Nah, that's just Daniel's way of kidding. But now that I think about it I'd take Sue French over me any day. :) BTW, regarding the lifetime member question. If we want to get really technical there are 6 who qualify. The first was Dr. Mark Littmann who was given the honor in the early 70s. The other 5 were those who donated $10,000 or more to SPOC. I and another still very active member turned it down and continue to pay our dues and SPOC fees every year. The other three (very much alive) are not amateur astronomers, rather they were just doing something nice for the community. They are kept on the membership roster and continue to receive the newsletter but other than that have no active connection with SLAS anymore. Harmons, of course, remains SLAS's biggest donor but as far as I know no one ever suggested making a company a member. patrick (picker of nits) On 31 Dec 2011, at 18:02, Joe Bauman wrote:
Rude statement, "Why settle for Patrick Wiggins.... " I'm not settling for Patrick; I'd rather talk to him than either of the others. What makes Brian Skiff or Sue French particularly knowledgeable about running an observatory in Utah? Should we ask them what days the sprinklers go on at SPOC? The position you take is the same as saying, I have no need for friends when I can watch TV. If you don't enjoy being part of a local group, why belong to SLAS or respond to a UtahAstronomy comment? Why not just send email to Sue French instead? -- Joe