Mar 05
The meeting took place on Thursday March 5th at the Beechwood Inn from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. In attendance: Jim Reier, Frank Roldan, Peter Burkey Old Business Items 1) Treasury Report: Account balance as of March 5th is $859.71 2) IYA2009 International Year of Astronomy The board discussed ways to celebrate IYA2009 in the …
Mar 01
What’s Up in the Sky March, 2009 By Peter Burkey This month’s news includes a space catastrophe, a visitor to our solar system, and an interesting planetary observation you can try. You probably heard the recent reports about the collision of two satellites in orbit, the first such event involving an operational spacecraft. On February …
Feb 05
We met on Monday February 5th at the 84 East Pasta. The meeting lasted from 5:30 p.m. until approximately 7:15 p.m. In attendance: Jim Reier, Frank Roldan, Peter Burkey, George Miller Old Business Items 1. The Jan. 30th preparation training for the Black River Science Olympiad went very well. This will be logged as our …
Feb 01
What’s Up in the Sky February, 2009 By Peter Burkey Four hundred years ago Galileo first pointed his telescope toward the sky revealing sights never before seen by humans and launching the scientific revolution. To celebrate this landmark event in history, 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) by the United Nations …
Jan 05
We met on Monday January 5th at the Crazy Horse Steakhouse. The meeting lasted from 5:30 p.m. until approximately 8:00 p.m. In attendance: Jim Reier, Frank Roldan, Mark Logsdon, Peter Burkey, George Miller New Business Items 1. Establish date/time/places for recurring monthly board meetings We decided the first Thursday of the month should work. 2. …
