The terms of a meeting place at the Clark Planetarium at the time the Hansen Planetarium was closing and the terms mentioned by Seth are and were no solution. The conditions mentioned are simply not possible. SLAS members would face parking fees or finding parking who knows how far away. The room with a capacity of 30 is simply too small for us. Meeting out in the open amongst the public on one of the floors just wasn't acceptable. Renting the star chamber, well... renting..., like I said, there was no thought given on an accomodation for SLAS. There is not much point to going on. It simply means that currently we don't have a partnership, a co-sponsorship of events or a close working relationship. We have our place in the astronomical community and the planetarium has its place. I think we are just at different places. There doesn't have to be a conflict though. We've pretty much gone our way and the planetarium is doing its thing. In order for a partnership to thrive there needs to be mutual benefits. At this time, I don't see anything in it for SLAS. We have a meeting place that more than meets our needs. We are grateful to Jo and the Zion Lutheran Church for allowing us to meet there. Quite frankly, it is a better solution than downtown. Maybe their hands are tied by rules and regulations. Maybe Seth had no choice in what the planetarium offered. I don't know. It doesn't matter to me. Was I disappointed at the time? Sure. But we're here, it's now, this is how it is. I think we have done pretty well as a society. There is no point to looking back. Siegfried ----- Original Message ----- From: <diveboss@xmission.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Why the hostility?
Quoting Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org>:
Part of the fallout of the Doug Short vs. Salt Lake County controversy in the late 90's was a decision by the Utah Supreme Court that is known as the "Short Rule." It forbids county agencies (such as the planetarium) from giving away goods or services to private groups (such as SLAS).
Just out of curiosity, what goods and services would those be? I think SLAS is providing goods and services for the Clark Planetarium. In fact, I would be willing to bet that a fair amount of those folks who attend the FREE public star parties at SPOC, end up spending money at the Clark Planetarium because of their experience with SLAS and SPOC. I think if the Clark Planetarium wanted a relationship with SLAS, they would make it happen. Just my opinion...
Guy
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