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PA Astronomy Cooperative - Organizational Meeting
All,
If you are an astronomy club in Pennsylvania, or a member of one, this message pertains to you. If you're just a member of a PA astronomy club, please forward this to your officers. This message is to officially invite your organization to send 2 representatives to the organizational meeting of the Pennsylvania Astronomy Club Cooperative to be held on Saturday April 3, 2004. The Astronomy Cooperative is being formed to bring together PA Astronomy club and those clubs who are or have dropped out of the Astronomical League, were never members of the AL, or who are Members of the AL. Non-AL Members and AL Members are all welcome and encouraged to join the cooperative. Whether your organization has officially decided to be involved in this cooperative, is waiting for details to come available, or isn't sure if they want to join a cooperative, we encourage every club to send at least one representative to the meeting so they can provide input and bring information back to their club so an informed decision can be made. If you need more details, please contact me. I've attempted to contact every astronomy club in the state, and believe all of my e-mails have went through. The formation of this cooperative is also historic, it marks the first time in history, that astronomy clubs in Pennsylvania will be involved involved in a state-wide cooperative. I assure you that the benefits of belonging to a cooperative will be well worth getting involved. Imagine having a place to pool research and work on projects together. Imagine having a website for all Pennsylvanians that lists events for the entire state. Imagine bringing together our clubs once a year and promoting camaraderie and friendship amongst us all. Imagine having an outlet to participate in observing programs. And imagine what we can accomplish on a statewide level promoting the amateur astronomy hobby and issues we face such as light pollution. The benefits are endless! The response to the formation of this group has been tremendous and I believe that forming this cooperative will be beneficial to each astronomy club who supports the cooperative as well as all amateur astronomers in Pennsylvania. The purpose of the meeting is to ascertain what each group wants out of the cooperative and discuss details on getting the cooperative started. The Astronomical Society of Harrisburg, which is in a central location in the state, has agreed to host this organizational meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday April 3, 2004 at 1:00 PM at the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Astronomical Center in Lewisberry, PA. We will go to dinner afterwards. Each club is encouraged to send 2 delegates to the meeting, the meeting is free and snacks and beverages will be available during the meeting. Please RSVP to me as soon as possible letting me know the names of the people your group will send. Directions to the Naylor are accurate from Mapquest.Com . Just put in 670 Observatory Drive Lewisberry, PA 17339 and it will bring you to the Center. If you have any questions, please contact me. And again please RSVP back to me as soon as you can, preferably by March 8, 2004. Regards, Ted A. Nichols II President - ASH www.astrohbg.org |
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