From robhawley at earthlink.net Wed Feb 2 14:53:17 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] January Membership Counts In-Reply-To: <3e78c8f1163a5b7e46eeeb3d4ca07157@znet.com> Message-ID: <20050202225320.C01A4C53@mail.whiteoaks.com> There are currently 4 speakers, 12 honorary members, and 9 clubs. Total 25. My comment was just stating facts and was not a criticism. Rob Hawley -----Original Message----- From: Dave North [mailto:north@znet.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:17 PM To: Rob Hawley Cc: 'Business list for SJAA board of directors and members' Subject: Re: [SJAABoard] January Membership Counts Rob Hawley wrote: > This shows that the number of complementary members have grown by 50% > since then. I think that's mostly because of the policy of extending a year's membership to speakers. But I could be wrong; I'm not sure when that was formalized. Dave From koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net Wed Feb 2 21:06:12 2005 From: koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net (Michael Koop) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Astrocon 2004 Profit Message-ID: <20050202212042.M62079@koopm.best.vwh.net> I have recieved the check from Don Stone. Gary, make sure to pick it up from me on Friday. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific was a major force in running the convention. They provided great speakers, material, and teleconference support for the planning meetings. At the beginning of the planning of the event, they agreed not to participate in any profit sharing if they would not be responsible for any loss from their banquet. The banquet was a sell out, helping to add to the profit. The ASP has supported the SJAA many times with speakers, Project Astro, and is a major force behind the Night Sky Network. I would like to donate $250 of our check to the ASP Educational Outreach fund. https://www1515.boca15-verio.com/astr88/about/donation.html (BTW, the AL has donated 25% of their proceeds to the ASP) Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:18:41 -0800 From: don stone To: AstroCon 2004 Subject: [AstroCon2004] Divideing up the proceeds... 29 January 2005 Dear AstroCon 2004 Committee Members: Since all deposits and checks have now been accounted for per Washington Mutual Bank as of 27 January 2005, I have caused to be drafted six checks to be made out to the following organizations per instructions from the Committee telecon meeting 21 November 2004: Splitting the Pie up $$ Contractual Astro League (40%) 4597.06 Contractual AANC (15%) 1723.89 Contractual EAS (15%) 1723.89 per Cmte AAVSO (10%) 1149.26 per Cmte ALPO (10%) 1149.26 per Cmte SJAA (10%) 1149.26 Total 11492.62 AANC & EAS agreed to take 15% instead of 20%, as per contract. The AstroCon banking account with WMB is now devoid of money, having been distributed below. This concludes the financial operations except for producing the final financial papers. So keep and eye out for the four checks that I mail today. Two are in my possession as treasurer of both AANC and EAS and will be forthwith deposited to those organizations, One check went to AAVSO office at 25 Birch St. One check went to A/L Treasurer Joanne Hailey One check went to ALPO board member Beth Westfall One check went to SJAA President Mike Koop. All checks were mailed on Saturday, 29 January 2005. Ad Astra! Don Stone AstroCon 2004 Treasurer _______________________________________________ Committee mailing list Committee@astrocon2004.org http://www.astrocon2004.org/mailman/listinfo/committee From wb6yru at aenet.net Thu Feb 3 00:51:41 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Astrocon 2004 Profit In-Reply-To: <20050202212042.M62079@koopm.best.vwh.net> References: <20050202212042.M62079@koopm.best.vwh.net> Message-ID: <4201E61D.5040600@aenet.net> Michael Koop wrote: > I have recieved the check from Don Stone. > > Gary, make sure to pick it up from me on Friday. > > The Astronomical Society of the Pacific was a major force in running the > convention. > They provided great speakers, material, and teleconference support for > the planning meetings. At the beginning of the planning of the event, > they agreed not to participate in any profit sharing if they would not > be responsible for any loss from their banquet. The banquet was a sell > out, helping to add to the profit. The ASP has supported the SJAA many > times with speakers, Project Astro, and is a major force behind the > Night Sky Network. > > I would like to donate $250 of our check to the ASP Educational Outreach > fund. Do they really need it? Group 70 is desperate for funds. Gary > https://www1515.boca15-verio.com/astr88/about/donation.html > > (BTW, the AL has donated 25% of their proceeds to the ASP) > > > Mike > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:18:41 -0800 > From: don stone > To: AstroCon 2004 > Subject: [AstroCon2004] Divideing up the proceeds... > > 29 January 2005 > > Dear AstroCon 2004 Committee Members: > > Since all deposits and checks have now been accounted for per Washington > Mutual Bank as of 27 January 2005, I have caused to be drafted six > checks to be made out to the following organizations per instructions > from the Committee telecon meeting 21 November 2004: > > Splitting the Pie up $$ > Contractual Astro League (40%) 4597.06 > Contractual AANC (15%) 1723.89 > Contractual EAS (15%) 1723.89 > per Cmte AAVSO (10%) 1149.26 > per Cmte ALPO (10%) 1149.26 > per Cmte SJAA (10%) 1149.26 > Total 11492.62 > AANC & EAS agreed to take 15% instead of 20%, > as per contract. > > The AstroCon banking account with WMB is now devoid of money, having > been distributed below. > > This concludes the financial operations except for producing the final > financial papers. > > So keep and eye out for the four checks that I mail today. Two are in > my possession as treasurer of both AANC and EAS and will be forthwith > deposited to those organizations, > > One check went to AAVSO office at 25 Birch St. > One check went to A/L Treasurer Joanne Hailey > One check went to ALPO board member Beth Westfall > One check went to SJAA President Mike Koop. > > All checks were mailed on Saturday, 29 January 2005. > > Ad Astra! > > Don Stone > AstroCon 2004 Treasurer > > _______________________________________________ > Committee mailing list > Committee@astrocon2004.org > http://www.astrocon2004.org/mailman/listinfo/committee > > _______________________________________________ > SJAABoard mailing list > SJAABoard@sjaa.net > http://www.sjaa.net/mailman/listinfo/sjaaboard > From jvn at svpal.org Fri Feb 4 16:34:18 2005 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Possible speaker Message-ID: <4204148A.3C10@svpal.org> Hi, All, I got a call yesterday from John Strand (more below), who offers to tell us about his work with space navigation and his book. We had a long chat about navigation, satellites, old computers, etc. He found us through his daughter who lives in Morgan Hill. He wants to co-ordinate a visit with a speaking engagement, and presumably a chance to sell his book. Given the amount of math and programming involved, it seems interesting to both astronomy and computer clubs. I vote YES for both clubs! Included below is a note from him and another from his publisher. Clear Skies! -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site ====================================================== Hi, I'm John Strand and I am a member of the Blakemore Planetarium committee here in Midland, TX. I have written a book concerning the exploration of outer space. It is the historical first-hand account of my work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Navigation system for Viking and Voyager missions. These stories, never before told, are chronicles of a group of dedicated mathematicians and computer programmers fulfilling the dreams of Kepler, Newton and Einstein. Our work led to more than just pictures of the solar system, we enhanced the world of physics immeasurably. Readers will find surprising insight into science and human interactions through my well-illustrated memoirs. Humor, frustration, toil and brilliance eventually produced the most successful technical achievement of the 20th century. More information is available about the book at . The book may be ordered through Amazon.com or Authorhouse.com under John R. Strand, author. Through Ingram ISBN: 1-4184-9683-9 Library of Congress #2004098053 I welcome anyone interested in preserving the historical legacy of early space flight. Please contact me at: lrstrand@acninc.net ========================================================= When my generation grew up, we were never limited by the sky or the stars. Man had already begun to probe its mysteries. Our mothers and fathers before us had created methods, maps, and ships that would forever change their planet and the way their children would view the world. So, when our small new-media company was offered the opportunity to work with John Strand and Pathways to the Planets, we all knew that it was a chance of a lifetime to work with someone who was instrumental in helping man reach that small rock in space called the moon. We live in the new world created by those brave pioneers and today are posed new frontiers; nano-science, cyberspace, molecular medicine, etc... All afforded to us humans, at least in part, by the extraordinary people portrayed in this book. Pathways to the Planets is a unique insight into the lives of those individuals as told through the memoirs of Astrophysicist John Strand. I personally, found this book to be an affirmation for anyone who seeks adventure and welcomes challenge and certainly a must read for those who were there (on earth!) during that exciting time. What a journey producing this book has been! by Perry Berryhill - President, Panacore Corporation From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Fri Feb 4 20:18:28 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Possible speaker References: <4204148A.3C10@svpal.org> Message-ID: <000e01c50b39$be577050$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> Jim, I have forwarded your message to Dave Smith areopagus125@yahoo.com Dave has offered to take over speaker duties. