I might have been misunderstood - again. (After nearly 32 years of marriage I'm used to it.) I see no benefit to SLAS for allowing a film company to use the observatory and I just happen to agree with Roger Butz regarding the use of SPOC as a possible movie prop. I also thought that I had read one or two posts that seemed to imply that others were willing to offer the use of their equipment for free. I, too, was just trying to remind those that might be so inclined that the film company/Ms. Clemenza had indeed offered to pay for the use of private, personal equipment. Chuck, I know you might have signed off by now, but I thought your response to Roger Butz (and me?) was a bit too critical. I, for one, keep my panties well-ironed. Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:03 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] ET movie
Guys, she DID offer to pay, and in any case, I wouldn't expect to give anyone access to anything (backyard observatories or gear or your kids or whatever) without explicit permission. I find it rather amusing that some of you might feel uptight about having "stuff" show up in a film, however low-budget or wacky it might be; sounds kinda fun to me... /R
--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
From: Kim <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] ET movie To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 8:39 AM Hear, hear! I'd like to also remind all that this is a for-profit "feature film." If SLAS property were to be used, it should be paid for and not offered for free. I understood that we only do that for public schools. Similarly, if I were inclined to offer the use of my personal equipment for such a project, I would expect payment for both the equipment and my time. Ms. Clemenza did write that they wished to rent equipment, so they are not expecting to use the stuff for free.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Roger Butz Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:43 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] ET movie
We might be well served to rethink offering up SPOC or SLAS equipment as a prop for what sounds like a low budget ET movie.We don't wear pointy aluminum foil hats to SLAS meetings and we haven't started chanting around the campfire at SPOC as yet.I'm not too enthused about the idea of having a facility I spent five years building being used as a backdrop in an oddball movie.but hey, that's just me.If members want to offer up their personal equipment , more power to them. sounds like Ms.Clemenza is looking for an oddball home made scope anyway.peace, good tunes and clear skies.R. Butz
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