Reminder from: OAFs Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/cal OAFs Dinner Friday January 2, 2009 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm (This event repeats every month on...
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The rasc meeting is not tonight. For january only, it's the second friday of the month, or jan 9. -ad On 2 Jan 2009 16:43:04 -0000, OAFs@yahoogroups.com...
... Looking forward to seeing folks next Friday for dinner and the meeting. I've missed the last *three* meetings because of music gigs, so I'm very happy to...
Hello all, Here's my results of this year's unexpectedly impressive Quadrantids... Friday night's weather forecast was questionable, and not too promising -...
Hi Pierre, I was talking to David Levy last night and he also had a good session observing the Quadrantids in Arizona - not quite as many as you saw however!...
Hi everyone, I appologize for the short notice but I'd am sending this note to you to request volunteers for the IYA Canada launch on Thursday morning (Jan...
Thanks Rolf! And you're right... Although -16C doesn't sound so bad, the high humidity made it did feel bitter cold even though I had my heavy parka, propane...
I've restarted to poll so we can vote where to have dinner this friday. Afterwards many of us will goto the RASC meeting at the science museum. Vote early: ...
Hello everyone, Just a short note to invite you all to the IYA Canada launch at the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology tomorrow morning. There will be a...
Hi everyone, As mentioned in an earlier e-mail, the media was in attendance for the IYA Canada launch at the Canadian Museum of Science & Technology. CBC TV...
Voting was unanimous. (The soviets would have been proud.) I've made a reservation for 17 people at Kelseys, for tonite 2008-01-09 at 17:45, under the name...
Hi Mike, I missed the CBC TV segment, but I saw a shortened version on Radio Canada lats night. The amount of displays and scopes inside looked impressive. I...
Rule of Acquisition 189: There is money to be made in one party democracies. :o) ________________________________ From: Attilla Danko <danko@...> To:...
Canada's IYA link featured on the news - http://www.astronomy2009.ca/ Greg Q. ... the Canadian ... The ... handouts, books ... posters and more ... large ... ...
Hi Pierre Enjoyed you presentation at the RASC Meeting Like your report posted here. Your preparations for observing or making a presentation made for a...
I was gratfied to see lots of oafs at the rasc meeting last night. Since this is OAFs, not RASC, feel free to criticise what you saw. If there are good ideas...
Hi Attilla, I enjoyed the meeting last night. Very well done, especially as a first shot. The computer work was also well done and that can be tough without...
Hi Attilla, Great meeting Attilla!! Focusing on observing and choosing members that have a passion, experience, and knowledge in their particular area of...
... Yes. There is that. But people should know that I've already received a couple of beating (in private) so people with suggestions for improvement should...
Attilla, Just consider that you cannot please everybody unless you are at a Reverend Moon or Hare Krishna convention. Also, we amateur astronomers are an...
Hi Attila I enjoyed the meeting on friday, Was interesting to learn more about Pierre Martin how metor counts are done. I got to talk to talk with one of...
Hello, It's a bit late but I just wanted to let people know that the Discovery Channel is rebroadcasting the two 1 hour shows today at 1000 hrs and 1100 hrs on...
Hi everyone, As mentioned at last Friday's RASC meeting I hope to organize an Ottawa IYA event with the musical group Tafelmusik. Recall that they have a show...
Hi Mike, When we get closer to the date for the ottawa event, remind us. We'd need a little time to figure out where to park cars and setup scopes. The date...
You didn't mention it in your OAFs post, but I think you previously said you were looking to have a supporting star party for the ottawa even. I had assumed...
Date of the concert is Friday, March 6 at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, O'Connor and Cooper streets. The downtown location could make telescope set-up a...