<div dir='auto'>Hello,<div dir="auto">May I suggest looking into Cheney
rec. Center? Before pandemic, it was very friendly towards Frinds
of Turnbull meetings. Not sure what the situation is right
now. </div><div dir="auto">Thanks. </div><div
dir="auto">Olesia</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div
class="gmail_quote">On Jun 5, 2022 4:06 PM, Alan Skinner
<skinneraf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote
class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 ,
3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Hello Ed,</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Thank you
for your e-mail, well unfortunately
the SAS as a club is pretty much inactive at this point. The covid-19 pretty
much took down the SAS club mostly from the lack of meeting space. Our regular
meeting place, the Spokane Falls Community College planetarium and the other
locations
are off limits at this point. </span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">If you or
anyone would have a meeting
location like a classroom that can be used the first Friday of each month from
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm please post your info here.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">I have
looked into several city
public libraries and they are not open in the evening and were not interested
in booking continual events month after month. Millions of dollars spent on
nice new public buildings and you cannot really use them. Thank God for the
taxpayers!</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">As far as
club activities, apparently there
are club star parties at our observing site - fishtrap, west of town. This is
at the new moon. You can find a map to fishtrap on the SAS web
site.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Also, there
is some kind of Facebook
page for the SAS, there may be some information found there.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">We also have
a SAS club newsletter (“The
Asterisk”) that has stopped publishing. The last newsletter was in October 2021,
eight months ago.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">I have
attached the last Asterisk to
this reply.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">If we can
find a new meeting location
for monthly meetings, the first order would be to elect a new board of directors
and review SAS society functions and operations and what is left. And get the
Asterisk
back in operation as well as collect SAS dues.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">The Spokane
Astronomical Society is
the oldest Astronomical Society in the nation (since 1932) it would be a great
loss
to have it disintegrate because the leadership vacated their positions.
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt">Alan</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' ,
sans-serif;color:rgb( 3 , 3 , 3 )"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">
</span></b></p></div><br /><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun
3, 2022 at 7:23 PM Edward Gill <<a
href="mailto:dmarc-noreply@freelists.org";>dmarc-noreply@freelists.org</a>>
wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px
solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div><div
style="font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' ,
'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Greetings</div><div
dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">I am new to Spokane and would like to join
SAS. I have been to the web site and Facebook page but am unclear how to
contact anyone about joining other then by mail.</div><div dir="ltr"><br
/></div><div dir="ltr">Ed Gill</div></div></div></blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
