Park Ranger Chad Moore actually reported 7,000 "visitor contacts," not 7,000 visitors/attendees. If I understood Chad correctly, a visitor contact is defined as one person participating in a specific event. At the astronomy festival, these included persons attending a lecture, observing through a telescope (night or day), or taking part in the model rocket construction and launches. Theoretically, one visitor/attendee could account for several visitor contacts. Anyone wishing to prepare a news release of sorts or contact S&T should first speak with Chad to get a clearer definition of the numbers. I'm curious to know if the Park has anyway to track just how many people actually participated. BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed this year's festival and renewing friendships. It gets lonesome sometimes her in Sanpete. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:02 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bryce Festival I've been to a couple of these and I'm thinking the '7000 visitor' figure might be a little off. If not, and there were really 7000 visitors to this star party, then I am announcing here, today, the opening of my all night 7-11 just outside the park. ;)
Fabulous report, Rodger. Did anyone get pictures? I am thinking - an article in S&T perhaps. What other astronomical society gets 7000 visitors to an event?
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