This year they have already notified employees that they are looking for non-profit groups to submit proposals once again. Ric Shanahan immediately began a correspondence with one of the fund principals in order to determine if making the observatories of Salem State College and Merrimack College handicap and elderly accessible by utilizing a real time ccd video system would qualify. Impressed with our ideas, Joe took the proposal to the Frank Palladino, Good Neighbor Fund Board Member, who informed Ric that he would personally present it to the remaining committee members on February 20th for approval. As of this writing, their meeting had been rescheduled to February 27th in order to get a quorum. The material and weight will be the same as the ash gray ones.
Hats are still in the works, details as they become available.
It was decided that the club should purchase an overhead projector for programs by the March Business Meeting. It has been and item that has been requested by guest speakers on at least two occasions in the past and once again it has come up. This is a members' only list with which you can keep in touch with other members, ask questions, comments, arrange observing sessions, etc. YOUR FULL NAME Lew needs your name to verify membership and don't forget to place your user domain between the symbols . We had a large turnout of members with seating at or near capacity for the building we use.