Out of curiosity, why would it be a huge fight to see if the club wanted to chip in to help achieve this? It seems to me that this club eagerly supports lots of things that not every member uses, because, as a group, we like to help everyone enjoy the hobby. It's not like we are talking thousands of dollars (or, if we are, I suspect it's out of the question anyway). I think talk like "oh, lets not bring anything up to do with dark sky viewing because we will fight" simply creates an attitude that there should be a fight. I support the observatory and add-ons to it, and I have never even been inside of it. I cannot imagine that Bruce or Roger or Erik or Bill or who-ever would get real upset about having a discussion on the idea of expending a couple hundred bucks to make one of the clubs closer dark sky areas a little nicer for the many members that enjoy that aspect of viewing too. (Well, okay, maybe Guy will, but that's just because he likes to stir the pot occasionally...:)). Quoting Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com>:
Anyone wanna take the lead on this and do a little preliminary checking? (I can't check with the BLM beause I frquently cover the agency for the Deseret News and it could be construed as a conflict of interest.) Thanks, jb
On 25 Jul 2007, at 13:19, Joe Bauman wrote:
What if a few of us got permission from the BLM and chipped in some dollars? I'd be willing to donate something. jb
Provided SLAS and/or SLAS funds are not officially involved I can't imagine anyone complaining.
pw
p.s. Just don't let the BLM know we're the same group that wanted to do the "in"famous bowling ball experiment on their salt flats... <grin>
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