CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes

CFAS Monthly Board Meeting Minutes

April 17, 2007

Attendees:

Paul Kronenwetter

Walt Hamler

Tony Urzi

Beeler Gausz

Derek Demeter

Francisco Gonzales

Guests:

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

The meeting was called to order at 7:19pm.

1. Secretary's Report

A request was made for comments and changes to the March board meeting minutes. Walt made a motion to approve the minutes as distributed by email. Tony Urzi seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.

1. Treasurer's Report

No report was submitted.

1. Agenda Items

1. Committee Reports

   1. Membership -

      1. New Members for January:

         Francisco made a motion to approve the above new members. Beeler seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

         1. Liam E. Collins

         2. Bill Preston

         3. Curt Knudsen

1. 1. Programs

      1. Barbara Harris will make a presentation at the May meeting entitled “How amateurs can conduct valuable astronomy in variable star observations.”

      2. Tony will make a presentation on the Sun in June.

      3. July's presentation will probably be on Black Holes.

      4. Derek will make a presentation in August.

1. 1. DSAC/Library

      1. A group of technical writers at UCF are working on a project related to dark skies.

      2. Derek still hasn't been able to process the pictures taken during their overflight a few months ago.

      3. Derek is also working on a project at the Sanford International Airport to retrofit new lighting with dark sky-friendly shields.

1. 1. Publicity

      1. Another Astronomy day will be held on September 15th as an experiment.

1. 1. Orlando Science Center

      1. No new information.

1. 1. Board Members at Large

      1. No new information

1. 1. Observing

      1. Tom Chitty suggested a few items for next year's Astrofest

         1. Use Kissimmee Prairie Preserve for next year's event. Tony made the motion to accept this proposal, Derek seconded. The board was unanimous in accepting the proposal.

         2. Since the above motion passed, Tom also proposed that all available campsites be reserved for Astrofest. Walt made the motion, Paul seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

1. 1. Education and Outreach

      1. Girl Scouts at their camp in Chuluota on April 20th.

         1. Six members have signed up so the event will be well covered.

      2. Astronomy Day, Saturday, April 21st.

         1. SCC event starts at 4pm, setup is in front of the planetarium.

      3. Dream Lake event in Apopka on Friday, April 27th.

      4. National Sidewalk Astronomer's Association suggest an event on Saturday, May 19th.

1. 1. Robinson

      1. No update provided.

1. 1. Astrolog Editor

      1. No update provided.

1. 1. Scientific Committee

      1. No update provided.

1. 1. NASA Night Sky Network

      1. No update.

1. 1. Webmaster

      1. Paul requested additional information for the website. Walt mentioned that he goes through parts of the website periodically and is satisfied with the content.

1. Old Business

   1. No old business was discussed.

1. New Business

   1. No new business was discussed.

1. Motion to Adjourn

   1. Beeler motioned to adjourn the meeting, Derek seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.

/s/ Paul Kronenwetter – CFAS Secretary