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Van Nuland" To: "SJAA Board" Cc: Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: [SJAABoard] Possible speaker > Hi, All, > > I got a call yesterday from John Strand (more below), who offers to > tell us about his work with space navigation and his book. We had a > long chat about navigation, satellites, old computers, etc. > > He found us through his daughter who lives in Morgan Hill. He wants > to co-ordinate a visit with a speaking engagement, and presumably a > chance to sell his book. > > Given the amount of math and programming involved, it seems > interesting to both astronomy and computer clubs. I vote YES for both > clubs! Included below is a note from him and another from his > publisher. > > Clear Skies! > -- > Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association > JVN's web site > > ====================================================== > > Hi, I'm John Strand and I am a member of the Blakemore Planetarium > committee here in Midland, TX. I have written a book concerning the > exploration of outer space. It is the historical first-hand account of > my work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Navigation system for > Viking and Voyager missions. These stories, never before told, are > chronicles of a group of dedicated mathematicians and computer > programmers fulfilling the dreams of Kepler, Newton and Einstein. Our > work led to more than just pictures of the solar system, we enhanced the > world of physics immeasurably. > > Readers will find surprising insight into science and human interactions > through my well-illustrated memoirs. Humor, frustration, toil and > brilliance eventually produced the most successful technical achievement > of the 20th century. More information is available about the book at > > . > > The book may be ordered through Amazon.com or Authorhouse.com under John > R. Strand, author. Through Ingram ISBN: 1-4184-9683-9 Library of > Congress #2004098053 > > I welcome anyone interested in preserving the historical legacy of early > space flight. Please contact me at: > > lrstrand@acninc.net > > > ========================================================= > > When my generation grew up, we were never limited by the sky or the > stars. Man had already begun to probe its mysteries. Our mothers and > fathers before us had created methods, maps, and ships that would > forever change their planet and the way their children would view the > world. So, when our small new-media company was offered the opportunity > to work with John Strand and Pathways to the Planets, we all knew that > it was a chance of a lifetime to work with someone who was instrumental > in helping man reach that small rock in space called the moon. > > We live in the new world created by those brave pioneers and today are > posed new frontiers; nano-science, cyberspace, molecular medicine, > etc... All afforded to us humans, at least in part, by the extraordinary > people portrayed in this book. Pathways to the Planets is a unique > insight into the lives of those individuals as told through the memoirs > of Astrophysicist John Strand. I personally, found this book to be an > affirmation for anyone who seeks adventure and welcomes challenge and > certainly a must read for those who were there (on earth!) during that > exciting time. > > What a journey producing this book has been! > > by Perry Berryhill - President, Panacore Corporation > > _______________________________________________ > SJAABoard mailing list > SJAABoard@sjaa.net > http://www.sjaa.net/mailman/listinfo/sjaaboard > From wb6yru at aenet.net Sat Feb 5 01:07:25 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Possible speaker In-Reply-To: <4204148A.3C10@svpal.org> References: <4204148A.3C10@svpal.org> Message-ID: <42048CCD.80600@aenet.net> Jim Van Nuland wrote: > Hi, All, > > I got a call yesterday from John Strand (more below), who offers to > tell us about his work with space navigation and his book. We had a > long chat about navigation, satellites, old computers, etc. > > He found us through his daughter who lives in Morgan Hill. He wants > to co-ordinate a visit with a speaking engagement, and presumably a > chance to sell his book. > > Given the amount of math and programming involved, it seems > interesting to both