March 2020 President’s message
by Steve Hubbard
Tired of the same old faces?
I know I am. Our next election is rapidly approaching and we would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have some new faces to help to continue to make Skyscrapers the great organization that it is.
We work as a team at Skyscrapers and while I know that the idea of becoming an officer can seem intimidating at first, just know that you won’t be left alone to twist in the wind. We will help to get you off the ground and the reward will be the satisfaction you get from helping to make Skyscrapers one of the best Amateur Astronomy societies anywhere.
If you have any interest in running for an office or even just learning more about each position for now, just ask any of our nominating committee members, Bob Horton, Kathy Siok or Steve Siok. I’m sure they’d be glad to help you.
On another note, at our last board meeting, the officers have decided that we will be keeping all future meetings to Saturdays from this point on whenever possible. The traffic out there is getting more and more intense and travel to our meetings for both our members and speakers on Friday nights is harder than ever.
Also, starting in April, we are planning to devote the second Saturday night of each month to member activities. If it’s clear out, we will have a get together for anyone interested to bring their telescopes, binoculars or just their eyeballs out to see the night sky. If it’s cloudy and the grounds are not saturated, we will plan an alternative event in the meeting hall such as streaming in a talk of Astronomical interest for example.
We are hoping to do this from April to December. Do you have suggestions of things that you as a member would like to do? Drop me a line. We’re looking for more ideas and would love to hear from you. This is YOUR society, please let us know what you think and what you’d like to get out of your membership experience.
See you at our next meeting!
