CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
August 18th, 2004
Board members present:
Ray Jones
Frank Sperl
Frank Gutowski
Paul Kronenwetter
David Furrow
Alan Hoffberg
Laurence Lurie
Walt Hamler
Guests present:
None
Ray Jones called the March meeting to order at 7:10 PM at Dan’s Family restaurant.
Old business:
Ray Jones stated that he had been in touch with Bob Nelson concerning Bob’s donation of a 12 inch Meade SCT telescope to CFAS and that Bob still intended to donate the scope.
Paul Kronenwetter stated that the beta test of the new NASA Night Sky Network materials would be ending on 8/21 and that he did not know if CFAS would receive new materials from the updated program.
Fall 2004 CFAS picnic: Originally the CFAS Fall picnic was to be held down at Harmony but the SCC Star Range is better equipped (tables, bathrooms, etc.) to handle the event. Larry Lurie made a motion to move the event to the SCC Star Range and for CFAS to provide drinks and ice. Frank Sperl seconded the motion and the board approved it. David Furrow said that he would post a note on the Yahoo group informing the group of the event and asking for attendees to bring a dessert.
Astrophotography class: Frank Sperl stated that the astrophotography class was still scheduled for the Fall picnic. Ray Jones proposed that the class topic be on image processing and that the basic imaging class be regularly scheduled for dark site viewing nights. Frank agreed to the changes.
TEC 140 telescope mount: Ray stated that a decision needed to be made on the purchase of a mount for the TEC 140 and then a presentation and proposal needed to be made at the general meeting to the membership. Paul Kronenwetter made a motion to propose to the general membership that CFAS purchase a suitable telescope mount for the TEC 140 with the price not to exceed $4,000.00. Larry Lurie seconded the motion, and the board voted unanimously to approve the motion.
New business:
Ray stated that a clean-up day would be scheduled in October for the Robinson Observatory. Ray added that he would talk with UCF about the need for CFAS storage space at the observatory and the need for a login id and password for the new PC.
Secretary:
Frank Gutowski made a motion to accept the board minutes from the June and July, 2004 meetings. The motion was seconded by Larry Lurie and unanimously approved by the board.
Treasurer:
Larry Lurie made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report for July 2004. Walt Hamler seconded the motion and unanimously approved by the board.
Membership:
Frank Gutowski presented six people for new CFAS membership. David Furrow seconded the motion and the board approved it.
Programs:
Ray proposed starting a “Ask the CFAS President a question” segment at the next meeting to allow members to ask general topic questions. The board agreed that this was a good idea. Ray asked Walt Hamler if he would do a presentation on the “Constellation of the Month” at the next meeting and Walt agreed.
Publicity:
No report from the publicity committee.
Orlando Science Center:
The September general meeting is scheduled to be held at the OSC on Sept. 8th.
BMAL:
Ray Jones reminded the Board Members at Large that the annual elections are scheduled for October and that an election slate needed to be presented to the membership prior to the October general meeting.
Observing:
Ray will be setting up an observing session at the 3 Lakes Wilderness Area soon.
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 8:38pm, it was seconded, and the meeting adjourned