astronomy and computer clubs. I vote YES for both > clubs! Included below is a note from him and another from his > publisher. > > Clear Skies! We've had speakers who were promoting a book before, I see no reason to not take him up on it.... > I have written a book concerning the > exploration of outer space. It is the historical first-hand account of > my work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Navigation system for > Viking and Voyager missions. ... especially about those missions. We're always looking for speakers anyway. We could do a lot worse. Gary From wb6yru at aenet.net Mon Feb 7 16:26:24 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] SJAA web page costs Message-ID: <42080730.2050300@aenet.net> Web site cost update... At the last board meeting, I was asked what it cost to keep our web site running and how much (if any) we had paid so far. I just heard back from Mojo, it's about $100 per year, (he's going to send an invoice). I asked him to include previous years--I can't find any record of us having paid anything to date. Do any board members have a problem with making this one of our on-going billing items (e.g. hotline or bulk mail)? (We can formally approve this at the next meeting, for the record.) By the way, how long has Mojo hosted it, does anyone know? Gary From north at znet.com Mon Feb 7 16:27:28 2005 From: north at znet.com (Dave North) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] SJAA web page costs In-Reply-To: <42080730.2050300@aenet.net> References: <42080730.2050300@aenet.net> Message-ID: <13ba432106165823d066f01129076c2d@znet.com> Gary: > I can't find any record of us having paid anything to date. I don't think we ever have! Mojo has been carrying the freight for a lot of clubs for quite a long time, but now he has Expenses and wants to get a little back. (He's got his server in a colocation instead of at home. Long story, complicated, makes sense, and gives you great service). > By the way, how long has Mojo hosted it, does anyone know? Mojo does~! I think about five years ...? Dave North From bill at nineplanets.org Mon Feb 7 16:42:39 2005 From: bill at nineplanets.org (Bill Arnett) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] SJAA web page costs In-Reply-To: <13ba432106165823d066f01129076c2d@znet.com> References: <42080730.2050300@aenet.net> <13ba432106165823d066f01129076c2d@znet.com> Message-ID: <7dea193d2720ca1fc9e5b513539244e6@nineplanets.org> On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Dave North wrote: >> By the way, how long has Mojo hosted it, does anyone know? > > Mojo does~! I think about five years ...? The best evidence I can find is that the switch to Mojo's server came before Aug 2000. -- Bill Arnett bill@nineplanets.org http://bill.nineplanets.org/ Emerald Hills CA USA 37 27 N 122 15 W From wb6yru at aenet.net Tue Feb 8 23:50:36 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] club subscriptions to S&T Message-ID: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> At the last board meeting I was asked to look into why members can't subscribe to S&T for multiple years. I just heard back from Sky Publishing... They claim they need to verify that each subscriber is still a member of the club. They currently have no plans to change that policy. Evidently they don't want people dropping out and still get the club rate (for a while). Someone suggested that we could allow it ourselves, handling it all at our end, and Sky Pub. wouldn't be the wiser. We could do that, but it may complicate things slightly for our database manager. We'd also incur some small financial hit if (when) they raise their rate. Gary From Sol.Man at IndigoSkies.com Tue Feb 8 23:59:09 2005 From: Sol.Man at IndigoSkies.com (Mark Taylor) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] club subscriptions to S&T In-Reply-To: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> References: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.0.20050208235354.029abec0@indigoskies.com> At 11:50 PM 2/8/2005, Gary Mitchell wrote: >... subscribe to S&T for multiple years. ... >Someone suggested that we could allow it ourselves, >handling it all at our end, and Sky Pub. wouldn't be >the wiser. We could do that, but it may complicate >things slightly for our database manager. We'd also >incur some small financial hit if (when) they raise >their rate. Isn't the main point of a multi-year subscription to get a greater discount? If that's the case then all the club can really offer is pre-payment of club-full-price; we couldn't really offer them the multi-year discount, unless we're actually *giving* it out of pocket, as S&T will still expect the usual annual price. -mct From jvn at svpal.org Wed Feb 9 00:13:58 2005 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] club subscriptions to S&T