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HCAS Annual Meeting
May
3

HCAS Annual Meeting

Review Agenda

  • Approve previous meeting minutes

  • Annual Report

    • Treasurers Report

    • The Year In Review

    • What's Coming Up for HCAS

  • Old Business:

    • T-Shirt Orders

      • Order should be going out within the next week.

      • IDSW Review

  • New Business

    • Board and Executive Committee Elections

      • In-Person Ballots

    • Upcoming Outreach Events:

      • Emmorton Rec Center After-School STEM Program

  • Round Table

  • Adjourn

Post Meeting: Let's discuss some of the member activities we have been brainstorming.  We would love to get opinions and ideas.  What do you want to get out of your club?


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April General Meeting
Apr
5

April General Meeting

Agenda:

Review Agenda

  • Approve previous meeting minutes

  • Treasurer's Report

  • Old Business:

    • T-Shirt Orders

      • Finalizing Orders

  • New Business

    • Board and Executive Committee Nominations

      • To form Ballots for Annual Meeting in May

    • Upcoming Outreach Events:

      • 2 Girl Scout Troops

        • April 12, @2030 (yes, the requestor is aware this is a full moon!)

        • TBD (Stupid Weather...) Looking for Sunday Nights.

      • Emmorton Rec Center After-School STEM Program

    • International Dark Sky Week Activities

      • Lead by Tim Phelan

  • Round Table

  • Adjourn

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March BOD Meeting
Mar
8

March BOD Meeting

Please see the agenda for the BOD Meeting tonight, 08Mar2025 at 1800.

  • Review Agenda

  • Approve previous meeting minutes

  • Treasurer's Report

  • Old Business:

    • T-Shirt Update

    • Updated discussion regarding discretionary fund for the Officers

  • New Business

    • Discuss/Prepare Board Positions up for Election this year.

  • Astronomical League Award Discussion - Outreach Observer Award: Jason Morton

  • Round Table

  • Adjourn

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Rescheduled - February General Meeting
Feb
15

Rescheduled - February General Meeting

  • Harford County Astronomical Society, Inc. (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Review Agenda

  • Approve previous meeting minutes

  • Treasurer's Report

  • Old Business:

    • T-Shirt Orders

      • General interest

      • Order Form

  • New Business

    • Upcoming Outreach Events:

      • SAME Chesapeake Post

        • Thursday, 20March2025 @ Observatory

        • Review of HCAS

        • General Astronomy Discussion

          • Light Pollution

          • What can be observed in our area

          • Trends in technology

        • This will be catered by SAME (Yay!)

    • International Dark Sky Week Activities

      • Lead by Tim Phelan

    • Astronomical League Award Discussion: Jason Morton

  • Round Table

  • Adjourn

Please stick around after the meeting for a Presentation from member Brent Mantooth:


This week, Dr. Brent Mantooth will discuss his Telescope Configuration & Backfocus Manager with club members. Join us at 6 PM this Saturday, February 8 at the Harford Community College Observatory for the talk, followed by an open house at 7 PM to observe celestial objects like the moon, planets, constellations, double stars, star clusters, nebulas, and galaxies through telescopes set up in the parking lot and the observatory dome.

The talk is geared towards those interested in imaging with telescopes but is also relevant for visual use. The tools help plan out parts like filters, spacers, and cameras needed for imaging, enabling quick configuration switches between planetary and deep sky imaging.


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November BOD Meeting
Nov
9

November BOD Meeting

Agenda

Review Agenda

  • Approve previous meeting minutes

  • Treasurer's Report

  • Old Business:

    • Rent an Astronomer Update

    • T-shirt Update

  • New Business

    • Upcoming Outreach Events:

      • Fallston Middle School 6th Grade Science Stargazing - 12Nov2024 1700 @ Fallston Middle School.

      • Girl Scout Troop - 15Nov2024 1800 @ Observatory

    • 2025 Open House/Meeting Schedule

  • Astronomical League Award Discussion: Jason Morton

  • Round Table

  • Adjourn

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September BOD Meeting
Sep
14

September BOD Meeting

Agenda

  1. Call to order

  2. Review/approve previous meeting minutes

  3. Treasurer's Report

  4. Old Business

    1. Website Move

    2. Office 365 Update

    3. Mount Repair in Observatory

  5. New Business

    1. Review updated Fundraising Plan

    2. Discuss HCAS Shirt purchases

    3. Refine "Rent an Astronomer" initiative

    4. Review access to new Team for the BOD.

  6. Roundtable

  7. Adjourn

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July BOD Meeting
Jul
12

July BOD Meeting

Meeting Agenda:

Call to order

  1. Review/approve previous meeting minutes

  2. Treasurer's Report

  3. Old Business

    1. Fundraising Plan

    2. Suggested uses of funds

    3. Delegation of resources to contact donors

    4. Amount to provide receipts (suggested guidance is over $250)

    5. Tools for managing campaign

  4. New Business

    1. Moving Website to Squarespace

    2. Review Demo site

    3. Set up accounts

    4. Schedule content and DNS moves

  5. Upgrade Office 365 subscription

    1. Through TechSoup

    2. At least have licenses for the 4 Officers

    3. Offer as an optional membership benefit (discounted Office and a harforastro.org email address)

    4. Rob to set up subscription and email services if approved.

    5. https://www.techsoup.org/products/office-365-enterprise-nonprofit-cloud-subscriptions-g-49227-

  6. Adobe Creative Suite Subscription?

    1. Also through TechSoup

    2. https://www.techsoup.org/products/adobe-creative-cloud-for-individuals-all-apps-plan-1-year-individual-membership-access-to-discounted-rates-g-49388-

  7. Roundtable

  8. Adjourn

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