Jo, this isn't the kind of thing one rushes-into within the timeframe of an on-line auction, but if the site is free of local light pollution and otherwise qualifies as a "dark" site, has power and we can get at least a porta-potty installed, count me in for a share of three or four hundred bucks. Find nineteen more folks at that level, and we're in! Caveats are lifetime access even if the club folds or changes complexion markedly. This does raise the question of going with either subdivided, individual ownership vs. a club-owned property (Isn't SPOC on leased land?); and remember that property taxes are due every year...

From: Josephine Grahn <bsi@xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:07:26 -0700 Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Dark Sky site

I know you all hoped I was kidding with the link I posted, but... it has concrete pads, secure storage, and power, plus a working outhouse. Anyone know anything about filing a new "Use Application" with the BLM? 25 miles SW of Delta, and we could branch out into ham radio :) It is on Ebay, and it is real. If you cannot follow the link, go to Ebay and punch in item number 4337701828.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1607&item=4337701828

additional pictures and a map are at: http://home.rmci.net/ranse/

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