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CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes

CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes

June 22, 2005

Attendees:

Paul Kronenwetter

Frank Gutowski

Walt Hamler

Francisco Gonzalez

Tom Chitty

Tony Urzi

Alan Hoffberg

Dave Furrow

Larry Lurie

Guests: (None)

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

  1. The meeting was called to order at 7:01pm

  2. Walt made his welcoming remarks and stated he's very pleased and excited about where CFAS is going and the enthusiasm of the membership.

  1. Secretary's Report

A request was made for comments and changes to the May board meeting minutes. Alan made a motion to approve the minutes as distributed. Frank seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.

  1. Treasurer's Report

  1. Alan explained the treasurer's status and budget variance report.

  2. Tom motioned to approve the treasurer's report. Larry seconded. The report was accepted unanimously.

  1. Agenda Items

    1. Formation of an Astrofest Permanent Committee

      1. Dave suggested that a permanent committee be formed to take care of planning for Astrofest.

      2. Nine sites were reserved for March 16th & 17th, 2007.

      3. Walt suggested not having a lunch delivered but make it a BBQ pot-luck. CFAS would supply items such as drinks, charcoal, and utensils.

      4. Tom, David and Alan will start the committee.

    2. Name tags for members and guests at the meetings.

      1. Larry brought up the topic of having name tags for members and guests. This would help guests and new members feel more comfortable when attending the meetings.

      2. Walt will obtain name tags and other items to implement this idea.

    3. Open discussion to start meetings

      1. Francisco, inspired by an email forwarded from the Astro-Officers email list, suggested to open meetings with a short discussion to identify guests & new members and invite questions from everyone attending the meeting.

      2. Walt will incorporate this into the next meeting.

    4. Walt suggested offering a semi-organized meeting after the meeting.

      1. Interest was generally positive, so Walt will mention the idea at the next meeting.

    5. Robinson Observatory

      1. Paul Gardner is doing a fabulous job integrating the systems going into the observatory.

      2. A 14” Meade Schmitt-Cassegrain is currently mounted and capturing very good images.

      3. The mount should arrive in the next 12 months and the 20” Richie-Chritien should arrive within 24 months.

  1. Committee Reports

    1. Membership -

      1. New Members for May:

        1. Joe Hartwig

        2. Julius Metts

        3. Karen M. Coombs

        4. Brian Klug

        5. William Treichel

        6. Greg Long

Francisco moved to accept these membership applications, Walt seconded this motion. The board voted to accept the membership applications from the above families.

    1. Programs

      1. Larry mentioned there may be some changes in the programs but they haven't been finalized yet. One of the speakers is requesting a change in location.

    1. DSAC/Library

      1. Derek Demeter has been in contact with a lighting fixture supplier. They will be meeting in the near future to discuss donation of several light fixtures for displays at SCC and OSC.

      2. Alan suggested having a discussion with the vendor to establish some sort of partnership of mutual promotion. We could offer a link to the company on the DSAC page in return for a link on theirs.

    1. Publicity

      1. Primrose Schools held a summer camp on June 9th “Cosmic Clues”

        1. Introduction to Astronomy was presented twice.

        2. Tony felt the audience was a little too young for our presentations.

        3. Alan suggested the presenter explain the expected chaperone’s role to the chaperones prior to each presentation for the purpose of making them an active rather than passive presentation component. The docents are advised to use this technique at both the Art Museum and Zoo because it works.

      2. Orange County Library System

        1. The first session will be held on Wednesday July 19th at 7:30pm.

        2. This may evolve into a more long-term engagement, especially if we can make presentations at more locations.

    1. Orlando Science Center

      1. Nothing to report.

    1. Board Members at Large

      1. Nothing to report.

    1. Observing

      1. Princeton has already contacted us for next year's events, trying to get a firm appointment for viewing specific objects.

    1. Education and Outreach

      1. Nothing to report.

    1. Robinson

      1. Nothing additional to report.

    1. Astrolog Editor

      1. Tom asked how many copies to produce during the summer. A quantity of 100 for distribution of 30 at each OSC and SCC and the remainder to publicity and membership.

    1. Scientific Committee

      1. Inactive

    1. NASA Night Sky Network

      1. The next NASA Night Sky kit will be shipped in September.

      2. The next quarterly drawing will be July 5th and we have nine events logged.

    1. Webmaster

      1. Nothing to report.

  1. Old Business

    1. Nothing.

  1. New Business

    1. The last shirt order was in 2004 so we're about due to place another order. Alan suggested a different mix of shirts for the next order including more of the larger sizes. Alan will work with Marjorie to determine the scope of the next order.

    2. Alan suggested CFAS interview members and publish those interviews in the Astrolog. Interviews would include information which goes beyond the member’s astronomy interest because such adds human interest.

  1. Motion to Adjourn

    1. Frank motioned to adjourn the meeting, Francisco seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:12pm.

/s/ Paul Kronenwetter – CFAS Secretary