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