________
City: _________________________
State/Province: ________________________
Country: ________________________
Postal Code: ________________________
Phone number: ________________________
Club Affiliation: ________________________
Youth or Adult: ________________________
Amateur Telescope Maker?: ________________________
Mail to:
Sidewalk Astronomers
921 W. Olive Avenue
Burbank, California 91506
USA
Dobson Collection
Information on or copies of the following items needed: magazine/newspaper
articles or just send us the issue information
articles of John's or copies of old SA newsletters
photos, video, or audio of John's talks
Information on telescopes that John owned or made
Awards that he might have left behind because of the lack of room in his
luggage.
Making Donations and other Misc. Information We've been asked about how
to pay for buttons or make a donation without using PayPal on the website,
just send an international money order to our Hollywood address. Also
for the student groups that couldn't afford to pay for each button and
postage, we appreciate any donation you can make.
We have also had a lot of comments from China that the CafePress store link
doesn't work, it must be something with China - it works when we try. Any
ideas?
*Greetings!*
When you joined the email list, you had a choice of signing up for ISAN or
for General Sidewalk Information and those lists have been merged. The
articles in the monthly newsletters will be about ISAN and also about issues
and activities of the Sidewalk Astronomers. I hope all of you who signed up
because of ISAN will choose to continue receiving these emails.
The response to ISAN this year has been great. We haven't promoted it with
nearly as much effort as we did last year because that level of work was so
difficult to maintain. Last year, we sent out over 2000 emails inviting
clubs and individuals to join and this year, you guys have done it all. We
simply sent the email to you on the list and you have forwarded the
information and the result is that we have nearly the same amount of
participation that we had last year.
There will be a results page on the website that will be available for you
to post results. Please do not post until after you've been out on the 12th.
And we encourage everyone to post their results. We are still receiving
emails from amateurs who took part last year that we were unaware of. We
receive so many of these emails that our guess is that whatever we have
posted, the actual participation is double.
We're looking forward to a great 2nd ISAN and thank all of you for making it
a success.
ISAN Buttons
All the buttons requested have been mailed. If you ordered buttons and you
live in Iran, Syria or other countries with "documents only" restrictions,
your package was returned to us. Many of the orders were emailed and many
were orders placed through our website/pay pal account. If you live in one
of these countries and ordered through pay pal, please let me know so that I
can reverse the charges and refund your money.
We also received many late requests from China for buttons. I have sent
them, I just don't know if they will get there in time and we couldn't
afford expedited shipping. If you don't receive your buttons, I suggest you
copy the artwork from the website and print on large mailing labels. I did
this last year to hand out stickers to the younger observers and they were
very popular.
If you missed ordering buttons from either 1st or 2nd ISAN and want to have
them as collectibles, they will be available on the website until we run
out. At this time, we still have some left and can fill orders as long as
they are for small quantities.
Address Verification
We have been sending out postcards/letters in the last couple of weeks to
verify the addresses we have on file. If you haven't updated your profile,
please follow the link at the bottom of this email and fill out the form
with your mailing address and phone number.
We are sending out the ISAN booklet, but not until we have received an
address verification. Postage for the booklet will cost about $3,000.00 so
we can't afford to send to bad addresses.
PLEASE don't send me an email with your mailing address! This means that I
have to manually update your profile and chances are you will get left out.
If you are receiving a print version of this email, please go on line and
join the mailing list and complete the profile. We really want to phase out
the printed newsletters, so if you don't have Internet and must get printed
copies, please fill out and return the form to the left.
Dobson Collection
[image: john]In the last year, we've gotten inquiries about different items
concerning telescopes that John has had over the years, newspaper or
magazine articles about him, articles he's written, photos of him in certain
places, etc. and it is extremely difficult to track down these items. John
meets so many people in the course of a year that its hard for him to
remember who someone is or where they live. We are trying to put together a
"Dobson Collection" for possible display in observatories, museums, etc.
Please check the list to the left, if you own the item and don't want to
send us the original, we understand and we aren't trying to take possession
of anyone's property. In that case, please send us the information on the
item so that we know what and where it is. If you send any photos, artwork,
video, articles, etc., please be sure to include copyright/credit
information.
We appreciate your assistance and hope to put together a great collection.
[image: john]As many of you have probably heard, John Dobson had a small
stroke a few weeks ago and as a result has some minor mobility problems . He
is already improving and we expect a full recovery, although we have
cancelled any upcoming speaking engagements. While he is recuperating, John
will be staying at the Vedanta Society in Hollywood. John sends his thanks
to all of you for the kind letters, cards, and emails he received and as
always encourages you all to get out with a telescope!
At this time we are asking that you only send letters and cards. The phone
isn't near John's room and it is somewhat inconvenient for him to be called
to the phone repeatedly. John's mailing address is:
John Dobson
1946 Vedanta Place
Hollywood, Ca. 90068
USA
*Sincerely,*
*Donna Smith* *Sidewalk Astronomers *
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