References: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> Message-ID: <4209C646.4940@svpal.org> Gary Mitchell wrote: > > At the last board meeting I was asked to look into why > members can't subscribe to S&T for multiple years. I > just heard back from Sky Publishing... > They claim they need to verify that each subscriber is > still a member of the club. They currently have no > plans to change that policy. Twaddle. Astronomy mag accepts 1 or 2 year subscriptions, and there is no verification that they remain a member. I'm not asked. Reading over their sign-up form, Astronomy uses "member" wherever "subscriber" could be used, but there is no explicit statement that subscribers must be members of the club. The only stated requirement is that there must be at least 5 members/subscribers. > Evidently they don't want people dropping out and still > get the club rate (for a while). Tch, tch. Poor babies! They make a ton on the ads and could give away the magazine. Greed, nothing more. I'm amazed they are willing to allow public libraries to subscribe. They used to demand that EVERY member subscribe -- even if a person was a member of two clubs! Then Astronomy came along with no such demand. Perhaps that was when they caved in. Time to point out that Astronomy accepts 2-year subscriptions, has done so for several years. -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net Wed Feb 9 13:51:20 2005 From: koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net (Michael Koop) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Project Astro Message-ID: <20050209121234.T90575@koopm.best.vwh.net> I just spoke with Christina deLeon of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. She would like to speak for a few minutes at our general meeting about Project Astro on Feb. 26th. She also will be forwarding an article onto the Ephemeris. I did not see any problem, so I gave he the go ahead. Mike From jvn at svpal.org Wed Feb 9 15:17:21 2005 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] ARTICLE: 2005 Yosemite Star Party Message-ID: <420A9A01.2DE7@svpal.org> Hi, Paul, I hope you can get this into to March issue. Last year I was late submitting it, and by the time it got into print, the list was already full. ================================================================================== SJAA Yosemite Public Star Party 2005 Jim Van Nuland The annual SJAA Yosemite star party will be held on August 5 and 6, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Up to 30 people will be given free admission and camping, in exchange for two public events on Friday and Saturday evenings. The rest of the time we can be tourists. We are expected to have at least one scope per two people, and attend both star parties. The camping is rough by modern standards: no dining room, no showers, no hot water. Read about it on my Yosemite page at , or contact me with questions. If you can tolerate the limitations, tell me the number of people you'll have, and the number of scopes that will be set up for the public. E-mail , or phone 408-371-1307 10 am to 10 pm. Priority is given to SJAA members. The August new moon is on August 4, so this is an ideal date. ================================================================================== -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From wb6yru at aenet.net Wed Feb 9 16:00:11 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] club subscriptions to S&T In-Reply-To: <4209C646.4940@svpal.org> References: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> <4209C646.4940@svpal.org> Message-ID: <420AA40B.3040207@aenet.net> Jim Van Nuland wrote: > Gary Mitchell wrote: >>They claim they need to verify that each subscriber is >>still a member of the club. They currently have no >>plans to change that policy. > > > Twaddle. Astronomy mag accepts 1 or 2 year subscriptions, and there > is no verification that they remain a member. I'm not asked. But Astronomy isn't Sky Publishing. >>Evidently they don't want people dropping out and still >>get the club rate (for a while). > > > Tch, tch. Poor babies! They make a ton on the ads and could give > away the magazine. Greed, nothing more. It can't just be greed. How does it profit them to make club members renew each year? Doesn't that increase their work load? It seems to me it would be better for them to lock subscribers in for as long as possible. But evidently they don't think that way. Maybe it's simply a case of bone-head bureaucracy. :) Gary From wb6yru at aenet.net Wed Feb 9 16:02:44 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] club subscriptions to S&T In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.0.20050208235354.029abec0@indigoskies.com> References: <4209C0CC.3090606@aenet.net> <6.1.2.0.0.20050208235354.029abec0@indigoskies.com> Message-ID: <420AA4A4.90101@aenet.net> Mark Taylor wrote: > Isn't