"Quorum of the '70's!" LOL! Remember too that a planetarium-centered club (the young men & boy's club I mentioned- sometimes also called the "Liberty Park" club) existed before 1971. Also a Salt-Lake based astronomy club predating the planetarium by at least 15 years. SLC has a rich heritage of amateur astronomy in the community. On 8/14/07, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Ann Blanchard emailed me today asking about a written history of SLAS. I don't think one's ever been written (I'm going to bring it up with the board) but it did get me thinking and dong a bit of strolling down memory lane.
A few items of SLAS history:
The first meeting of the SLAS was held on 29 July 1971.
A list of all board members and newsletter editors is at: http:// users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/slas/SLASBOD.XLS
Current members who initially joined in the 70s (making them our own "Quorum of the 70s") are
Grim, Bruce S Sep 1971 Hards, Chuck Mar 1974 Wiggins, Patrick Jan 1975 Vardon, Gary S Apr 1978 Jachmann, Siegfried Sep 1978 Goodman, Nate Jun 1979 Green, Charles L Oct 1979