Minutes
of the
NORWELL
COUNCIL ON AGING
June
7, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Business
Meeting
Old Business
1. Astronomy Day
Review
Astro day
Good
crowd, good seeing later, next year April 21, 2007 (last Saturday of April
school vacation)
2. Re-schedule
trip to Sky Scrapers
WHEN
DO YOU WANT TO GO? July 8
3. Other Old
Business
STEP: no word from superintendent about the
new location of the observatory in a spot where no new building projects will
interfere; July 4th plan for float in
Bill
Luzader will deliver the 6” Orion Dobsonian to teachers at the Cushing school
before the end of this year to let teacher use it. We will plan an autumn
meeting with school and club officials to formally present the telescope to the
school
4.
Treasurer Chuck McCarthy announces that the club treasury balance is $2869.14
5.
Cook out at Louis Gentile house Saturday August 12
New Business
Possible Change of July Meeting – NO – First
Wednesday as usual
Other New Business UMASS Boston observatory closed,
waiting for fixing $$$ to fix up dome and 16”
Cassegrain
Groton, NH
June 23 & 24 at New Moon Invite from Gary Sawyer, indoor sleeping and $10
for meals, contact Louis Gentile for more information, July 28-29 Stellafane star party at Springfield, VT; August 25 &
26 in northern PA, Black Forest Start Party
TV show about
orbiting telescope launched from hot air balloon, visible light, science channel
Harp
concert at the Blake Planetarium 7 pm Thu June 22 $15 donation
New members
Edwin Henneken of
Bruce Garhard
presents information about Solar Observing and shows off his NEW Coronado
filter on his 85mm Teleview Apo – Thank You Bruce for
sharing with us!