APL Astronomy Club Meeting
February 19, 2014
Agenda
Treasurer’s report
FY 2014 budget request
Equipment Check-out
Star Party / Solar Party planning
Upcoming Events
Today’s Speaker: Ron Farris
APL Astronomy Club Treasury
February 19, 2014
Dues income for CY 2014
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$ 350.00
New Members -> Wale Akinpelu (MP6)
Re-activated members -> Susan Mortensen (Bldg 21)
14 members have paid CY 14 dues to date (23 paid in 2013)
Carryover
$ 927.13
Recent Expenditures
$ 26.95
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2014 Observer's Handbook (Mark Kochte)
• ($5.39 + $21.56 = $26.95)
Credit Union balance (19 February 2014)
$ 1271.74
Rec Office Balance (FY 2014)
$ 2262.44
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Grant announced December 3rd, 2013 - $2284.0
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Requests clubs delay purchases and pay for things with dues as much
as possible
FY 14 Budget Request
Our FY 14 grant from the Rec Office was approved in the amount of $2284.
The members voted on the following modified budget:
Description
Price
Status
8" Optical Tube Assembly
8" case
Right-angle finder scope
Equatorial mount
$2080
pending
AllView mount for H-alpha
Lunt
$400
pending
Padded bag for Orion XTi8
$90
pending
JMI counterweight set for 16"
Dob
$90
pending
1.25" Filter Set (Moon, Multicolor, OIII)
$160
pending
$40
Bought and
reimbursed
Observer's Handbook
Total
$2860
The total budget of $2860
includes $576 from club
funds which amounts to
20% of the total.
The sale on the package
deal on the 8” telescope
and mount expired. This
relieves the time constraint
on this purchase; however,
the package is now about
$100 more than initially
estimated. This can be
made up from club funds,
increasing the club
amount to $676.
Equipment Check-out
1. Fill it out for all club equipment
you have.
2. Contact a key-holder to
arrange a meeting time.
3. Bring in equipment to show
key-holder and get signature.
Current key-holders:
Steve Conard
Dan Smith
Helen Hart
Mark Kochte
Star / Solar Party Planning
Solar observing party:
– Special April 22 event at Building 200 to coincide
with pre-service teacher workshop
– Volunteers needed
Spring Friends and Family Star Party:
– April 4 with rain date May 2
– Volunteers needed
Dark Sky Party:
– Club trip to Star Gaze at Tuckahoe State Park
April 25
Upcoming Events – APL Club
Next Club Meeting – March 19
– Volunteer need to speak
Solar observing party – April 22 Building
200
Spring Friends and Family Star Party –
April 4
Members-only Dark Sky Star Party – Star
Gaze at Tuckahoe State Park on April 25
Upcoming Events - Regional
Winter Star Party 2014 – Feb. 24 - Mar. 2, 2014 – Southern Cross
Astronomical Society - Scout Key, FL
Chaos Spring Star Party – Mar. 27 – 30, 2014 – Staunton River State Park
– Near Scottsburg, VA
NEAF/NEAIC 23 – Apr. 12 - 13, 2014 – Rockland Astronomy Club and S&T
- Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
Star Gaze – Apr. 24 - 27, 2014 – Delmarva Star Gazers – Tuckahoe State
Park in Queen Anne, MD
Texas Star Party 2014 – May 25 – Jun. 1, 2014 – Astronomical League
Southwest Region - Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, TX
The Cherry Springs Star Party – Jun. 26 - 29, 2014 – The Astronomical
Society of Harrisburg – Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA
Greenbank StarQuest XI – Jun. 25 - 28, 2014 – National Radio Astronomy
Observatory - Greenbank, WV
Mason-Dixon Summer Star Party – Jul. 23 - 27, 2014 – York County, PA
Stellafane Convention – Jul. 24 - 27, 2014 – Springfield, VT
NOVAC AHSP 10 – Aug.22 - 26, 2014 – Spruce Knob, WV
Speaker: Ron Farris