[SJAAboard] loaner program goals

[Gary Mitchell]

OK, here's my first draft:

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The SJAA loaner telescope program's goals, in order of
precedence, are:

1) To provide a reasonable selection of telescopes for members
to borrow that are appropriate for those relatively new to
astronomy.  The target members are primarily those who don't
own a scope, especially newer members, so they may get started
without first having to spend hundreds of dollars.

2) To provide a small but reasonable variety of telescopes
for members to borrow who may already own one type of scope,
but want to become acquainted with different types of scopes
without having to buy them first.

3) To provide a small but reasonable variety of telescopes
for members to borrow who occasionally have a need for a
type of scope that they don't own, but may not use often
enough to justify purchasing it.

The loaner program is intended to provide scopes for short
term loans, meaning weeks or months, not years.  This does
not apply to members who are merely storing loaner scopes
for the club between loans.  In those cases, the stored
scope(s) must be made available as soon as practical upon
notification that a borrower is waiting for the scope.

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How about that as a starting point?

Gary