CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
May 19th, 2004
Board members present:
Ray Jones
Frank Sperl
Frank Gutowski
David Furrow
Alan Hoffberg
Laurence Lurie
Walt Hamler
Guests present:
Bob Veazy
Ray Jones called the March meeting to order at 7:13 PM at Dan’s Family restaurant.
Old business:
Ray Jones stated that he and some other members would be taking a trip to the Three Lakes Wilderness area to access it’s potential for becoming a permanent CFAS viewing site.
New business:
Ray announced that the publicity chair position should be considered open again.
Secretary:
No Secretaries report available
Treasurer:
The Treasurers report was accepted and approved by the board.
Membership:
Frank Gutowski presented the following new member applicants:
William J. Grisa
Mark Schulman
Ann Collins
Stephen Young
William Segler
Peter Travers
Frank Sperl made a motion to accept the new members, Larry Lurie seconded the motion, and the board voted to approve.
Programs:
In Pat Weeks absence Ray Jones announced that the format of the monthly general meeting may change to focus on presentations. He added that the “Constellation of the Month” presentation would be started again.
The June 9th monthly general meeting will be held at the Orlando Science Center and will be led by Pat Weeks.
Publicity:
No report from the publicity committee.
Orlando Science Center:
No report from the OSC chair.
BMAL:
No activity from the board members at large.
Observing:
Walt Hamler announced that some of the upcoming SCC Star Range viewing dates may shift to the Harmony site due to police qualifications at SCC.
Ray Jones stated that the problems with the Tinsley telescope at the Robinson observatory had been corrected.
CFAS will be supporting the Orlando Science Center during the Venus transit on June 8th and Walt Hamler will be leading that effort.
DSAC:
No report from DSAC.
Science Committee:
No report from the Science committee chair.
Astrolog Committee:
No report from the Astrolog committee chair.
Librarian:
No report from the librarian.
A motion to adjourn was made at 8:10pm, it was seconded, and the meeting adjourned