I read a club newsletter recently which describer and showed pictures of a mobile astronomy trailer. The problem is, I don't know which newsletter. Does this...
No, not that one. It was a standard boxy type that was outfitted with all equipment needed to make a quick go when the mood, or weather, struck. Sue ... From:...
I'm staying in the Jiminy Peak area of MA for the next week. Are there any observers from that area on this hotline? Anyone know of good observing sites within...
I am forwarding this request form Joe Rao: If any one has images of this past weekend's remarkable Orionid display, SPACE.com would like to use them in a...
I am forwarding this message from Joe Rao: I have just gotten an alert from the SeeSat-L group that a satellite, designation 29385 2006-35A is due to decay...
Here is a follow-up email from Joe: For those wondering about the final outcome of satellite 29385 2006-35A, here is an email that I received from off of the...
Are any 'astro-officers' members interested in exchanging non-copywrited astronomy club type presentations? Our local club has several 'canned' presentations...
Hi Kevin, If the goal is membership retention, our local club has found over the years that a personal telephone call or handwritten letter to the member about...
Sounds like a great idea. I had a bunch of power point programs bookmarked, but lost them to a hard drive crash. Are you using any of the ASP programs? They...
Hello, I just joined this group so I can ask a question. I was in the Amarillo Astronomy Club about 1999 - 2002, then the San Diego Astronomy Association about...
Hi Carey, Perhaps a nice little letter endorsed by all the astronomy club officers on this group might help? All of us can't be wrong. Christopher B....
Carey - I moderate the Yahoo! discussion group for the St. Louis Astronomical Society. I've run into some of the resistance you speak of. The discussion...
One thing you might do is create a "dummy" account on the new group, and give the officers the user name and password so they can sign on to check it out...
I have gone through the same thing with one club that I have belonged to for five years. My region (Mid-Atlantic) has about six clubs and all are separated by...
Hello Carey. David Young of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City here. Four terms as president, four terms as Observatory Director, a term as Vice...
Personally, I'm moving everything away from Yahoo Groups. I personally can't stand the intrusive advertising and the personal information and spam I seem to...
Hey Carey: Hope it's warmer in Hawaii than at TDS, last weekend it hit 20! But clear crisp skies... Remember, the SDAA's Yahoo Group was/is NOT the offical...
You don't have to enter all that info if you don't want to. Make sure you click the box that says don't send ads, etc. My club uses it constantly and it is...
Hello everyone, FYI the RASC will be implementing a new Entry and Exit Survey program. We are hoping to implement in the next few weeks. Here are links to the...
Tom, Great idea, especially for those presenters that have to cancel at the last minute. Maybe we could have a folder in this group to store these. If that...
I'm located in Lancaster, CA (About 60 miles north or Los Angeles.) Our local club is the Antelope Valley Astronomy Club http://www.avastronomyclub.org - Tom...
... Our club had a Yahoo group over 6 years ago, and no one ever used it. I deleted the group after about a year of non-use, but just recently (last August) I...
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Mark, and all, Thanks for the ideas. I have set up a dummy account, got the San Diego club to let me listen in on it. SDAA gets between 300 and 600 posts a...
Nicely done. Thanks. Sue Rose AOS of NY ... From: astro-officers@yahoogroups.com To: astro-officers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:47 PM ...