SSAS Board of Directors Meeting

2 pm Saturday Jan 20, 2007

Council on Aging, Norwell, MA

 

Mal McDonald, Tenney Doble, Paul Grueter, Chuck McCarthy, Louis Gentile, Andy Anderson, Bill Luzader

 

Astronomy Day

The church is set for all day, SANE planetarium, a possible guest speaker or two, “rain” date at Centennial Park the next clear weekend, printed schedule (produced by Louis Gentile committee), check on Historical Astronomer Imposter (Bill will check with Galileo actor…) and add telescope help desk

 

South Shore Podcast (check ssastros.org connection from planetarium web site)

 

Community Outreach

March 28 Wednesday Scituate Rotary Club at the Scituate Country Club at about 6:30 am talk and observing and have Announcement for Astro Day, Paul G will prepare a talk, Louis G. will bring Dobsonian

 

Cable announcement for all of the South Shore

A sign in sheet for observing session

Add email address and phone number column to monthly meeting sign-in sheet AND add a visitor section

 

Membership Increase

Public Viewing On web – advertise what we will be looking on viewing evenings

Use binoculars with evening star chart; make a “large” April evening chart on foam-core from the “few stars” Mich State chart, Mal will make LED constellations

 

Being a member of this club: Get people observing the sky; Dispel the misconception of having a telescope,

 

Another topic Astronomy group at yahoo, move afoot to swap prepackaged projects – webcast Tenney Doble will check

 

March 3, 2007 at Planetarium Plymouth for evening observing of Lunar Eclipse

 

Telescopes

10 inch Astrola & club scope