[SJAAboard] loaner program goals

[Mark Wagner]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 3:15 pm, Rob Hawley \(SJAA\) wrote:

> The plan I proposed on May 13 reduces the pre 2007 intermediate scopes from
> six to two.  Thus the difference between my plan and a beginner's only
> approach is minuscule.

If this is it:

http://sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaaboard_sjaa.net/2008-May/001437.html

and the two scopes above my proposed 10" limit are the 12.5" Lightbridge and the 17.5" Zeiders
donated, I can certainly live with that... as long as we don't start creeping up in size
(complexity, really).

I can't imagine a rank beginner wanting to borrow the 17.5", the 12.5" is within the capability of
a somewhat experienced beginner, IMO.  I'd like these to be the only two examples of truss scopes,
and for the program to be robust in easy to use Dobs, a few refractors and a few SCTs.

BTW... I not been proposing only beginners can borrow scopes, just that the scopes in the program
be what beginners could easily use.

Mark