Need suggestions - Astronomer gift baskets?????

Okay, this is a thought very much in the preliminary stages and could very
well prove to be unrealistic. This is the only forum I know of that I am
pretty sure of most of my fellow club members are not on so I would be
letting the cat out of the bag if I asked for advice here.

Okay here it is....

Every year our astronomy club tries to do something nice for our volunteers,
usually an award and/or raffle tickets. This year I was thinking of trying
to put together gift baskets as thank you gifts. If someone were to give you
such a gift basket what would you like to see in it? Okay, now please
realize that our budget for each of these would be pretty darn modest. Based
on feedback here it could very well be that this idea will have to be
abandoned because it isn't feasible but I thought if I could hear your
thoughts it would help me see what could (or could not) be done.

Thanks gang!

Dawn Baird-Chleborad
www.wodenoptics.com
www.astronerds.com

P.S. I finally got my own uniform for the Dark Skye Regiment yesterday! Here
is a pic of me finally in uniform! Woohoo! ;-)
http://www.svas.org/dSR.htm#03

Correction: It should have read "I would NOT be letting the cat out of the
bag...."

Dawn

"Dawn Baird-Chleborad" wrote in message
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Okay, this is a thought very much in the preliminary stages and could very
well prove to be unrealistic. This is the only forum I know of that I am
pretty sure of most of my fellow club members are not on so I would be
letting the cat out of the bag if I asked for advice here.

Dawn Baird-Chleborad wrote:
This year I was thinking of trying to put together gift baskets as
thank you gifts. If someone were to give you such a gift basket
what would you like to see in it?

Stargaze - Hubble's View Of The Universe (2000)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=1TI12ITJQ9ULA

Stargaze II - Visions of the Universe (2004)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=1TI12ITJQ9ULA

- Canopus56

Tickets to a dog show?
GL

Dawn Baird-Chleborad wrote:

Okay, this is a thought very much in the preliminary stages and could very
well prove to be unrealistic. This is the only forum I know of that I am
pretty sure of most of my fellow club members are not on so I would be
letting the cat out of the bag if I asked for advice here.

Okay here it is....

Every year our astronomy club tries to do something nice for our volunteers,
usually an award and/or raffle tickets. This year I was thinking of trying
to put together gift baskets as thank you gifts. If someone were to give you
such a gift basket what would you like to see in it? Okay, now please
realize that our budget for each of these would be pretty darn modest. Based
on feedback here it could very well be that this idea will have to be
abandoned because it isn't feasible but I thought if I could hear your
thoughts it would help me see what could (or could not) be done.

Thanks gang!

Dawn Baird-Chleborad
www.wodenoptics.com
www.astronerds.com

P.S. I finally got my own uniform for the Dark Skye Regiment yesterday! Here
is a pic of me finally in uniform! Woohoo! ;-)
http://www.svas.org/dSR.htm#03

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:47:24 -0800, "Dawn Baird-Chleborad"
wrote:

Okay, this is a thought very much in the preliminary stages and could very
well prove to be unrealistic. This is the only forum I know of that I am
pretty sure of most of my fellow club members are not on so I would be
letting the cat out of the bag if I asked for advice here.

Okay here it is....

Every year our astronomy club tries to do something nice for our volunteers,
usually an award and/or raffle tickets. This year I was thinking of trying
to put together gift baskets as thank you gifts. If someone were to give you
such a gift basket what would you like to see in it? Okay, now please
realize that our budget for each of these would be pretty darn modest. Based
on feedback here it could very well be that this idea will have to be
abandoned because it isn't feasible but I thought if I could hear your
thoughts it would help me see what could (or could not) be done.


Pocket-sized red LED light

Fold-up star chart or planisphere

A multitool (everyone needs a multitool)

Insulated coffee mug

Chocolate ('coz I like chocolate)

grin Green laser pointer?
--
Nick Theodorakis

contact form:
http://theodorakis.net/contact.html

Nick Theodorakis wrote:
[...]
Pocket-sized red LED light

Fold-up star chart or planisphere

If you want some ideas for planispheres (including one you can make
yourself
from Canon's 3D Papercraft web site), browse:

http://thadlabs.com/ASTRO/Planispheres/

That page gets updated every time I find time to scan-in or photograph
the
latest acquisitions/gifts -- roughly every month or so.