[sac-forum] Re: SAC Maps (comments and corrections wanted)
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:33:10 -0700
How about we just stick with what we've been doing. The forest service knows
where we're going and the porta potties have been delivered to the correct
locations. Could we please apply the KISS principle here?
Rick Tejera
President
Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org
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Subject: [sac-forum] Re: SAC Maps (comments and corrections wanted)
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:50:16 -0700, Steve Coe wrote:
> I use 5 Mile Meadow because it is the name we created and it is the
> way most people who have observed there call the site. We can
> certainly mention in the text that it is equal to the map name you
> gave, but I think that most observers would like to stay with the name
> as given the first two years we traveled there.
Having the wrong name for the site makes it that much more difficult for the
site coordinator to communicate with those outside the club, specifically
the Forest Service and the porta-pottie rental. The name doesn't really
matter to club members as long as the directions are good, otherwise no one
would have showed up at the first 5 Mile Meadow event.
We seem to name our star parties after the site. This year we had the 5
Mile Meadow star party at the Antennae site, because that's how the budget
was approved by the club. :-) Next year I think I'll call it the "Late
Summer Star Party" since the club is WAY wimpy for a real "To Heck with the
Monsoon Star Party", be it rain or a closed forest. :-)
-Paul
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