[SJAAboard] Pol Letter 2nd draft

[Rob Hawley (SJAA)]

> Mark's change

How about

"We hope the city will design the Reuse process so that we can continue to serve
the public without interruption.  We appreciate your help to emphasize to PRN
that in a time of tight school budgets SJAA allows offers an opportunity to
instill interest in science to students and adults.  We would also like your
help to remove some PRN restrictions whose effect is to reduce the number of San
Jose residents that know what we provide."

> Gary 

I reworded the paragraph on dark sky to put the proof before the conclusion.
The shopping centers comment is a subtle, but direct slam at the location of
Camden CC. 

" Our events must begin after it gets dark since many objects in the sky are
dim.  Houge is located far from light sources such as shopping centers.  We can
turn off the lights over our observing location at Houge without affecting the
rest of the Park lighting.  There is still more than enough ambient light to
move around safely.  This allows us to show the public a remarkable number of
astronomical objects even though we are located in the city limits. People from
the surrounding community can walk to our events. Houge Park offers us a
situation that would be very difficult to replace."


This is starting to sound good!

Rob Hawley 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Wagner [mailto:mark.wagner at resource-intl.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:57 AM
>To: Business list for SJAA board of directors
>Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Pol Letter 2nd draft
>
>
>Instead, you may choose to include (I have not had time to re-read the letter
>recently) info
>stating that we with school budgets strained severely, SJAA's programs *at*
>Houge Park offer
>opportunities to instill interest in students and adults in both the arts and
>sciences, which are
>well represented in the topic of amateur astronomy.  Additionally, that many
>adults and children
>have no idea that there is an actual sky behind the gray/orange glow they've
>come to know at
>night, and we show them the natural beauty out there, which in turn educates
>and leads them to the
>related arts and sciences.  It is a great and deeply reaching public service.
>
>
>On Thu, June 26, 2008 7:48 am, Rob Hawley \(SJAA\) wrote:
>> I agree with Mark.
>>
>> I did not catch the school star party part of Lee's comment. I thought he
>just
>> wanted to change the wording on Houge.  We need to strictly limit this to
>what
>> we do with the public at Houge.  The loaner program, newsletter, and other
>> comments apply only to members.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob Hawley
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Mark Wagner [mailto:mark.wagner at resource-intl.com]
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:28 AM
>>>To: Business list for SJAA board of directors
>>>Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Pol Letter 2nd draft
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Devil's Advocate:  Perhaps talking about holding star parties at schools will
>>>lead them to believe
>>>we don't really need Houge for star parties.
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>
>>
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