the main point of a multi-year subscription to get a greater > discount? Not necessarily. It's also a matter of convenience, having to go through the renewal process less often. It also tends to lock you in at the same rate. Gary From wb6yru at aenet.net Thu Feb 10 15:11:50 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] our liability insurance agent Message-ID: <420BEA36.3010600@aenet.net> We recently got a letter from Suhr Risk, our liability insurance angent. The bad news is they're dropping us. The good news is they're handing over our policy to another agency, Anixter & Oser, Inc. in Novato. (No mention was made about the premium.) Their only explanation was: "The focus of our business has changed... our resources are not well suited to effectively manage your type of policy." This sounds a lot like what our previous carrier said, but at least Suhr Risk isn't simply leaving us to twist in the wind. Mike, you may want the specifics: Tony Sivillo, Account Executive Anixter & Oser, Inc. 205 San Marin Dr Novato CA 94945-1227 415 898-1600 ext. 16 toll-free 877-898-1600 Apparently the underwriter is still the Nonprofits Ins. Alliance of CA. Our policy is 200415498NPO Gary From wb6yru at aenet.net Thu Feb 10 19:02:40 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] SJAA membership in IDA, Group 70 Message-ID: <420C2050.4010604@aenet.net> Our membership in the International Dark-Sky Association is due. SJAA is a member at the club level for $100. We also are a member of Group 70 and join them at the same amount. It's about time for that renewal too. The board already approved membership in these organizations, so I can simply renew (until the board says stop). However, any addition donations need to be approved by the board. In the case of Group 70, they're trying to raise money for the mirror mount and other steel-work. They've got someone making a $85,000 matching challenge grant ($1 for every $2 donated). If they get enough donations to get the whole $85 k matching grant, they estimate that would be enough to finish the telescope. So, do we want to make an additional donation? I think we should. We gave FPOA $5000 from our observatory fund to repair storm damage. I'm not suggesting we give that much here, just saying that there is a precedence. Gary From pkohlmil at best.com Sat Feb 12 13:43:56 2005 From: pkohlmil at best.com (Paul Kohlmiller) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] March Ephemeris Proofread Please Message-ID: <001901c5114b$f564f1e0$0200a8c0@PKHPXPP> Dear loyal readers, The March issue of the Ephemeris is available for proofreading at: http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0503/EphMar05.pdf We need to lean on you all just a bit more than usual this month. First, this being a short month, we need to send this issue to the printer Monday morning. Second, there is so much happening that this issue is 12 pages long! We think the result will be worth it. Please send all comments whether they be corrections, additions or philosophical concerns. Thanks, Paul and Mary Kohlmiller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaaboard/attachments/20050212/c0a36a99/attachment.html From jvn at svpal.org Sat Feb 12 16:13:22 2005 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] March Ephemeris Proofread Please References: <001901c5114b$f564f1e0$0200a8c0@PKHPXPP> Message-ID: <420E9BA2.69A1@svpal.org> Paul Kohlmiller wrote: > > Dear loyal readers, > The March issue of the Ephemeris is available for proofreading at: > http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0503/EphMar05.pdf Looks good to me. Thanks for your efforts. -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From robhawley at earthlink.net Sat Feb 12 18:31:34 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:26 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] March Ephemeris Proofread Please In-Reply-To: <001901c5114b$f564f1e0$0200a8c0@PKHPXPP> Message-ID: <20050213023138.3EAE61BF6@mail.whiteoaks.com> In addition my earthlink page where the comet info was post received more than 750 MB of access. Rob Hawley _____ From: sjaaboard-bounces@sjaa.net [mailto:sjaaboard-bounces@sjaa.net] On Behalf Of Paul Kohlmiller Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 1:44 PM To: board@sjaa.net Subject: [SJAABoard] March Ephemeris Proofread Please Dear loyal readers, The March issue of the Ephemeris is available for proofreading at: http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0503/EphMar05.pdf We need to lean on you all just a bit more than usual this month. First, this being a short month, we need to send this issue to the printer Monday morning. Second, there is so much happening that this issue is 12 pages long! We think the result will be worth it. Please send all comments whether they be corrections, additions or philosophical