CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
July 21st, 2004
Board members present:
Ray Jones
Frank Sperl
Frank Gutowski
Walt Hamler
David Furrow
Alan Hoffberg
Laurence Lurie
Pat Weeks
Guests present:
None
Ray Jones called the July meeting to order at 7:06 PM at Dan’s Family restaurant.
Old business:
Ray Jones stated that he had spoken with Greg Golgowski at the Harmony Institute and that they had a renewed interest in building an observatory on their property. Ray added that he would write up a draft agreement to support the Harmony effort and would present it to the board. Alan Hoffberg stated that he would call Bob Nelson to discuss the donation of his 12 inch Meade telescope to the Harmony observatory.
Ray stated, in Paul Kronenwetter’s absence, that Paul was very excited about the new NASA Night Sky Network materials that they had provided.
Ray asked that Frank Sperl contact Bob Reim to coordinate an astrophotography class for the Fall picnic.
Ray asked again for the board to consider purchasing a telescope mount for portability purposes of the TEC 140. He stated that he would mention the proposal at the next general meeting and possibly post a poll on the Yahoo group. Ray Jones, Walt Hamler, and Alan Hoffberg agreed to research the possibilities of a new mount.
New business:
Secretary:
The minutes from the June meeting were not available for approval.
Treasurer:
Alan Hoffberg presented the June Treasurers report. He also provided the IRS form 99 (‘Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax’) for approval by the board. David Furrow made a motion to approve the budget report and the tax filing. Ray Jones seconded the motion and the board approved the motion.
Membership:
No new members were presented for approval.
Programs:
Pat Weeks announce that Laurent Pellerin would give a presentation at the August general meeting on the Cassini/Huygens mission.
Pat and Larry Lurie agreed to work together to determine a presentation at the next OSC meeting.
Publicity:
No report from the publicity committee.
Orlando Science Center:
No report from the OSC committee.
BMAL:
No report or comments from the Board Members at Large.
Observing:
Walt stated that the group was acquiring a large number of loaner scopes and asked for volunteers to help house some of the scopes.
Ray Jones announced that UCF had purchased a new computer to be installed at the Robinson Observatory and that they had also purchased new versions of ‘The Sky” and “CCDSoft” software.
Education/Outreach:
No education activities are planned for the next few months.
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 8:20pm, it was seconded, and the meeting adjourned