Lynne Gilliland has the book. Starting preparations now eliminates the need for rushing something together at the last minute. Steve Lesnik will be coordinating a trip around June for the observatory committee to visit the Mt. Cuba observatory in Delaware. This facility is similar to what we wish to build and we hope to learn from it. We have also decided to separate the Observatory Committee from the main club meeting.
Current plans are for the committee to meet two weeks before the regular club meeting.
Many club members will be in Curacao for the solar eclipse at the time of the February meeting. However, for those left behind, we do plan to have a February meeting at the regular time. We are exploring the possibility of getting an Internet connection for the meeting and in Curacao. If anyone has a digital camera to photograph the eclipse, we may even be able to send an image. Sue Bassett mentioned that she will be between jobs and working full time getting the Curacao trip ready at Greenbelt Travel.