HI, Randy,

I am so glad this list has been cleaned up and revitalized. I actually didn't
know it existed
until a few days ago and when I first checked the messages I was very
disappointed to
see all the spam. I live in Redding and am very interested in finding people to
go
observing with. I don't really want to go out by myself. And, if possible, at
least at first, I
would like to accompany someone, in other words, let someone else drive. Right
not I
don't like driving at night especially when I don't know where I am going. My
equiipment
is small and I also enjoy browsing/scanning with my binoculars. I am very new to
amateur
astronomy and really want to do more observing where it is dark. My local area
(my
house) is not good because of: trees blocking the sky, street lights, porch
lights plus
general Redding light pollution.

Guess that's enough for now. Thanks for rejuvenating this group.
Dorothy



--- In tac-shasta@yahoogroups.com, "Randy Muller" <randygmuller@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> My name is Randy Muller, and I am from Roseville, CA, and I am the
> founder of TAC-SAC (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tac-sac/). I
> was one of the original members here, back when this list was created
> in 2002.
>
> Today I was invited to help clean up the spam here, and implement some
> anti-spam protective measures, like we have on TAC-SAC. There are now
> 3 list co-owners here: Michael Huster, Professor of Science at
> Simpson University in Redding, Mark Wagner, founder of TAC
> (http://observers.org/) and me. Our goal is to clear the spam, revive
> the list and re-focus on observing.
>
> I believe we have eliminated all the spammers and have removed the spam.
>
> If you have been afraid to post because of the spam, worry no longer!
> We want this to be a safe place to discuss visual observational
> astronomy and learn from each other.
>
> Please encourage your friends who might be interested in visual
> observational astronomy to join here and discuss observing plans. If
> you know people who have left because of them spam, or for any other
> reason, encourage them to come back.
>
> A new moon weekend is coming up!
>