Sure, it is public property and visitors are generally welcomed. Does not mean you need to imply a general welcome to all. If they are into astronomy it won't take long for them to find a site to there liking. You will get people who feel the telescopes are public property. The more the merrier attitude is toward public star parties and membership, we have always held private parties that we do not invite the public to.
As I said before, she should just list the National and State parks that host star-gazing activities, for long drives, and SPOC and the readers own back yards for less-than-30-minute drives.
Although Erik, AFAIK, most of the club dark-sky sites are public property.
This is the reason some clubbers have been campaigning for club-owned land that could be kept exclusive. It never gets anywhere, so it seems that the club attitude is "the more, the merrier".
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Erik Hansen <erikhansen@thebluezone.net>wrote:
It should be noted that the dark sky sites are our private star party locations, so in effect the article will be inviting the public to those. These sites are for people who want to take a break from public outreach. SLAS offers plenty of opportunities to the general public.
It takes very little effort to find dark sky sites, we list them on the SLAS website for example.
Will Shenna's article include Dark Sky etiquette? Are you going to welcome people with their high beams on? Will it include a link to SLAS website? Was this approved by the BOD 's? Perhaps no one will read the article and will make no difference. On the other hand perhaps it will.
Surely the tribune has other articles they could write.
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