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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 - General Membership Meeting
will be at this location:
Franklin Park Civic Center -
The
Tudor House
Alternate
Meeting
Location !!!
655 Latham Lane
Akron, OH 44319
Please note that we
ALWAYS encourage the public to attend ANY of our events, including
meetings.
Come and enjoy the lecture and talk to us about astronomy!
We had to change the location of this month's meeting due to the Kiwanis Civic
Center, our normal meeting location, being used for Kiwanis' business.
We
should be back at the Kiwanis Civic Center for next month's meeting. Watch
for announcements prior to the next meeting.
| Easiest directions to The Tudor House: |
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The access road from the State Park to the Tudor House is now
gated and locked.. |
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If desired, you can still
park in the State Park and walk past the locked gate to the Tudor House. |
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Please use the Latham Lane driveway for
vehicular access. |
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Take Renninger Road to Roble
Road. |
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Turn left on Roble which becomes Rawlins
Avenue. |
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Take Rawlins to Latham Lane
and follow the signs to The Tudor House. |
| 8:00 PM
- Call to order and introduction of tonight's program: |
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Speaker: |
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Clyde Simpson, Observatory Coordinator, Department of Astronomy
at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History |
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Presentation: |
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The Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence |
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The possibility that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe
has always excited the general public. Scientists are equally
enthusiastic: physicists, biologists, chemists, cosmologists and
astronomers are researching the age-old question:
Is There Anybody out there in the Universe?
We do not know - but the search is on! |
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About our speaker: |
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Clyde Simpson is a long time friend of ACA and one of our most
enthusiastic supporters. He is Observatory Coordinator of the Ralph
Mueller Observatory at the CMNH and has been a member of the Astronomy
Department since 1984. Clyde teaches astronomy and geology classes in
the planetarium and Museum galleries and maintains the observatory with
its 10.5" Warner & Swasey refracting telescope built in Cleveland in
1899. He leads field trips of astronomical interest, including several
to view total eclipses of the Sun, and monitors sunspots on a daily
basis for the
AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers). |
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Click here
to watch the interview of Mr. Simpson for the No Boundaries
Project |
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9:00 PM - Brief coffee-break
/ discussion time |
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9:15 PM - Business meeting
to be called to order and included the following: |
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● Treasurer's Report |
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● Observatory Director's Report |
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● Calls for observations |
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● New Business |
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