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CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes

July 21, 2005


Attendees:

Paul Kronenwetter

Ray Jones

Tony Urzi

Francisco Gonzalez

Frank Gutkowski

Tom Chitty

Frank Sperl


Guests:


  1. President's Call to order. Welcoming remarks.

    Meeting was called to order at 6:59pm


  2. Secretary's Report

Request was made for comments and changes to the June board meeting minutes. No additional changes were suggested. Dave moved to accept the minutes, Tony seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously.


  1. Treasurer's Report

Ray briefly gave a summary of expenses from last month. Dr. Alex Filippenko's Astronomy Course has been purchased and has arrived. A DVD called “The Universe” was also purchased and will be placed in the library.


  1. Agenda Items

    1. Report on Hydrogen Alpha filter telescope.(Walt)
      Walt has investigated a number of HA telescopes and recommended that should we be interested, the Coronado 40mm would be the best purchase at $1600. David made a motion to spend not more than $2000 to purchase the Coronado 40mm Hydrogen-Alpha Telescope with a tripod. Tom seconded the motion. Ray proposed a modification to make the purchase contingent on sufficient funds being available in the budget to cover said purchase and if not the board approves taking the purchase to the full membership during the August general meeting. The amendment was accepted and the motion passed unanimously.

    2. Robinson Observatory status.
      The dome has been fixed, the shroud has been replaced on the telescope. The observatory is in full working order.

    3. Astronomy course DVD.

    4. Dr. Woodney has left the university. Dr. Britt is now the Observatory director.

    5. Review UCF astronomy scholarship inputs.

      Ray will scan the applications and distribute them via email. He requests that the board review each application and submit your recommended candidate to Ray via email.


  1. Committee Reports

    1. Membership

      New Members for July:

      • Denise Woody


    The vote to approve Dense passed with 0 No votes and 7 Yes votes: (Frank Sperl was absent for this vote).


    1. Programs

      • August (OSC)

        • Amateur Telescope Making by Walt Hamler & Frank Sperl

        • Tony will create a short presentation on constellations for the August meeting.

      • September: (SCC)

        • A presentation will be created on observing Mars.

        • Constellation of the month : (Tom Chitty)


    1. DSAC/Library

      • CFAS Stellar City award for Harmony
        Harmony submitted a lighting code which has not been approved by the county.


    2. Publicity

      • The next anticipated event is Mars.


    3. Orlando Science Center

      • No report.


    4. Board Members at Large

      • No report


    5. Observing

      • No requests for programs pending.

      • Received a thank-you letter for the Lake Hyland Preparatory event.


    6. Robinson

      • Package for complete rebuild submitted by Paul Gardner. No other data available.

      • Dr. Llewellyn thanked CFAS for supporting the Robinson Observatory activities.

      • Visitor night starts in September.


    7. Astrolog Editor

      • The current edition is ready at the printer. Arrangements were made to distribute printed copies to OSC, SCC and UCF.


    8. Scientific Committee

      • No report


    9. NASA Night Sky Network

      • Tony expressed interest in presenting at OSC

      • Frank suggested approaching Laurent about doing presentations.


    10. Webmaster

      • Remove Ed Williams from the Robinson training section.



  1. Old Business

    1. 3 Lakes Wilderness Area
      No report.

    2. Harmony observatory.
      Instead of accepting our donation they suggested we start an observatory fund. Ray presented this option to the board. Tom proposed that CFAS start an observatory fund with the $100 donation. Frank Gutkowski seconded. Ray will create the guidelines under which the fund is created. The motion passed unanimously.

    3. Orlando Museum of Art Program (Alan Hoffberg)
      No report.


  2. New Business

    1. None presented.


  3. Motion to Adjourn

    Frank Gutkowski motioned to adjourn the meeting, Tony seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm.