[sac-board] Donation to SEDS for new server
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 03:42:03 -0700
Hello Board;
The one item that I forgot to bring up at the board meeting was that SEDS,
the Tucson student group at U of A, has computer problems and is asking for
donations to get a new server.
This group has posted the Messier Marathon results, held a version of the
SAC database and been helpful in a wide variety of other ways for many
years. They are a marvelous resource of information on a wide variety of
astronomical subjects.
Paul said at the meeting that we can hold a simple vote if the amount does
not exceed 200 dollars and I believe that is a reasonable amount. I am not
a voting member of the board, but I would like to see SAC provide some help
to this worthy cause. So, also at the meeting, Thad moved to get the vote
taken on providing SEDS with 200 dollars but not enough voting members were
handy to do so. I request that the board vote on this issue when it gets a
moment to do so.
Here is a message from Bill Arnett in Flagstaff and it contains the link to
the SEDS site. If you have not been there in a while, go take a look at all
that they provide, it is worth a donation of SAC money.
Steve Coe
As some of you may have already noticed, the SEDS server (which hosts
"The Nine Planets" among other things) is down due to a hacker attack.
The recovery is going slowly in part because the server is an ancient
Sparc 10 with software that hasn't been updated for many years. So
they've started raising money for a new server:
http://seds.org/index.html
If you can help, even a little, please consider it.
Author "Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist"
Saguaro Astronomy Club website
www.saguaroastro.org
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