concerns. Thanks, Paul and Mary Kohlmiller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaaboard/attachments/20050212/4b870060/attachment.html From jvn at svpal.org Fri Feb 18 15:08:07 2005 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:27 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Presence at Houge Park, Friday Feb.18 Message-ID: <42167557.7C73@svpal.org> Hi, All, I've put the stay-home message on the hot line, advising that the sky is bad and getting worse. See below. Normally, I'd go park at the Park from 7 to 8 or so, to greet potential customers and suggest March 4. But my daughter is coming down from Sutter Creek, and I'd like to be here. Will someone be there? Thanks! -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association SJAA hotline From robhawley at earthlink.net Fri Feb 18 16:11:55 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:27 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Presence at Houge Park, Friday Feb.18 In-Reply-To: <42167557.7C73@svpal.org> Message-ID: <20050219001203.CB09D76D9@mail.whiteoaks.com> I am not going to go either. I have another commitment. Rob Hawley From wb6yru at aenet.net Fri Feb 18 23:35:01 2005 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:27 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Presence at Houge Park, Friday Feb.18 In-Reply-To: <42167557.7C73@svpal.org> References: <42167557.7C73@svpal.org> Message-ID: <4216EC25.4040305@aenet.net> Jim Van Nuland wrote: > Hi, All, > > I've put the stay-home message on the hot line, advising that the sky > is bad and getting worse. See below. > > Normally, I'd go park at the Park from 7 to 8 or so, to greet > potential customers and suggest March 4. But my daughter is coming down > from Sutter Creek, and I'd like to be here. > > Will someone be there? Thanks! There were three of us there, and one customer (well, five actually--a family). Believe it or not, we were even able to see a few things through sucker holes, (the moon, couple of clusters, a fuzzy Saturn). Gary From d_crom at yahoo.com Wed Feb 23 14:07:54 2005 From: d_crom at yahoo.com (Dana Crom) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:27 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Board Election Message-ID: <20050223220755.86846.qmail@web51702.mail.yahoo.com> I just wanted to let everyone know that I won't be able to make this week's meeting. It's for good reason, this time - we have to be down in the LA area on Saturday with my older daughter for a scholarship award meeting - but I'm very sorry about missing the board election. If you have enough good candidates to fill the open slots, I'll step down in their favor. If not, and I can be useful, I'm willing to serve again. Hope to see you with good news next month - Dana ===== ================================== Dana Crom - San Jose, California d_crom@yahoo.com (personal email) Dana.Crom@zoran.com (work email) ================================== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From robhawley at earthlink.net Wed Feb 23 14:55:44 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:27 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Membership Count for Feb 2005 Message-ID: <20050223225548.EBE827CCA@mail.whiteoaks.com> The decline in members is continuing a trend that started in Sept 03. Our paid membership is approaching the levels it was in early 02. We will likely lose most of the 13 members whose memberships expire in Feb-05. Report Date 2/23/2005 December-04 7 January-05 8 February-05 13 March-05 12 April-05 17 May-05 20 June-05 62 July-05 14 August-05 20 September-05 21 October-05 19 November-05 10 December-05 16 January-06 20 February-06 15 March-06 5 more than 13 months 15 complementary 25 expiring 15 paid(current) 279 email delivery 11 Labels Generated 308 S&T Members 158 New Members since last meeting 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Combined Current Paid Complementary New Members 2/20/2002 292 276 16 - 4/19/2002 289 273 16 - 5/13/2002 274 6/20/2002 288 7/26/2002 291 9/18/2002 305 10/16/2002 285 12/18/2002 320 2/24/2003 322 3/20/2003 336 4/15/2003 334 5/15/2003 333 9/13/2003 357 10/9/2003 347 4/13/2004 345 7/24/2004 342 8/26/2004 332 9/24/2004 333 10/26/2004 333 11/18/2004 324 12/15/2004 311 285 26 11 1/19/2005 308 284 24 5 2/23/2005 304 279 25 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I am also collecting data on when members joined. Dave started this a couple of years ago so about half the members do not have join dates. Even the incomplete data is interesting. The data is likely incomplete before 2003. As members renew I am asking them for their dates. Members have been very helpful. So this table should be more complete by the end of this year. paid only 2005 6 2004 73 2003 49 2002 23 2001 3 2000 2 < 2000 10 Specified 166 58% Not Specified 121 Rob Hawley