http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/ Astronomy Club Officers Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:09:34 GMT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5995 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5995 Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the astro-officers group: How many members have had an extended turn around between the time an Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:05:07 GMT eflaspo@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5994 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5994 STARGAZER # 518 for November 14, 2009 The Fox's Swan Song High in the west in the early evening are the three bright stars forming the Milky Way Triangle, also Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:26:41 GMT eflaspo@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5993 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5993 STARGAZER #517 for October 31, 2009 Galileo's New Universe a Book Worth Reading Being the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first astronomical use of the Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:17:58 GMT Cook http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5992 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5992 Steve, Today will be the first rainless day here in St. Louis in a week, got to get some eyepiece time. Suffering photon deprivation. Cook Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:53:57 GMT Stephen Lieber http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5991 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5991 Richard, Just a note, a Nagler eyepiece has good coatings. You should be able to clean up makeup without a problem. If you do have a question then send a note Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:49:22 GMT Stephen Lieber http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5990 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5990 Cook, I did that I few years ago. At the time the Moon was placed very high in the sky. I enjoyed it almost as much as the children did. Unfortunately, we are Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:12:21 GMT cbobchin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5989 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5989 I've been doing this for the past 8 years or so. I set up my scope in the front yard and armed with a bowl of candy let folks look through the eyepiece before Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:16:58 GMT Richard Drumm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5988 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5988 I finally got a chance to do Halloween outreach last year. My kids needed me to drive them around the years before, they were too interested in candy to look Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:28:34 GMT Cook http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5987 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5987 Terry, Thats all I use for public events. Cook Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:51:44 GMT Terry Trees http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5986 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5986 I agree. A lot of us in the Pittsburgh area do this too...I even stuffed next year's star party schedules in their candy bags one year. However, a small word Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:39:59 GMT Cook http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5985 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5985 Saturday night would be an ideal time (weather permitting) to get your scopes out and participate in some sidewalk astronomy. With all the little ghouls (and Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:48:10 GMT Michael http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5984 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5984 The Mars hoax was bad enough but I guess after 2012 this one will go away. **************************************************************** Doomsday 2012 Is A Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:02:21 GMT Frank Moore http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5983 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5983   "One suggestion that I would make is to split your bylaws into two parts:" This is exactly how our club functions. We have bylaws, as registered with our Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:48:11 GMT alschlafli http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5982 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5982 Rather than bookmark the astronomical leagues website, I usually just rely on googling it to get to their website. So I did, and at the top of the list of Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:43:56 GMT Denis Grey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5981 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/message/5981 One suggestion that I would make is to split your bylaws into two parts: 1. Bylaws - Fixed and not changing very often, need the membership to approve 2.