APL Astronomy Club Meeting December 18, 2013

Agenda Treasurer’s report FY 2014 budget request Equipment Check-out Upcoming Events Guest Speaker: Ron Vervack Observing reports

APL Astronomy Club Treasury December 18, 2013 Dues income for CY members have paid dues (16 paid in 2012) $ Carryover $ Recent Expenditures None (no reimbursements outstanding) None (no reimbursements outstanding) $ 0.00 Credit Union balance (18 December 2013) $ Rec Office Balance (FY 2014) Grant announced December 3rd Grant announced December 3rd Requests clubs delay purchases and pay for things with dues as much as possible Requests clubs delay purchases and pay for things with dues as much as possible $

FY 14 Budget Request Our FY 14 grant from the Rec Office was approved in the amount of $2284. The members voted on the following modified budget: DescriptionPrice 8" Optical Tube Assembly 8" case Right-angle finder scope Equatorial mount $2080 AllView mount for H-alpha Lunt $400 Padded bag for Orion XTi8$90 JMI counterweight set for 16" Dob$ " Filter Set (Moon, Multi-color, OIII) $160 Observer's Handbook$40 Total$2860 The total budget of $2860 includes $576 from club funds which amounts to 20% of the total. The sale on the package deal on the 8” telescope and mount expired. This relieves the time constraint on this purchase; however, the package is now about $100 more than initially estimated. This can be made up from club funds, increasing the club amount to $676.

Equipment Check-out In order to minimize the chance of misplacing club equipment, the club will begin using the new equipment check-out form and the associated procedure for borrowing club equipment. Equipment room key-holders will need to sign off on check-outs and “parking lot” exchanges. Current key-holders: Steve Conard Dan Smith Helen Hart Mark Kochte

Upcoming Events – APL Club Next Club Meeting – January 15, 2013 –Talk by ??? Possible Members-only Dark Sky Star Party

Upcoming Events - Regional Winter Star Party 2014 – Feb Mar. 2, 2014 – Southern Cross Astronomical Society - Scout Key, Florida NEAF/NEAIC 23 – Apr , 2014 – Rockland Astronomy Club and S&T - Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York Texas Star Party 2014 – May 25 – Jun. 1, 2014 – Astronomical League Southwest Region - Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas Greenbank StarQuest XI – Jun , 2014 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Greenbank, WV Stellafane Convention – Jul , 2014 – Springfield, VT NOVAC AHSP 10 – Aug , 2014 – Spruce Knob, WV

Guest Speaker: Ron Vervack

Observing reports?