SSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

April 2, 2005

 

The board met at the Norwell Council of Aging.  All officers were in attendance.

 

1.     Astronomy Appreciation Day will take place on Saturday, March 14th.  This event will take place at the Plymouth Community Intermediate School and the Blake Planetarium.  Bill will have programs in the planetarium and scopes will be set up in the grassy area near the entrance.  Rolf will bring his meteorite display, if any members have solar filters or H-Alpha filters they are asked to set up early.  The event will take place between 5 and 9 PM.  If weather is bad we will set up telescopes in the hallways so people can still see the different types of telescopes.  Rolf, Bill and Andy will handle the publicity for the event.

 

2.     Prior to Astronomy Appreciation Day, there will be an S.T.E.P. observatory planning meeting at the Blake Planetarium.  This meeting will take place at 3:00 PM.

 

3.     Andy talked about Norwell Middle School as an official alternative viewing site.  He has used this site several times and finds it as good as Centennial Field with the advantage of being able to set up right next to you car.  In addition, this site is plowed in the winter.  Andy has contacted to Norwell School Department to fill out a use of facility form.  He has also made contact with the Norwell police to get their approval.

 

4.     The annual picnic will be held at Louis’ house in Scituate this year.  The date for the picnic will by July 30.  Information will be mailed as well as on the member’s only page.

 

5.     Topics for upcoming meetings: April Columating a telescope, May we will visit the planetarium at Weymouth High School, and June, Constellations, North Star and the Greek Alphabet.

 

6.     We have been asked to participate in public observing nights.  The first will be April 17th at the Borderland State Park in Easton and second a future observing night at the “New Beginnings Program” in Norwell.

 

7.     June 11th is the tentative date to visit the ATMoB site in Westford.  Bruce is working on this an more info should be available at the next meeting

 

 

Paul Grueter

Secretary SSAS