Transcript Astro Club December 2013 Meeting

APL Astronomy Club Meeting
December 18, 2013
Agenda
Treasurer’s report
FY 2014 budget request
Equipment Check-out
Upcoming Events
Guest Speaker: Ron Vervack
Observing reports
APL Astronomy Club Treasury
December 18, 2013
Dues income for CY 2013
-
$ 505.50
22 members have paid dues (16 paid in 2012)
Carryover
$ 421.63
Recent Expenditures
$ 0.00
•
None (no reimbursements outstanding)
Credit Union balance (18 December 2013)
$ 927.13
Rec Office Balance (FY 2014)
$ 2284.00
Grant announced December 3rd
• 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
8" Optical Tube Assembly
8" case
Right-angle finder scope
Equatorial mount
AllView mount for H-alpha Lunt
Price
$2080
$400
Padded bag for Orion XTi8
$90
JMI counterweight set for 16" Dob
$90
1.25" Filter Set (Moon, Multi-color,
OIII)
$160
Observer's Handbook
Total
$40
$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
In order to minimize the chance
of misplacing club equipment, the
club will begin using the new
equipment check-out form and
the associated procedure for
borrowing club equipment.
Equipment room key-holders will
need to sign off on check-outs
and “parking lot” exchanges.
Current key-holders:
Steve Conard
Dan Smith
Helen Hart
Mark Kochte
Upcoming Events – APL Club
Next Club Meeting – January 15, 2013
– Talk by ???
Possible Members-only Dark Sky Star
Party
Upcoming Events - Regional
Winter Star Party 2014 – Feb. 24 - Mar. 2, 2014 – Southern
Cross Astronomical Society - Scout Key, Florida
NEAF/NEAIC 23 – Apr. 12 - 13, 2014 – Rockland Astronomy
Club and S&T - Rockland Community College, Suffern, New
York
Texas Star Party 2014 – May 25 – Jun. 1, 2014 –
Astronomical League Southwest Region - Prude Ranch near
Fort Davis, Texas
Greenbank StarQuest XI – Jun. 25 - 28, 2014 – National
Radio Astronomy Observatory - Greenbank, WV
Stellafane Convention – Jul. 24 - 27, 2014 – Springfield, VT
NOVAC AHSP 10 – Aug.22 - 26, 2014 – Spruce Knob, WV
Guest Speaker: Ron Vervack
Observing reports?