FBAC Meeting

11/17/06

35 people attending

7:05     Novice Presentation by Dennis Borgman: Variable Stars & Planets

7:26     Novice Presentation by Steve Goldberg: TSP

7:46     Break

7:54     Allan Treiman (Lunar Planetary Institute): Meteorites from Mars

9:05     Officer Introduction;

            Visitors (3)

            New Members (1)

9:06     Reports

            Treasurer's Report

                        Active Membership-124

                        Some Delinquent Dues (Please  pay up soon!)

                        Balance: $5060.09-Checking

                                       $28.65-Savings

                                       $32.16-Cash

                        Possibility of depositing someplace with better interest rates? CD or money market.

            ED Committee

                        Quadrant 4 is stuck again

            A-Team

                        Not really active

                        Four candidates by Joe Dellinger

                        One asteroid back for another pass

            AOW

                        Booked through 4/07

                        Richmond State School visited

                        $100 from Rita Drabek

                        Walker Station -1/25/07

            Tuesday get-together at Denny's

9:23     Book review -Hal Coward

                        Parallax by Alan Hirschfield

9:28     Christmas Party

                        12/15

                        At HCC, help to set up at 6:00

9:30     New Business

                        Observing Clubs

                        Purchases for ED

                                    O III & UHC Filters

                                    Basic Color Filter Set

                                    Paracorr Repair

                                    Vote -Approved

                                    Eyepiece Case Foam -already replaced

9:33     Mike Brown Star Party

                        For Brownie Group

9:34     Club Benefits

                        Loaner Scopes

9:35     AL Outreach Award

                        Leonard Ferguson

9:36     Question of the month

9:37     Adjourn