I keep thinking of the U of U astronomy professors have talked about SLAS being a "feeder" of interested students into the program up there, when they should be looking to the area high-school science departments. A much, much bigger potential pool of candidates there. Obviously there is a disconnect somewhere. I'm not blaming the teachers, it's probably systemic in nature. Echoing Rodger and Roger, SLAS seems to be where the astronomically-inclined spend their "golden" years, not their formative ones. Well, myself excluded, lol. Bruce, Patrick, Mark; all the club "elders" need to be mentoring their eventual successors now. I'm doing this where I work. I hired a young kid and have been taking him through an apprenticeship, with the goal of him taking over for me when I retire.