Sorry it took so long to get these out...
Board Meeting, April 6th
Attendance : Jenny, Nick, Mike R, Mike F, Paul Y
Call to order: 6:07
*Old Business*
40 people at meeting, well-received
Treasurer’s Report
Pending (~$2354)
Food budget: Pending
ACTION, Nick: get from Rich
Secretary’s Report
Pending - roughly 87 members, multiple members / renewals
Outreach / YAA Report
YAA went well
Cub Scouts
Otis Orchards went well
Library Scopes Report
Library Scopes - Spokane County and Cheney
set for May
ATM report
back burner, need a coordinator
Club Equipment Report
Pending -
Nick: PST, 12” Blue, 6” SCT, binoviewers
Dan W: 5” NexStar
Paul: 16” BlueShift
10” Dob is out
8“ Dob is out to Rich Cummings
8” Dob out to another person
Donated scope, maybe give to LC
John R ACTION: Post to Twist
*New Business*
How to handle action items
Channel on Twist for actions
Upcoming Speakers / General Meeting Plan
May: Astrophotography
June: ??
July: Mike R Astrophotography?
ACTION: Reach out to Goldendale
Paul tried to contact NASA, didn’t really go anywhere
ACTION: Nick to check w/ local colleges (Ristolainen)
ACTION: John R to follow up
ACTION: Nick to talk to Dan B re: having presentations in nearby lecture
hall
Door Prize discussion
$250 per quarter budget
Nominate board member per quarter?
ACTION: Nick to research and get next month
Jenny found that we can set up a store if we want to.
Club Goals
Reward (not quite the right word) Membership
* Survey
* New Member toolkit
* ATM and educational programs, citizen science
* Streamline equipment borrowing
ACTION: get inventory in order and publish, pictures and a picture of
each scope
* Shirts. Yep, I went there
ACTION: Nick and John do it
Celebrate Observing
* Incentivize observing time
* monthly observing goals
Astronomy To The People
* Sidewalk Astronomy
* Library Scope program
* School Outreach
ACTION: Publish goals in Asterisk
ACTION: Mars Events, Oppositions
Upcoming Outreach / YAA / land conservancy
Audubon, April 19th
Sidewalk Astronomy
Astronomy Day
ACTION - Jenny to coordinate w/ shadle
YAA - field trip to Turnbull night hike
Land conservancy, May 22
Adjourned: 6:40pm