Re: ATM Astronomy Club ideas

[Kyle Barger <kbarger@haverford.edu>]

Anthony Stillman <atmer@flash.net> wrote:
>Its hard to keep interest up, when you only get
>together every four weeks.  Next to this, location and supplies are the big
>hassle.

I agree... My club (Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers) has an ATM group
that meets once a month.  Even worse, for me at least, the folks who host
it are spread out.  Of the four(?) who rotate having it at their houses,
three live > 1.25 hr drive from me, and that's just too far for me on a
weeknight.  (Even on the weekend it would be pushing it.)  Even if you
leave aside the distance issue, for me once a month is not enough to be
helpful.  If I waited till the next meeting every time I got stuck or had a
question, I'd be taking even longer than I am to finish.  So I have been
going it alone, with the help of all the fine folks on the list here.

(Any other Main Line Philly-area ATMs interested in getting together to
compare notes?)

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Kyle Barger                         Haverford College Academic Computing
kbarger@haverford.edu