[AANC Contacts] Board Meeting Reminder & SJAA at Hogue

[Kenneth Frank]

Hello AANC Board,
This email is to announce the Board Meeting this Sunday, April 19th, 10 a.m. DIAL IN ONLY
telecon.


Please send Alan your Club Reports.  Additions to the agenda can be put on the issues page.
Please send to Alan <adgould at comcast.net> and cc me.

Dial in to: 1 866-744-9692   Passcode is always: 6346737#  Please state your name followed
by #.

After roll call you can press *6 to mute your phone so there won't be background noise.
When you want to say something, just press *6 again.

Please print or at least read the agenda and review the previous meetings minutes
http://www.aanc-astronomy.org/AANCminutes/AANCminutes.html
before the telecon so they can be expeditiously approved.

Changes or corrections should be sent via email Alan: adgould at comcast.net

AANC 2009 April 19 Agenda

1. Call to order Walt/Ken

2. Roll call - Alan
Guests: Avani Bedagkar

3. Approve minutes http://aanc-astronomy.org/minutes

4. Treasurer's report - Richard

5. Old business
A ASP Meeting and AANC 2009 Conference Committee Update — Ken, Richard,Doug, Mark, Mike P.

B From Earth to the Universe (FETTU) - Ken
http://groups.google.com/group/fettu/web/calendar?hl=en

6. New business
A Avani Bedagkar's update on her grant project: Astronomy Club at Hirsch Elementary School

B Featured Club Newsletter:
http://www.stocktonastro.org/Newsletter/pdf/ValleySkyApr09MODIFIED.pdf

7. Club reports and website updates
Please send to: adgould at comcast.net

8. Announcements
International Dark-Sky Week will occur from April 20 to April 26, 2009. Here's the press 
release:
http://www.planitarium.net/aanc/calendar/idsw-press.doc

9. Adjourn

Next meeting date: June 7 at Chabot, unless otherwise amended.

Thanks as always go to Alan Gould and NASA Kepler Mission for providing the teleconference.
Engineers have successfully ejected the dust cover from NASA's Kepler telescope, a
spaceborne mission, has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon 
begin hunting for planets like Earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html

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SJAA at Hogue
Friday eve at Hogue:
Beginners Astronomy Class - will feature Pete Santangeli speaking on Astronomical
Astronomical Imaging for Beginners.  If you have nothing more than curiosity about
imaging, you'll still enjoy Pete's presentation, he has deep knowledge of the subject.
Following Pete's talk Mark Wagner will give a brief "What's Up" presentation on featuring
the constellation Virgo.  The talks begin at 7:30 P.M.

Public Star Party - From 9:00 P.M. until midnight SJAA will host this in-town event.
Bring your telescope to share views with the public.  If you plan to attend, help
advertise these events by forwarding this e-mail to your kids' school Yahoo E-Groups,
friends,  co-worker, and other mailing lists.

Conditions are forecast to be great - we should have a wonderful time.  Saturn and deep
sky targets will be on the menu.  Come out and see what's up!

Directions to Houge Park - http://www.sjaa.net/directions.html#Houge_Park



Hope to hear from you all on Sunday,

Ken