That's very cool to hear Joan!  Thanks for passing that along!  It gave me a smile!   Bruce Hugo   Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:23:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> To: Bruce Hugo <bruce.hugo@yahoo.com>,  Utah Astronomy     <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Pres 2015 Message-ID:     <289087337.1008637.1409170999698.JavaMail.root@md30.quartz.synacor.com>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 It was my intention to stay off this thread, but Chuck, Rich and Bruce have made strong valid points about the greying of SLAS and clubs in general and what the future of such organizations may be.  The recent appearance of Neil DeGrasse Tyson suggests all is not lost.  Kingsbury Hall seats 1,700 people and it was sold out.  The overflow auditoriums made available were at capacity, suggesting another thousand.  Standing in line, waiting to get in to the Marriott Library auditorium, I saw people of all ages, including teenagers and kids, men and women.  They are out there - and they are interested.  Yeah - headed for something corney - If ya build it, they will come.  :)