Olympus Mons: Agenda & Organizational Layout
OLYMPUS MONS: The Astronomical Society At the University of Texas at Arlington
Howdy, folks! Here we are with the new semester. With that brings lots of new responsibilities and that sort of thing. (I'm trying to figure out HTML.) I hope to get together with Kelly soon to give this page a new look. If anyone can do it, I know she can. Anyway, check back with us every now and then for information updates. Thanks for being patient.
AGENDA & ORGANIZATIONAL LAYOUT: 97 Fall Semester
Planetarium Sign: Project Leader: David Burnett
-Goal of Project :Follow up on sign project. We were told it would be placed in front of Preston, but it's still not a reality.
Publication Committee: Head of Committee: Volunteers?
-Goal of Committee: Help put together The Aether: The Olympus Mons Newsletter; I'd like to shorten the format to one full page of news and a sky chart page. It's possible to do this once a month.
New Logo Contest: All club members
-Goal: Need I say more? I've always liked Ptolemy and the stars, but I'd like to make something a little more...how do I say? I want people to see the logo and say,"Hey, it's the astronomy club." Sounds dumb, but you know what I mean.
Light Pollution Committee: Prepare a proposal to present to the city of Arlington to reduce light pollution. This is a project that will take some time to complete, so it will be an ongoing project.
Public Planetarium Shows:
Future Planning for Spring Shows :::::
(Aztec: February)(Comet: March)
Special Interest Groups: Head of Special Interest: Jonathon Patton
Astrophotography Group: Meet once a month: FW Dark Site
Night Observing: Meet once a month: FW Dark Site
-Beginners Group: Group Leaders: Kelly Mayfield & Jimmy Tarango
This group will consist of those just beginning to observe The group will learn their way around the sky, fundamental basics of astronomy, as well as, learn how to use the telescopes.
-Planetary/Deep Sky Observing: This group will consist of more advanced individuals. This group will be doing planetary observing as well as
observation drawings. In addition to planetary observation, this group will also
be doing some deep sky observation.
Channel Zero Committee: Head of Committee: Jimmy Tarango
-Goal of Committee : Take full advantage of the UTA television channel using it to get the word out to the public about not only Olympus Mons, but Astronomy.
Olympus Mons Website: Website Developer: Kelly Mayfield
-Goal of Website: Publicize Olympus Mons & Inform Members & Astronomy Students
Activities:
ULRICH Day Observations of The Moon: Daytime Observations of the moon on the UTA Campus for students. The observations will be once to twice a month on first quarter moon phases
Trips:
If people would please give me suggestions, we can plan this. I've always liked Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas. Then there are others... :) Anyway, I need to get away soon, so let's decide. More information soon.
Community Work: