Attached is a draft letter that I hope you, and your club members, will send (modified if you wish) to the congresspeople listed below. In some cases, the...
All, Most of you probably know by now that the SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is facing cancellation in the FY 2007 budget. Since...
This is for those of you who host public nights at your observing place/observatory.. Do you have in place a way to get feedback from visitors? We're thinking...
I know this has probably been discussed before, but I'm bringing it up again. our last monthly meeting (last Friday) was attended by a greand total of 11...
Sounds like you only have arm chair astronomers. In the next newsletter-ask. Tell them you can't invite speakers because of poor attendance. See if they...
There is little motivation for visitor(s) to provide feedback when such requires access to a computer, entering a web site and completing a questionnaire. Your...
In a message dated 6/18/2006 6:23:33 PM Central Standard Time, kevin_astronomer@... writes: It's just that more people attend their meetings. And we...
Comparing your astronomny oriented organization to another organization is similar to comparing apples and oranges. One has to look at the demographics of the...
I believe you might be misunderstanding my original message. I'm talking about doing something right at the event, not via a computer. Sort of like "comment...
Astro Officers We at the National Public Observatory have developed an evaluation form for the public to fill out after events for the use of the state parks...
John Gilkison
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Jun 19, 2006 2:35 am
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... HI: Yep. Find out what these groups are doing (or how) that you're not. Sit down and really think about and honesty analyze what they do differently from ...
Kevin: Thanks for proving comment cards don't necessarily work. Collection forms are restricted to the questions asked, the attention span of the persons...
... We get feedback from guests from conversations while we're showing them whatever is in our scopes, and from the donation bucket. We don't have canned...
Our Society meets once a month starting at 7:30pm. First are some announcements then a featured speaker for 45 minutes or an hour. Then a bathroom break....
Jordan-- Our meeting outline is currently similar to yours: Start at 7:30p with a welcome and some general announcments, then often a short (~10min) segment we...
In our club we alternate between two kinds of meetings every two weeks: - Speaker's Nights - Featuring a "keynote" speaker - usually an advanced amateur...
Jordan, where is your club located and do you have a website? James __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
This is an interesting and very timely thread! Thanks for starting it! At CAS's last meeting things ran a bit long as the speaker had a particularly complex...
... Texas Astronomical Society, host of the upcoming ALCON is located in Dallas, Texas. Speaking of ALCON, is anybody from your club coming in August? Our...
our meetings are typical of what is being reported, but we don't hopld business at the monthly meetings. We (for now) have our meetings on the third Friday of...
The Saguaro Astronomy Clubs meetings typicaly run about 2 1/2 hours. We open the meeting with a welcome and ask any new members or guests to introduce...
They person that went on for an hour and 15 minutes had no guidelines given to them before the meeting. This has to be done. Set limits on the length and also...
BMAS is a small group that's oriented much more to observing. We meet on the first and third Friday of the month. Our typical business meeting lasts about 5...
Hi, the LVAAS (Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society) has general meetings on the second Sunday of the month (with a couple of exceptions). The meetings...
... From: "Carolyn Porco" Dear Friends and Colleagues, While there has been a great deal of activity surrounding Cassini's results on Saturn's icy moons,...
Your assistance is needed ASAP. From: "Carolyn Porco" Sue, I said I'd get back to you about urging your email list members to write to the Senate Science...
Hello All, Today is the last day for early registration in ALConExpo 2006 and the last day we are guaranteed the special group rates for the convention hotels....
... From: "Carolyn Porco" JPL Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: Re: Letter to Congress Sue Please tell your fellow amateur astronomers, first...
Astro-Physics needs your help----- Original Message ----- From: Daleen Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:33 AM Subject: Astro-Physics needs your help Dear...
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