Re: [ATM] Is ATMing really disappearing?

[Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>]

Robert Mohr wrote:
> The LVAAS TM group (Allentown, PA) has about 20 members, of those, 
> probably 10 have built a telescope.

When I got into the hobby there was 1 member of my local club who had 
built a scope, and he used a mirror made by the only guy in the club who 
made mirrors (who had left the club years ago). This list *was* my local 
ATM group (thanks guys!). I started an ATM group here in NJ and drummed 
up interest. Thanks to some great guys I met since (like Gordon Waite), 
I now take a back seat in our group and just help out, rather than 
running it.

So, if you want your local club to be more like the LVAAS than my club 
was, try generating some interest among your friends and colleagues.

P.S. Although the list membership hasn't gone up, there was very little 
online besides this list 10 years ago, and now there are more ATM 
list/forums/whatever than you can shake a stick at, so the total number 
of ATMs online may be greater than we think.

-- 
Michael Lindner
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